emily thornberry, take -- ma'ority. emily thornberry, take ou -- majority.re narco to have anything to do with it. what happens after that? —— not going to have anything to do with it. ., ~ , ., ., ., with it. thank you for that. helen catt. england's deputy chief medical officer, professorjonathan van—tam, has warned there are likely to be "hard months to come" in the fight against the coronavirus. he told bbc news that infection rates in the uk are still "very high", and that people's behaviour in the coming weeks will be important in determining what happens with the pandemic in the "darkest months" of the winter. our health correspondent jim reed is here. strong notes of caution from jonathan van tam. 50 strong notes of caution from jonathan van tam.- strong notes of caution from jonathan van tam. so right. one of the most recognised _ jonathan van tam. so right. one of the most recognised will _ jonathan van tam. so right. one of the most recognised will faces - jonathan van tam. so right. one of the most recognised will faces in i the most recognised w

emily thornberry. _ where we are. ok, all right. emily thornberry, thank _ where we are.ht. emily thornberry, thank you very - where we are. ok, all right. emily thornberry, thank you very much l where we are. ok, all right. emily i thornberry, thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. the first pill designed to treat covid has been approved by the uk medicines regulator. the tablet will be given twice a day to vulnerable patients recently diagnosed with the disease. joining me now is our health correspondent, katharine da costa. the health secretary has described this as a game changer and all the indications are that it will be? yes, this is really good news, particularly for vulnerable groups, so the elderly and people with a weakened immune system who may not respond well to covert vaccines. before we had treatments that were given in hospitals or patients that were seriously ill. this is the first drug that can be given as a pill at home in the early stages of an infection. clinical trials found that the tablet half the risk of hospitalisation and death in at—r

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