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today, we'rejoined by england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, answering questions onhe coronavirus vaccine from bbc newsbeat listeners — as well as those of you watching. and there's still time to get involved. we're @bbcnews on twitter — use the hashtag yourquestionsanswered. so, let's get going... good afternoon, professor van—tam. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. hello, how are you doing? trier? news. hello, how are you doing? very nood, we news. hello, how are you doing? very good. we will — news. hello, how are you doing? very good. we will go _ news. hello, how are you doing? very good, we will go straight to the first question. priya is in birmingham. good afternoon. so my question is, before _ good afternoon. so my question is, before i_ good afternoon. so my question is, before i get— good afternoon. so my question is, before i get straight into the question, i wanted to mention that i am all— question, i wanted to mention that i am all in _ question, i wanted to mention that i am all in favour of individuals taking — am all in favour of individuals takin

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daily mirror highlights comments to the bbc from england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam the vaccine roll—out has saved an estimated 60,000 lives and prevented 22 million infections. according to the financial times, the conservative party has received £18 million from 154 donors with property interests since borisjohnson became prime minister two years ago. and the guardian reports an all—party committee of mps saying police and governments have done too little to stamp out racial injustice in the ranks, with the failings being "systemic" and leading to "unjustified inequalities". so, let's begin. lucy at first, if you would. covid—19 case number is misleading. this is an interesting story. when it gets as many people have been talking about ever since those fatality numbers started to appear regularly. i fatality numbers started to appear reuularl . ~ ,, ., . regularly. i think you are right. we had to delete _ regularly. i think you are right. we had to delete data _ regularly. i think you are right. we had to delete data since _ regularly. i think you are right. we ha

england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, has told the bbc that the covid vaccination has saved around 60,000 lives across the country, and prevented around 22 million new infections. he announced the figures from public health england, while answering questions on vaccines from listeners to bbc newsbeat. let's hear what he had to say: there's some new data coming out today. i'm going to break the news here. i don't think it's out actually until another few minutes, but the latest public health england analysis shows that because of the vaccines and because of this massive third wave we've had, actually what the vaccines have done is they've prevented in total, since we got them, 22 million cases of covid infection and 60,000 deaths. so, you know, that's truly massive. let's talk to robert west, a member of the independent group let's take a look at the latest coronavirus figures for the uk — a further 31,117 new infections have been recorded. and that 85 people have died within 28 days of a positive test. 0verall, more than 46.7 million people have received their firs

jonathan van—tam will be answering your questions in a moment, but first, the weather with helen.bear down on the south—west of england through this evening, with some damaging winds. unseasonably windy which means there will be large waves, rough conditions at sea. if you are sleeping under canvas, and many heading to the beach, as i say, there will be some rather dangerous conditions around. for the rest of the day, ahead of that system, we will see the driest, brightest and warmest weather for a southern and eastern areas. i mention some heavy showers, potential in northern england, northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland. in the far north of scotland staying rather cool and cloudy. quite blustery as well today but the winds will escalate further, starting to bring in the rain to pembrokeshire and the south—west by the end of the day. with gale force winds forecast, gusts in excess of 60 mph as we go through the night, potentially, across devon and cornwall. through friday they will migrate further eastwards. accompanying those strong winds, unusually windy weather, som

as people queued forjabs around the uk, england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, predictedpy it becomes, he says, will depend on our behaviour. anna collinson, bbc news. let's take at some of the day's other news now from around the world. and iran says international talks on its nuclear programme will now have to wait until after the new president, ebrahim raisi, has taken office next month. tehran also said the us and britain must stop linking the deal to a prisoner exchange. several rounds of talks have been held in vienna without a breakthrough. thousands of people have been protesting in france against new rules which will oblige health workers to be vaccinated against coronavirus. the restrictions also mean that people will need to show either a vaccine health pass or a negative covid test to enter public places including restaurants. since the rules were announced on monday, a record number of people have booked appointments to be vaccinated. the annual hajj pilgrimmage is getting under way in mecca with a reduced number of participants. only 60,000 people will be ta

. —— van tam.questions about opening of clubs, is this the right thing to do, it's something they did in the netherlands and they had to uterine just a couple of weeks after with the dutch prime minister apologising for making the wrong call. the prime minister today said that when it gets to september people are going to have to have covid passports they are going to have to show that the double vaccinated to get into a club. but i think the question is with rates rocketing as they are now, why are we opening their name out? obviously economic reasons to do so, if you run a club it's been very terrible not been able to open for the last 16 months. young people have made a lot of sacrifices and they are the predominant customers of nightclubs. but at the same time i think there are rightly very serious concerns about clubs becoming essentially breeding grounds in super spreaders in terms of covid. ., ,, �* grounds in super spreaders in terms of covid. ., �* grounds in super spreaders in terms ofcov

england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, says he hopes the worst of the coronavirusmic is behind us, but he has warned there could be "one or two bumpy periods" ahead as autumn approaches. he has urged people who've not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with the pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to thorpe park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. hi, guys! we're doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know that i'm 0k and also when everything's open now i can have more freedom. did you see that? there's something about being fearless when you're young and perhaps that's what's being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the older generation, who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their fe

as people queued for jabs around the uk, england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam, predicted it becomes, he says, will depend on our behaviour. anna collinson, bbc news. in thailand, the deaths and cases have reached an all—time high. and a country will be given first and vaccine doses from different manufacturers. that speak to professor tony cunningham, directorat the cunningham, director at the centre cunningham, directorat the centre for virus research at the westmead institute in sydney. thank you so much for your time. thailand is going to be mixing saner back in the astrazeneca jabs. is that because of efficacy issues with either of the vaccines?- either of the vaccines? yes, indeed. they _ either of the vaccines? yes, indeed. they are _ either of the vaccines? yes, indeed. they are concerned| indeed. they are concerned about the efficacy of sai novak, which in two different trials, one in brazil and also one in the emirates, is performed at a lower level than astrazeneca and also the pfizer the donor and johnson & johnson. the donor and johnson & johnson-— the donor a

as people queued for jabs around the uk, england's deputy chief medical officerjonathan van—tam predicted he says, will depend on our behaviour. anna collinson, bbc news. residents of america's second largest city los angeles are once again being required to wear face masks indoors following an increase in coronavirus cases amongst the non—vaccinated. the rule comes into effect at midnight local time, making la the first area of its kind to restore such requirements in the us. john swartzberg is clinical professor emeritus at the university of california's school of public health and says the delta variant is a major factor. not exclusively the delta variant, but that's far and away the most prominent variant that we are seeing in los angeles and really throughout the united states now. it's really — the variant is really doing exactly what it did to the uk, just — we're doing it a few months later here. so, yes, delta is causing havoc in los angeles. the cdc said recently — just in the last day — that they are going to see this affect the unvaccinated. are we seeing this starting to be b

where you live from our website, at bbc.co.uk/news england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tamrst of the coronavirus pandemic is behind us — but he has warned there could be "one or two bumpy periods" ahead as autumn approaches. he has urged people who've not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with a pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to fir park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. we are doing covid vaccines today. i just want to be more safe and no i am 0k_ just want to be more safe and no i am 0kand— just want to be more safe and no i am 0k and also when everything is open _ am 0k and also when everything is open now— am 0k and also when everything is open now i— am 0k and also when everything is open now i can have my freedom. did open nowl can have my freedom. did ou open now i can hav

daily mirror highlights comments to the bbc from england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van—tam the vaccine roll—out has saved an estimated 60,000 lives and prevented 22 million infections. according to the financial times, the conservative party has received £18 million from 154 donors with property interests since borisjohnson became prime minister two years ago. so, let's begin. liam can kick off this time with the daily mail. nojab, nojob. certainly, good evening. the daily mail taking quite a strong line on this. furious as vexing passports on the nhs are introduced by stealth. i'm not sure everybody would see it that way as the water story is there are very large companies particularly in the us that are making the demand that when people return to the offices or as we start to they must be double jab. i think pimlico plumbers was the first company to do this and we are now seeing it with netflix and google. and dominic raab has essentially said he thinks it's a smart move. and of the government in this country are desperate to get more people vaccinated. the numbers are p

england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, says he hopes the worst of the coronavirusmic is behind us, but he has warned there could be "one or two bumpy periods" ahead as autumn approaches. he has urged people who've not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with a pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to fir park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. we're doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know i am 0k, and also when everything is open now i can have my freedom. did you see that? there's something about being fearless when you are young and perhaps that is what is being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the older generation who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their feet over getting th

here in the uk, england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, has urged people who've not england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with a pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to fir park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. —— thorpe park. we are doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know i am 0k, and also when everything is open now, i can have my freedom. did you see that? there's something about being fearless when you are young and perhaps that is what is being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the older generation who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their feet over getting the jab and getting protected. the numbers of those being immunised are continuing to rise, but there is a stark difference between the age groups. more than 30% of 18—29—year—olds in england

and at half past one, we�*ll bejoined by professorjonathan van tam — england�*s deputy chief medicaler temperatures. silverfor team gb at the tokyo olympics as mallory franklin finishes second in the women�*s canoe slalom final. from monday travellers arriving in england, scotland and wales who�*ve been fully—vaccinated in the eu or us won�*t need to isolate when entering from an amber—list country. a football supporter who suffered life—changing injuries at hillsborough has died at the age of 55. an inquest into andrew devine�*s death — held on wednesday — concluded he�*d been unlawfully killed. it makes him the 97th victim of the disaster. james reynolds reports. andrew devine was 22 when he was seriously injured at hillsborough. at first he was given no more than six months to live. but with 24—hour care, he survived for another 32 years. his family say he was the centre of their lives. our devastation over his death, they say, is overwhelming. 96 more liverpool fans died of their injuries at hillsborough. two years after the disaster, an inquest ruled their deaths were accidental

i want to ask you generally about what professorjonathan van tam was saying in the downing street newsinue to search, if we are cautious maybe they will not search so much. is that right? it cautious maybe they will not search so much. is that right?— so much. is that right? it has alwa s so much. is that right? it has always been _ so much. is that right? it has always been from _ so much. is that right? it has always been from the - so much. is that right? it has i always been from the beginning so much. is that right? it has - always been from the beginning of the pandemic, a mix of responsibilities. it starts with ourselves, the sort of thing is that we can do to try to reduce the spread of this horrible disease, hands, face, space, ventilate, and then other things such as getting vaccinated, then doing things like voluntary testing, so that we can just try to be forewarned whether we should be going out and mixing with people and on top of that, secondly, the thing is that the government might mandate regarding imposing restrictions. it has been a mix, all along, and back mix betw

and just to let you know that tomorrow at 1.30, we'll be joined by professorjonathan van tam — england's take—up amongst young people. get in touch with the hashtag #bbcyourquestions — or you can text 61124 — or you email yourquestions@bbc.co.uk. there's been more medal success at the olympics for team gb. earlier this afternoon, charlotte dujardin became the most decorated female british 0lympian of all time. she took bronze in the individual dressage with her horse gio who's competing at his first 0lympics, bringing her total number of medals across three olympics to six which includes three gold medals. earlier, there was a fifth tokyo gold in the men's 200 metre freestyle relay. tom dean and duncan scott — who won gold and silver yesterday — were part of the victorious team who just missed out on a world record. elsewhere britain's rowers won their first medal of the games — a silver in the men's quadruple sculls. for a full round—up of the action at the olympics this morning — let's cross to jane dougall at the bbc sport centre. hijane. as we have been hearing fantastic success for

the restrictions that we are announcing today and to make sure, in the immortal words of jonathan van—tamation by everybody to have a greatjubilee and a freedom from any kind of caution or restraint. that's what we are saying. what the scientists are saying is that this is the right date, or as good as only other date to do this, but it has got to be taken seriously and we have got to go as slowly as we can given the constraints we are under. for me that makes a great deal of sense. if we held off until september, if we waited to go for the illegal unlocking is that we are, then we would be doing it in the context of a great deal more risk from the weather, plus we wouldn't have the advantage of the school holidays and so on. this is about as good a time as any, but to do it properly and sensibly, everyone has got to be cautious. i sensibly, everyone has got to be cautious. ., �* ~' sensibly, everyone has got to be cautious. ., �* ,, , cautious. i don't think the things which are going _ cautious. i don't think the things which are going to _ cautious. i don't think the things which are g

this week, when i spoke to canadian freight on st john sturdy vans, she's on vacation and tam loops in british columbia, that's just a few hours drive from listen. i can tell you that at best it has been unnerving and at worse, it has been downright terrifying. in british columbia, we drove up here to kamloops yesterday for our vacation and saw a plume of smoke, so big coming from linton all that distance from here in kamloops. and my son said to me, is there a volcano or wrapping over there? it was stunning, shocking, and certainly something we are not accustomed to here and what is largely temporal rain forest in the pacific northwest. the temperatures here in british columbia have been off the chart some 20 degrees warmer than what we're used to. as i said, very unnerving for resident across british columbia and canada, that matter is this ms into albert, our neighboring product. not far at all. there are some 99 fires. started in the last 24 hours alone in british columbia, our premier here, john horgan address the media today to try and com nerves. it was just the 2 days ago that

i could not agree more, there is that wonderful phrase ofjonathan van—tam, let's not rip the pants ofon't ensure that we are thinking great, complete freedom, no problems at all, the virus has gone away, it absolutely has not.— the authorities in south africa say more than 100 people are now known to have died in days of violence — that followed the jailing of the former president, jacob zuma. the current south african president, cyril ramaphosa, has described the unrest in the country as an assault on democracy. we obviously, as a government, are extremely concerned about what happened here. and we are doing everything to deal with it and it's quite clear that all these incidents of unrest were instigated and we are going after those people, we are going after them, we have identified a good number of them and we will not allow anarchy and mayhem to just unfold in our country. the situation in kwazulu natal province remains especially volatile. the bbc�*s vumani mkhize has more from durban. a sense of normality is returning to south africa again after days of violence and looting. he

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it comes after a meeting between england's deputy chief medical 0fficerjonathan van tam, and charities medical conditions — the jabs are unlikely to work. many of those people said they feel �*overlooked', and �*terrified' of the potential increased risk to them after restrictions ease. well, blood cancer uk is one of the groups representing people who will be affected by that change in guidance. their director of research, services and engagement, helen rowntree, joins me now. thank you very much for talking to us today at bbc news. after boris johnson's announcement on monday, we saw lots of people, groups representing clinically extremely vulnerable people or patients themselves are saying where are we and all of this? what sort of feedback have you had from the people you work with about the lack of information? the people you work with about the lack of information?— of information? the first thing to sa is that of information? the first thing to say is that announcement - of information? the first thing to say is that announcement there l of information? the first thing to i say

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england's deputy chief medical officer, jonathan van tam, says he hopes the worst of the coronavirusc is behind us but he has warned there could be "one or two bumpy periods ahead" as autumn approaches. he has urged people who've not yet been vaccinated to come forward. the latest data from public health england suggests that covid vaccines have prevented an estimated 22 million infections and 60,000 deaths in england alone. here's our health correspondent, sophie hutchinson. after the misery of many months with the pandemic, the thrill of the holidays. the nhs in england went to thorpe park today to encourage its younger visitors to get vaccinated. hi, guys! we're doing covid vaccines today. ijust want to be more safe and know that i'm 0k and also when everything's open now i can have more freedom. did you see that? there's something about being fearless when you're young and perhaps that's what's being played out with the vaccinations. unlike with the older generation, who went full throttle to get immunised, a significant proportion of younger people are still dragging their feet