you're going to be a — white house covid coordinator dr ashistha said the president was tired, with ah. and with much of the country experiencing a new surge in highly contagious variants, he said the president's positive test showed the importance of getting vaccinated. because the president is fully vaccinated, double boosted, his risk of serious illness is dramatically lower. he's also getting treated with a very powerful anti—viral it's a reminder of the reason that we all work so hard to make sure that every american has the same level of protection that the president has. staying in washington, the eighth hearing of the january six committee investigating the attack on the us capitol will focus on the actions of former president donald trump. it will hear testimony from witnesses who were at the white house during the insurrection in the hours before mr trump asked his supporters to �*go home'. joining me now is our correspondentjohn sudworth. give us a little bit more on what to expect tonight. well, this is the eighth and this extraordinary series of hearings, all designed to

dr ashistha is the white house covid—19 response coordinator.se of pfizer's antiviral pill which reduces the severity of covid—19. because the president is fully vaccinated, double boosted, his risk of serious illness is dramatically lower. he's also getting treated with a very powerful anti—viral, and that further reduces his risk of serious illness. let's bring you right up to date. sri lankan police have begun dismantling protest camps in the capital colombo. the camps were occupied by groups demonstrating against the economic crisis — and the appointment of ranil wickremesinghe as the new president. he swore his oath of office on thursday, and promised to restore peace and order. our correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan is in the capital, colombo. just in the last couple hours, we've seen these developments take place. what's the situation like there? is it still as tense as it was? dramatic developments in the last few hours, and we saw hundreds of soldiers that came in two different directions, and then 50 metres from me, they pushed all the

dr ashistha is the white house covid—19 response coordinator.ys the president is only experiencing mild symptoms, and he's started a course of pfizer's antiviral pill — called paxlovid — which reduces the severity of covid—19. because the president is fully vaccinated, double boosted, his risk of serious illness is dramatically lower. he's also getting treated with a very powerful anti—viral, and that further reduces his risk of serious illness. live now to new haven, connecticut. dr scott roberts is a yale medicine infectious disease specialist. it's great to get you on the programme. just a start, we've heard from president biden, we've heard from president biden, we've heard from the medical advisers that these are mild symptoms and they seem to be saying he seems to be fine. we are in a be saying he seems to be fine. - are in a much different position than when president trump was infected. we have vaccines, we have treatment. we know this version of covid. we are optimistic that he will recover well.— covid. we are optimistic that he will r