answer session for you with professorjonathan question and answer session for you with professor jonathan vanam, question and answer session for you with professorjonathan van—tam, we cannot answer all the questions sent to us but hopefully we got through some of the key areas people wanted to know more information about. and took one of the other main stories today, students sitting gcse and a—levels in england next year will be awarded more generous grades to compensate for the disruption to schooling in the pandemic. pupils will get advanced notice of exam topics and be allowed to use memory aids. measures will also be put in place to help students who miss exams because of self—isolation. here's more from our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. heading home to self—isolate, year 11 at this secondary school. just before it was confirmed, some shared their gcse fears with me. i have a lot of worries about gcses because i really feel like there's not much being done about the amount of time we missed. but i'm especially worried about english and maths because those are a must have for any s

england's deputy chief medical officer professor jonathan van—tam has insisted every effort will be made vaccine into care homes as soon as possible — despite the logistical challenges. the vaccine has to be kept at minus 70 celsius, and can be exposed to higher temperatures only under strict conditions, for a limited time. our health correspondent anna collinson reports. it is the day after what has been called a day to remember, the uk has now approved its first coronavirus vaccine, now, the next challenge is getting it to patients. the pfizer and biontech jab needs to be transported from belgium. we understand some of the initial delivery will travel via eurotunnel today. there is a technical issue related to the pfizer vaccine that we currently expect to receive very shortly in the uk. i do mean hours not days. then, there is a technical issue related to the cold storage. age is by far the biggest risk fi koech —— factor so older age groups will be prioritised. as this meets reality there is a trade—off. the pfizer vaccine has to be kept at very low temperatures. when the first dose

van—tam. thank you for your time this morning. before we start, is it jvt, jonathanm called you? she calls me jonny, but you can call me whatever you like.” think the professor is probably appropriate for us this morning. henrietta is co—owner of a care home in teignmouth. what would you like to ask? we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the vaccine, but given the speed of its development, the fact we are the only country so far satisfied with its safety and of course a lot of negative messaging on social media, some of our staff and residents families have some anxieties about the vaccine being given to themselves or their loved ones. how would you reassure them that the vaccine is safe for them and for our residents, some of whom may be very frail? yes, 0k, thank you. i completely understand the anxieties. i think what i would do is tackle this in three ways. number one, to tell you plain and straight that i genuinely have said to my 78—year—old mum, who is probably listening now, that you must have this vaccine or any of the vaccines that the mhra approves as

good morning, professor jonathan van tam. your time to stop before we start, is it professor va n time to stop before we start, is it professor van tam, is a jv tea, as itjonathan, professor van tam, is a jv tea, as it jonathan, what does professor van tam, is a jv tea, as itjonathan, what does your mum call you? she calls me johnny but you can call me what you like. i think professor is probably appropriate. we will start with henrietta. henrietta, you are a co—owner of a ca re henrietta, you are a co—owner of a care home. what would you like to ask? as you can imagine, we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the vaccine. however, given the speed of its development and the fa ct we speed of its development and the fact we are the only country so far satisfied with its safety, and negative messaging on social media, some of our staff and residents' families have some anxiety about the vaccine being given to themselves or their loved ones. how would you reassure them that the vaccine is safe for them and our residents, some

professor jonathan van—tam, thank you so much for your time this morning.in coming from the west moving north and east would. some of it will be heavy not just in and east would. some of it will be heavy notjust in kent but also sussex as it moves north, we will see some hill snow in the midlands and northern england. in scotland and northern england. in scotland and northern ireland, watch out for ice first thing but sunshine and showers, mostly in the north and west where some heavier ones could beat wintry. in any showers today you could hear the odd rumble of thunder and see sam hale with blustery winds through the english channel —— see sam hale. it is a cold day in prospect across the board and that leads us into a cold night. this band of rain were pushed up night. this band of rain were pushed up the eastern coastal counties tonight as it engages with the cold air in land in parts of scotland and northern england and once again we will see some snow, potentially at low levels. and the western flank of this band of rain, there is the chance of some s

and if i may do professor jonathan van run through to april?ased you guv poll that they are not confident about this vaccine so how worried are you that people will not take it? given you said we don't know if it reduces transmission, what percentage of the population would need to take it for it to be effective and for us to be able to lift restrictions? firstly, on the tiered system, i except that these tiers are tough. a huge amount of the economy is opened up, but the restrictions remain tough, particularly in tier 3 on hospitality and we deeply regret that. we are doing everything we can to help. but the way forward is not just the steady roll—out of the vaccine and several vaccines, we hope, that we have been describing over the next few weeks and months, but also using observation of the tiering, plus community testing, as they have in liverpool with great success. 280,000 people in liverpool took part in mass testing. so local mps and leaders can get together to do those community tests and isolate the positives and help the negatives t

jonathan van tam saying mask for a year despite vaccine, and they would a lot of other people might notave had the vaccine you can't necessarily be holding her grandchildren still. it will be a source of just surprise grandchildren still. it will be a source ofjust surprise and dismay. those over 90 and over 80. a huge incentive to make people that age at the vaccine is that there will be reunited with their families, and as we heard earlier from margaret keenan the first lady to get a job in saying she's had to spend a lot of this year alone and for her getting the jab mentioned that she could be reunited with her grandchildren and her children. i've been interested today talking to some been interested today talking to some conservatives particularly those in the covid research group which is been very critical of the elect are restrictions. urging the government to set out a timetable for the kind of restoration of personal freedoms that have been infringed upon by the crisis, and how the vaccine will play into that. we do know that the vaccine is not an overnight cure but at the sam

good morning professor jonathan van—tam, thank you for your time this morning. e calls mejonny. but you can call me whatever you like, i will answer you. i think professor is probably appropriate for us this morning. we will start off with henrietta. good morning to you henrietta. you are the co—owner of a care home, what would you like to ask? good morning. as you can imagine, we are eagerly anticipating the arrival of the vaccine, however given the speed of the vaccine development and the fact that we are the only country so far satisfied with its safety and of course a lot of negative messaging on social media, some of our staff and residents' families have some anxiety about the vaccine being given to them or their loved ones. how would you reassure them that the vaccine is safe for them and residents, some of whom may be very frail. 0k, thank you. i completely understand the anxieties. i think what i would do is tackle this in three ways. number one, to tell you plain and straight that i genuinely have said to my, you know, 78—year—old mum, who is probably l

coronavirus: your questions answered. we'll be joined by the deputy chief medical officer for england jonathan vantions on the coronavirus and the vaccine — that will be at nine o'clock tomorrow morning on the news channel and on bbc two. it is feared that conspiracy theories could cause some to be relu cta nt to theories could cause some to be reluctant to be immunised. let's speak to chloe colliver from the institute for strategic dialogue. she leads a global team of analysts studying disinformation and extremism online. we hear about this information so much when it comes to vaccine. a kinda falls into groups. those people who are completely against it and those who just are unsure. absolutely. we've seen a long—standing and very well established anti—vaccination community online over the past few yea rs. community online over the past few years. and those are generally hard and fast believers in conspiracy theories that undermine any trust in any kind of vaccination. but what we've seen this year around the covid—19 pandemic is a much broader general hesitant individuals who might not have had

it will all depend on the roll—out of the vaccine, how successful as it is, as we had from jonathan vannt it protects the most vulnerable out there, particularly elderly people and those with underlying conditions. we will have to see how it works out. in the meantime, we have this depressing figure of 60,000 deaths in the uk, deaths within 28 days of a positive test. there is a wider measure including everyone who died with covid on their death certificate and that is more than 70,000. the uk, sadly, the death rate per 100,000 of the population is right up there among the highest of the leading economies, below only spain and italy. so there are hopes for the future with the vaccine but this is the sobering reality right 110w. this is the sobering reality right now. our health editor hugh pym, thank you. four people have died and one other has been injured after an explosion at a waste water treatment works in avonmouth near bristol. fire crews and police were called to the site of the blast this morning. jon kay is there for us. yes, in the last few minutes, the prime minister and the

as jonathan van vulnerable, to come forward for the vaccine. ill get more confident with the vaccine. we have had vaccines rolled out over the years. every year the flu vaccine is slightly different to the last one because it had to immunise us last one because it had to immunise us against this current strains that going around. we should just see this as one of the routine vaccines which will get us out and axing our friends and families. but don't rush out now, —— and seeing our friends and family. don't rush out now, because we need to have enough people vaccinated in the population to protect us from this horrible disease. thank you very much a talking to so early. what did she say? she said, you got me up. or maybe, you didn't get me up! either way, sorry! so that if the breaking news, the pfizer biontech vaccine will be rolled out next week. 800,000 doses will be arriving next week and then more as it is produced by pfizer in belgium. so it depends on how it is produced before it comes back here. 0ne produced before it comes back here. on

and you watch the full edition of your questions answered with professor jonathan van—tam on the bbcof the royal college of gps. how much that you know at this stage of gps' involvement in this? it's so exciting to have one of the vaccines ready for delivery, general practitioners stand ready to play their part. we know that there is going to be three different ways of delivering the vaccine, one is free to groups of general practices working together. the second one is through hospitals. the third one is free mass vaccination centres. what we are hearing at the moment it looks like a large proportion of the people being vaccinated will receive their vaccinations through a general practice. we are awaiting instructions as to went the vaccine we can use it will be available and how best to deliver it. wouldn't you say that is pretty much the sum total of what gps as a group are being towed at the moment? that figure and the fact that there are three different ways of getting it? i'm conscious that you beat up and down the country will be fined up and contacted by patients asking if th

england's deputy chief medical 0fficer professor jonathan van—tam has insisted every effort will be madeoved vaccine into care homes as soon as possible — despite the logistical challenges. the vaccine has to be kept at minus 70 celsius, and can be exposed to higher temperatures only under strict conditions, for a limited time. our health correspondent anna collinson reports. it is the day after what has been called a day to remember. the uk has now approved its first coronavirus vaccine. now the next challenge is getting it to patients. the pfizer and biontechjap needs to be transported from belgium and the bbc understand some of the initial delivery will travel via the eurotunnel today. there is a technical issue related to the pfizer vaccine that we currently expect to receive very shortly in the uk, and i do mean hours not days. there is a technical issue related to the cold storage. age is by far the biggest risk factor when it comes to coronavirus, so older age groups were to be prioritised. but as priority meets reality, there has been some trade off. taking a straight now to avon

and if that doesn't work, we'll send in rosie o'donnell and jonathan van ness.nt trump had lunch today with vice president mike pence trump had the pancakes, while pence had a strange feeling that none of this was worth it. "are we going to stay in touch, sir? "who the [ bleep ] are you?" [ light laughter ] white house coronavirus task force member dr. scott atlas called on people in michigan to, quote, "rise up" against new coronavirus restrictions is he an actual doctor or is this like in comic books where "doctor" just means he's evil you know, because no one would be afraid of a guy who called himself mr. octopus. "and is there a mrs. octopus?" [ light laughter ] vice president mike pence and second lady karen pence attended the space-x rocket launch yesterday in florida it's the only thing he's ever watched that had an "x" in it. sony's playstation 5 game console was released last week, and almost immediately sold out in the u.s. and japan. also selling out in the u.s. and japan, me. the national weather service last night issued a rare tornado warning for

earlier, the deputy chief medical 0fficerfor england, professor jonathan van—tam, answered your questionse. many of them related to the anxiety some of you are feeling about having the vaccine. here was some of his answer. i genuinely have said to my, you know, 78—year—old mum, who is probably listening now, that, mum, you must have this vaccine or any of the vaccines that the mhra approves as soon as they are available. this is really important because you are so at risk. so, that is a kind of personal piece, if you like. i am very confident in the assessments the mhra makes. professor van—tam has become well known for his use of metaphors to explain the stage we're at in the pandemic. this is how he phrased it earlier. i would say that, you know, it is clear in the first half, you know, the away team gave us an absolute battering. what we have done now, it is the 70th minute, they got a goal and in the 70th minute, we have now got an equaliser. 0k? the 70th minute, we have now got an equaliser. ok? we have got to hold oui’ nerve now, see equaliser. ok? we have got to hold our nerve now,

the downing street the downing street press conference this afternoon, jonathan van and really emphasiseople actually take it up. therefore, i think it's a legitimate concern among the government about uptake, because previous surveys in this country but also in america have suggested that there may be some vaccine hesitancy, people are sceptical and concerned because of the pace of development of these vaccines. basically what normally ta kes te n vaccines. basically what normally takes ten years has been achieved in ten months. people are therefore fewer fold that corners been cut. i think that was the point thatjune rain in the clip that you just played from the mhr a was to address. corners haven't been cut, they've been able to streamline the process to really speed this through. so i think one of reassurance about safety is important, and the fact that this will only work if we all work together to get it into the people who need it and also people who are for those people who need it. ultimately come as many people as possible to stop the fire circulating. if we do that as soon as

but england's deputy chief medical officer professor jonathan van—tam warned last week that "low uptake to ensure high uptake of the vaccine? let's get more on this and speak to professor stephan lewandowsky professor of cognitive psychology, specialising in behavioural science, at the university of bristol. thank you for your time this afternoon and how... good to see you. how do you persuade the majority of a population to take something like this up? first of all, the main thing you've got to do is make it easy to get. 0ne all, the main thing you've got to do is make it easy to get. one of the things we know from behavioural science is that access is a primary driver of vaccine uptake. now, by the looks of it, the nhs is doing exactly the right thing by saying it's your turn next. that is step number one. step number two is reiterating how important it is to get vaccinated because at the moment, that is our only ticket out of the pandemic. it's our ticket to freedom. it's a ticket to get out of here, and the most recent survey i was involved in, which was led by daniel freeman at oxf

we have heard jonathan van tam talking about the advice is already given to his mum if she gets up atmic researchers for a really long time that they might have to develop a vaccine rapidly in the event of a pandemic. usually with vaccine trials, these can last many years. often there are gaps between different phases of trials taking place, funding issues, paperwork issues. the regulatory approval can ta ke issues. the regulatory approval can take quite a long time because of red tape. all of these processes have been reduced. the corners have not been cut, but what has happened is the phase two and phase three trials have ta ken is the phase two and phase three trials have taken place simultaneously in order to collect the data as rapidly as possible. that has really been put in place. that has really been put in place. that is why we have manufactured these vaccines rapidly. the key question to get across here, and it is very important that people know the regulatory approval process is still the same, the fact that the vaccine has been approved should give confidence to the genera

>> you know, jonathan, i don't know if you have a live picture, but a truck-like vehicle -- or actually a vanere, has moved in closer to the suspicious vehicle, you know, closing in this kind of perimeter of the truck someone has stepped out. talk to me about the precautions that are made to make clear whether there could be explosives on a suspicious vehicle? >> well, law enforcement personnel, back -- explosive technicians are only going to shorten that distance to the target if they feel that it is safe to do so. so there's something must be indicating to them whether it's information from the robot, something else that's allowing them to close that distance. again, the explosion we saw on christmas morning was a tremendous explosion, causing a tremendous amount of damage, so they know what the potential risk is in this type of maneuver, but they must feel some confidence they are short in this that distance to render this vehicle safe. >> and all on heightened alert just two days after the christmas day explosion involving rv in nashville. this is only 25 miles away. authorities were aler

and i think it was jonathan the new vaccine be rolled out? and i think it wasjonathan vane out, given the rising rates of coronavirus. the oxford vaccine is crucial because it is easier to store and distribute, we already have millions of doses in the country. so, coupled with the pfizer vaccine that has already been used, we could see a significant ramping up we could see a significant ramping up of vaccination rates. we've seen 600 these in —— 600,000 people vaccinated already but gps tell me they could easily do 2 million people per week, if there is a good supply of the vaccines. and that is going to be crucial in the next few months, ensuring that the vaccine is sent out to these local vaccination centres, there are going to be about 1500 of them across the uk, to make sure that they can get the vaccine in people's arms and help return the country to some sort of normality. thank you very much. let's go now to our political editor, vicki young, at westminster. as we thought, vicki, the prime minister trying to balance what he called the plus side and the downside of t

jonathan vigliotti, thank you. tonight we're getting an inside look into how the vaccines will be distributed. united airlines is already using chartered flights to fly pfizer shots from overseas ahead of f.d.a. approval. cbs's kris van cleave has more on the mass air shipment of a covid vaccine. >> reporter: some 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccine are already being produced. as soon as the f.d.a. approves, they will start shipping. this is going to be one of the most challenging public health distribution efforts we've seen. complicating the efforts, the pfizer vaccine must be kept at negative-94 degrees and is shipped in batches of about 1,000 doses, packed in specialized containers cooled by dry ice. >> every box will have a monitor that goes with it so we will be able to monitor not only the temperature but where the shipments are going. >> reporter: dhl will handle some international shipments of vaccine, moving them from the factory to be a airport under guard. >> no one wants to fail. everybody knows that this vaccine is basically a source of life. >> reporter: dhl showed us its operation at miami's airport, where vaccine shipments will temporarily be stored in freezers and topped off with dry ice before

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