vicki young in westminster, _ hospitalisations.nk _ hospitalisations. vicki young in westminster, thank you. - the growth in the number of confirmed cases has slowed. the latest government figures show there were 55,761 new coronavirus infections recorded in the latest 24—hour period — the first time its crept above 50 thosuand this week. but numbers are still almost 14% down on this time last week. on average the number of new cases reported per day in the last week is 51,221. hospitals have had an average of 35,1117 covid—19 in patients. 1,280 deaths were reported, that's people who died within 28 days of a positive covid—19 test. on average in the past week, 1,066 deaths were announced every day. the total number of deaths so far across the uk is 87,295. let's get an update on the uk's programme of mass vaccinations — more than 316,000 people have had their first dose of one of the three approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period, taking the overall number of people who've had at least one jab to more than 3.2 milli

our deputy political editor vicki young is in downing street.ister going to speak in around 20 minutes‘ time. we know of course of the deep alarm, given the surging numbers of new cases, what do you think will be in the prime minister's mind as he announces further measures? for months, the coronavirus has dominated our lives and dick dictated where we can go and dick dictated where we can go and who we can see. and there is some real anxiety in government about the new variant of coronavirus that transmits more easily. that has seen a surge that transmits more easily. that has seen a surge in that transmits more easily. that has seen a surge in cases that transmits more easily. that has seen a surge in cases in the south—east and scientists say there is no reason why that should stay in that part of england. stricter measures, tier 4 already in place in many places, now that regional place going to be ditched by the prime minister, because the situation in some london hospitals is now so difficult, they're under so much pressure, he will move a

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.e: portugal's president has proposed extending the nationwide state of emergency. italy has recorded more than 15,000 new infections — up by 50% on monday's figure. armed police are accompanying deliveries of the vaccine. denmark is putting new limits on the number of people who can join a public gathering — dropping from 10 to five — and is introducing a two—metre social distancing rule in public areas. and germany is extending its lockdown until at least the end of the month. people living in areas where in infection rates are particularly high will be forbidden from travelling more than 15 kilometres from their home, without good reason. here's chancellor angela merkel. translation: i have said again and again that the winter months, as the experts told us yesterday, are the months when the pandemic can be at its most virulent. with the combination of the mutated virus, which has already been detected here, it is absolutely necessary to take new measures. stay with us on bbc news. s

vicki young, thanks forjoining us.excess deaths in the uk last year to rise to their highest level since world war two. official statistics show there were nearly 85,000 more deaths in 2020 than would be expected, a rise of 14%. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been talking to one woman who lost her husband at christmas. he was kind—hearted, ambitious, strong, and he always thought about other people. lisa remembers her husband, adrian, who died on boxing day with covid. he was 55. he had previous health conditions, but doctors said they were not a factor, as the virus gripped his lungs and he passed away in intensive care. adrian is not a statistic. he's not a number, he was my husband. he was his family's son, a nephew, a brother, friends to many. and he was well—known in our community because we had a business, as well. every covid death is tragic for loved ones. the statistics do make bleak reading, not least at a time of lockdown and concerns about the spread of the virus. 0ne measure of the overall impact of covid—

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.resident has proposed extending the nationwide state of emergency. italy has recorded more than 15,000 new infections — up by 50 percent on monday's figure. armed police are accompanying deliveries of the vaccine. denmark is putting new limits on the number of people who can join a public gathering — dropping from ten to 5 — and is introducing a two—metre social distancing rule in public areas. and germany is extending its lockdown until at least the end of the month. people living in areas where in infection rates are particularly high will be forbidden from travelling more than 15km from their home without good reason. ambulance workers in los angeles have been told not to transport hospital patients who have extremely low chances of survival. the directive comes as officials warn the region could soon hit more than 1,000 covid—related deaths per day, with hospitals overrun with patients. la public health confirming the county has reached more than 11,000 deaths. meanwhile, concerns

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.land is introducing a new lockdown, similar to the one imposed back in march at the start of the pandemic. on the mainland, it will be a legal requirement to stay at home for all of january for anything other than essential purposes and people must work from home if possible. you'll be able to meet only one other person outdoors from another household, but that doesn't include children aged 11 and under. across the whole of the country, schools will be closed and provide only online learning until at least the ist of february. nicola sturgeon says she is more concerned about the situation now than at any other time since march. our scotland correspondent james cook is in glasgow for us tonight. james? yes, fiona, ms sturgeon says she accepts these new restrictions are devastating but she says she is deeply concerned about the acceleration of the virus here in scotland. one health board area, ayrshire and arran, is apparently running at 96% of its covid capacity, which means that your t

vicki young, bbc news, westminster.said that 1.3 million people across the uk have already been vaccinated and the aim is to administer the vaccine to around 13 million people over the next six weeks an unrealistic target according to some experts. by the end of the week there will be almost 1,000 vaccination sites up and running and the chief medical officer chris whitty says the target is realistic but by no means easy. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been considering the scale of the vaccination challenge. vaccination is now well under way across the uk, including at this centre in lincolnshire today. but is the process moving fast enough to meet ambitious targets? here they seem optimistic. i feel extremely honoured. i am very grateful for everyone who has worked really hard to have this vaccine available to all of us. we feel like it is the light at the end of the tunnel and that in that vial there is a little bit of sunshine coming through. so, yeah, real game changer. the prime minister said 13 million people from

vicki young, thank you. our top story this evening. as hospitals struggle to cope with the demand. and, nearly a week on from brexit, we take a look at goods from great britain into northern ireland. and coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news, as exeter chiefs report more covid cases at the club, premiership rugby chiefs reintroduce tighter protocols around training and match days to try to keep the league going. president trump has addressed supporters outside the white house and vowed to fight on, saying he will never concede the presidential election. it comes as the democrats look set to take control of the us senate, as results come in from elections for two seats in georgia. meanwhile, lawmakers in washington are about to confirm joe biden as the next us president but a number of republican politicians say they'll formally object. 0ur north america editor jon sopel reports. if this is democracy‘s peaceful transfer of power, it doesn't feel much like it. angry trump supporters clashing with police in the nation'

earlier, the labour leader keir starmer told our deputy political editor vicki young there was an urgentrictions and bring them in the forest as soon as possible. those restrictions are not necessary to get the virus back under control, to protect the nhs, which is near breaking point this january, but critically to create the space for the roll—out of the vaccine, that now needs be mission—critical. and if we are asking the british people to be subject to tough national restrictions, and we are, that needs to happen straightaway. the contract needs to be medically vexing programme is rolled up and now as quickly as possible. by that i mean to mea quickly as possible. by that i mean to me a week injanuary and double that in february. —— medical vaccine. we need to be the first country to get the vaccine and to com plete country to get the vaccine and to complete the vaccination programme. that has to be the basic deal but we can't have the prime minister saying in due course. we need it now. that is why i'm calling for today. what does a national lockdown look like to you? people do use

now vicki young from the bbc- — be clear about here. now vicki young from the bbc.nded _ from the bbc. northern ireland has just extended its _ from the bbc. northern ireland has just extended its lockdown - from the bbc. northern ireland has just extended its lockdown until- just extended its lockdown until march _ just extended its lockdown until march 5th. _ just extended its lockdown until march 5th, could _ just extended its lockdown until march 5th, could you _ just extended its lockdown until march 5th, could you be - just extended its lockdown until| march 5th, could you be straight with people _ march 5th, could you be straight with people and _ march 5th, could you be straight with people and tell— march 5th, could you be straight with people and tell us - march 5th, could you be straight with people and tell us whetherl march 5th, could you be straight. with people and tell us whether this is also _ with people and tell us whether this is also being — with people and tell us whether this is also being considered _ with people and tell us whether this is a

here's our deputy political editor, vicki young.ng e here we go again, across the uk a return to deserted streets, empty classrooms and closed shops. stay at home is the order coming from political leaders as forcefully as it did in march, all hope is now pinned op a speedy vaccine roll out. until then, what will life be like? like millions of parents michelle will be juggfing millions of parents michelle will be juggling work and helping her son with home learning. with an eight—year—old son, it is quite challenging. you know, having him play football in the house, being away from his friends, managing technology, just, it is a challenge. in altrincham market all the traders including don are back —— packing up again we would like the government to step forward to keep us going because if it carries on like this we won't be able to carry on and businesses will fold. for health workers like nasim it will be more long shifts in hospital a national lockdown was unfortunately necessary , lockdown was unfortunately necessary, my advice t

. ~ that 12 weeks back to six between doses. ., ~' , ., 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is inhrow today — thousands of people still arriving amid concern about new variants coming from abroad? yes, interestingly the prime minister talking about the measures that are already in place, saying broadly that he thought that that was enough, apart from dropping a hint about doing more to protect the borders. there will be, i understand, a meeting on monday of senior ministers to discuss this and i think the most likely option is going to be the idea of people quarantining in hotels, something that we have seen in other countries. that is the stricter measures. as for unlocking, well the prime minister saying what he is going to be looking at before he can consider doing that. one thing is to see the vaccination programme is working very well. there has been great progress there, but he says thatis great progress there, but he says that is not going to be enough and it is the infection rate that he described as forbiddingly high. if you unlock too son it rebounds. there will be a rev

the overall number of people who've had their firstjab to 2,431,648. 0ur political correspondent vicki youngalking about the current rules, saying that they are tough enough for now, but under review. yes, we heard a lot today about enforcement. part of the problem for the police is that there are many legitimate reasons why eve ryo ne are many legitimate reasons why everyone is allowed to leave their home, far more than there were in march. that does make policing more difficult. they can speak to people gathering in a park, and it sounds like they are going to go more quickly from warning to finding people. but the warning that rule breaking is going on behind closed doors, in offices or homes, that is ha rd to doors, in offices or homes, that is hard to find and that is why you are seeing this message from the governor shifting towards personal responsibility, saying to people, we have all these exemptions, but really think whether you have to use them. do you have to order that parcel for click and collect? do you really have to meet that person? the message is to stay at home. priti pat

let's go to westminster now and our deputy political editor, vicki young.sers this afternoon? and how does that translate into what the government will do next, that's what people want to know the stop on that the prime minister said broadly the package of measures and restrictions in place, he thought they were enough, but he hinted heavily there will be more restrictions around the border with speculation about extended quarantine. and what will he look at when it comes to unlocking and lifting restrictions? he said he will have to be confident the vaccine programme is working. there is incredible progress being made there but it's not that alone, and that's what he was clear about. it's the infection rate that is clearly worrying him so much. it is still incredibly high and, yes, cases might start to come down in most places, but what he is very concerned about is starting to unlock, and then the whole thing rebounding again. what we do know is that there is still that review on february 15, and injust over three weeks' time, but there will be no expecta

let's go to vicki young from the bbc.ght time and many think he waited too long to bring in extra restrictions. how can we have confidence in your decision—making when on sunday insisted that all schools should stay open and the very next day ordered them to close and. professor whitty and professor patrick vallance, when did you first advise the lockdown in england and do you think that the vaccine well at timetable is realistic?” think that the vaccine well at timetable is realistic? i think it's important to understand that we've been looking at the new variant very ha rd ever been looking at the new variant very hard ever since we first became aware of its rapid spread, i think on the 18th of december. and it has been clear that the tier 4 measures we re been clear that the tier 4 measures were something we wanted to evaluate, and over the course of the days leading up to sunday, clearly, like everybody else in the country, we we re like everybody else in the country, we were hoping that we would start to see some imp

northwick park hospital on newsnight tonight on bbc two and iplayer. 0ur deputy political editor, vicki youngandemic started, why such tight border restrictions now? the government came under— restrictions now? the government came under a _ restrictions now? the government came under a lot _ restrictions now? the government came under a lot of _ restrictions now? the government came under a lot of criticism - restrictions now? the government came under a lot of criticism in . restrictions now? the government| came under a lot of criticism in the spring for not having a strict approach as many other countries. they were under huge pressure from the airline industry and the travel industry, and their view then was that there were so many aces in the country that it wouldn't have made much difference, but now there is one different thing, which is the vaccine, so what they don't want is to undermine what they see as the very good work going on there, and they want to protect against all new strains. what they have done, and we heard just yesterday, is to stop flights from places like south ameri

mark easton, bbc news, southend. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young is at westminster.he rules are there to be followed but are under review, so to be followed but are under review, so where are we? there are lots of legitimate reasons why you are allowed to leave home and so the police this is clearly a bit more of a problem than it was in march because people can be out and about, they are allowed to be out and about, but what the government seems to be saying by shifting their message towards enforcement and personal responsibility is, yes, you can order the parcel and do click and collect, yes, you can meet a friend and exercise in the park, but do you really have to do it? they are almost saying, it's a bit of a contradiction, stay at home as much as you can come up contradiction, stay at home as much as you can come up with exemptions, but please ignore them. everyone knows the rules aren't completely straightforward, you would have to be mugging up to keep across all the changes there have been, but the government is trying to appeal to people's better nature and

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here's our deputy political editor, vicki young. that sinking feeling — here we go again.erted streets, empty classrooms and closed shops. stay at home is the order coming from political leaders as forcefully as it did in march. all hopes now pinned on a speedy vaccine roll out. until then, what will life be like? like millions of parents, michelle will be juggling work and helping her son with home learning. with an eight—year—old son, it is quite challenging. you know, having him play football in the house, being away from his friends, managing technology — just, it's a challenge. in altrincham market, all the traders, including don, are packing up again. we would like the government to be stepping forward and helping small business to keep us going, because if it carries on like this we won't be able to carry on and businesses will fold. for health workers like nasim it will be more long shifts in hospital. a national lockdown was unfortunately necessary. my advice to all of you out there, please take it seriously. you could die from it. no wonder the prime minister war

response to the coronavirus variant that has been discovered in brazil. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young when is this being brought in? it 1 very widespread. the whole of south america plus panama, cape verde and portugal as well because of the obvious links between abrasive and practical. it doesn't show how seriously the government is taking this. it is a discovery of another variant of coronavirus. we know this has happened in other places. south africa and also here in the uk where they are identifying a new variant and it causes concern for various reasons in the case of the uk because of the increased transmissibility. there is a lot of detail about this travel ban. if you are a uk citizen or irish citizen or if you are brazilian but you are a resident in the uk you can still come home but you will have to quarantine and get have to quarantine and get have to quarantine for ten days plus your household. that is a strict quarantine than other travellers would have. there are other exemptions as well. that would be truck driver is coming from portugal without bearing exemption and th

was no issue particularly there. 0ur health editor there, hugh pym. 0ur deputy political editor vicki youngs conference from downing street. how does that translate into what the government is going to do next? that's what everyone wants to know. now, on that, the prime minister said broadly, the package of measures and restrictions in place, he thought that they were enough, although he did hint very heavily that there will be more restrictions around the border, with lots of speculation about extended quarantine. but then, what's he going to look at when it comes to unlocking and lifting restrictions? well, he said he would have to be confident that the vaccine programme is working. now, there's incredible progress being made there but it's not that alone, and that's what he was clear about. it's the infection rate that is clearly worrying him so much. it's still incredibly high. yes, cases might be starting to come down in most places, but what he's very concerned about is starting to unlock and then the whole thing rebounding again. so, what we do know is that there will still be that r

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