said this is jeremy far from the wellcome trust firmly of the - wellcome trust firmly of the wellcomeghts on that? you have ties in africa, i know, and a lot of people have been pointing to africa and the dismal vaccination rates there. yes. dismal vaccination rates there. yes, and also there _ dismal vaccination rates there. yes, and also there is _ dismal vaccination rates there. yes, and also there is a _ dismal vaccination rates there. yes, and also there is a lot _ dismal vaccination rates there. yes, and also there is a lot of _ and also there is a lot of scepticism in afghan nations as well because they have watched what's happening in europe and they are convinced, and there is a whole history of some very bad practice with medication, vaccination and african nations and among the slave populations. we know all of that, but most of them would very much like to be offered and would like to get this protection. i do believe that unless we become very international in our outlook, more people around the world are safe. we will not be safe unless we stop all travel. all income is

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of one of the top scientists in the uk, the person who runs the biomedical research charity the wellcome sage who has been vocal and critical of the government in the past, threatening to resign from sage because he did not think that government was acting fast enough but he has been on the radio saying it is reasonable for the government to wait 2a or 48 hours saying it is reasonable for the government to wait 24 or 48 hours to wait for the data, particularly on hospitalisation rates in london which has become the omicron epicentre. so i think ministers will be relieved that something that might have looked like indecision yesterday is now getting the thumbs up yesterday is now getting the thumbs up from a scientist and not giving anything was a decision, rather than indecision. ., ~' , ., anything was a decision, rather than indecision. ., ~ , ., . ., indecision. thank you so much for that clarity- _ omicron now makes up nearly three—quarters of new coronavirus cases in america. president biden will be outlining plans to tackle the variant later today. outside the us, more countries ha

the backing this morning of one of the top scientists in the uk, sirjeremy farrar, who runs the wellcomemedical research charity. he's a former member of sage, he's been pretty vocal and critical of the government in the past and in fact, at one point threatened to resign from sage because the government wasn't acting fast enough, in his view. he's just been on the radio saying it is reasonable for ministers to wait 2a hours or 48 hours to look at the data, particularly the data on hospitalisation rates in london, which has become the omicron epicentre. so i think ministers will be relieved that something last night or this morning that might have looked like indecision is now getting the thumbs—up from a scientist and that actually not doing something was a decision rather than indecision. a former member of the government's scientific but sirjeremy farrar said new controls might be needed before christmas if alarming new data emerged. if transmission continues to rise, it is now one in 50, one in 60 people infected in this country. that is over1 million people infected in this country.

the backing this morning of one of the top scientists in the uk, sirjeremy farrar, who runs the wellcome acting fast enough, in his view. he's just been on the radio saying it is reasonable for ministers to wait 24 hours or 48 hours to look at the data, particularly the data on hospitalisation rates in london, which has become the omicron epicentre. so i think ministers will be relieved that something last night or this morning that might have looked like indecision is now getting the thumbs—up from a scientist and that actually not doing something was a decision rather than indecision. as adam mentioned, we're due to hear from the chancellor rishi sunak this afternoon on financial support for businesses. joining me now is pauljohnson, director of the institute for fiscal studies, which has been calling on mr sunak to offer more support to businesses. what kind of support should businesses be given by government given this at the moment is a kind of self—imposed lockdown or self imposed restrictions by many people who are not going to the pub or theatre, cancelling parties and so on? it

dr ewan harrison from the wellcome sanger institute which completes that work in the uk.u tell us what the latest is on the analysis of 0micron in the lab, effectively? fist analysis of omicron in the lab, effectively?— analysis of omicron in the lab, effectively? analysis of omicron in the lab, effectivel ? �* ., ., effectively? at the moment we are still laruel effectively? at the moment we are still largely in _ effectively? at the moment we are still largely in the _ effectively? at the moment we are still largely in the same _ effectively? at the moment we are still largely in the same position i still largely in the same position as we were when it was first discovered. 0bviously as we were when it was first discovered. obviously there is a variant, the 0micron variant has a large number of mutations compared to the original wuhan variant. we are now awaiting the results of experimental investigations of this virus, so to understand if it can overcome antibody, either mediated by a vaccine or previous infection. also, as time goes on, we will get a bigger picture of