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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson Downing Street press conference 15th November 2021; Part 6 of 6 ENGLAND: London: Westminster: Downing Street: INT Boris Johnson MP (Prime Minister) chairing Q&A from press SOT Q: RICHARD VAUGHAN (THE I) - WILL COVID RULE HAVE TO CHANGE TO REFLECT THAT PEOPLE HAVE BOOSTERS / NEW TORY VOTERS WILL FIND OUT YOU HAVE PARED BACK RAIL PLANS IN THE NORTH, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM Johnson responding SOT - On boosters, it is clear that getting three jabs will become an important fact and will make life easier / booster increases protection and two jabs sadly start to wane / on the rail plan, all I can say is that you should all wait till it is unveiled Q: DAVID HUGHES (PA) - THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN PICTURED WITHOUT A MASK, DO YOU ACCEPT YOU ARE SENDING A BAD MESSAGE / AMBULANCE TRUSTS HAVE GIVEN A STARK WARNING, HOW RESILIENT IS THE NHS TO AN INCREASE IT COVID HOSPITALISATIONS Johnson responding SOT - I wear a mask wherever the rules say I should / people will have seen me wearing them more recently as we have seen numbers ticking up / we are going to continue with our approach of relying on people's common sense Chris Whitty (Chief Medical Officer) responding SOT - You can't give a simple answer to the second question, lot's of different NHS bits are under different pressures / we have a difficult winter ahead of us / that is widely accepted / large parts of it are under significant pressure Johnson concluding press conference and Johnson, Whitty and Sir Patrick Vallance (Chief Scientific Advisor to Government) along from podiums.