The brutal lockdown is on track to be loosened in England from the beginning of March amid rising hopes that target of vaccinating all adults by September could be beaten by months. Another five million people will be invited to receive a jab from today, with some in Whitehall suggesting the rollout is going so well … Read more
More than half of over-80s have had Covid jabs according to Matt Hancock despite Dominic Raab’s hints that all adults may not be vaccinated before September. The Health Secretary made the announcement on Twitter the morning after saying the UK is ‘nearly on the home strait’ out of the pandemic. He said: ‘I’m delighted that over … Read more
Care homes take legal advice over whether they can force reluctant staff to have Covid vaccinations as up to 120,000 refuse National Care Association sought legal advice as staff refuse the vaccination Just 41 per cent of 18 to 34-year-olds will ‘definitely’ accept the Covid jab Young people and ethnic minorities are less likely to … Read more
Britain’s vaccination programme is ahead of schedule after more than 300,000 jabs were delivered in a single day. Some 3.2million doses have now been doled out – far more than in any other European nation. Chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance hailed the rollout as a ‘miracle’, with the NHS confirming that 316,694 jabs were administered … Read more
Boris Johnson was urged to double his target for 14million vaccinations by mid-February today amid signs brutal lockdowns have finally started to curb the coronavirus outbreak. The PM is facing demands to take advantage of the space created by the brutal restrictions as figures showed the number of jabs being administered is rocketing over 290,000 … Read more
The Mayor of London has complained that only a tenth of vaccines distributed across the UK have been given to people in the capital. Sadiq Khan said he is ‘hugely concerned’ about the amount of Londoners who have been given the vaccine despite it making up 13% of UK population. He called on vaccine minister … Read more
Homeless people will get Covid-19 jabs in the first scheme of its kind in the UK aimed at protecting rough sleepers and those living in shelters from the virus. Oldham Council and local GPs decided the town’s homeless people should be made a priority group to get the vaccine at the start of the rollout. … Read more
Boris Johnson ‘WILL trial 24/7 Covid vaccinations’ as Matt Hancock admits GPs in parts of the UK are having to PAUSE vaccinations because of a lack of supply Senior Government source said ministers are ‘considering a pilot of 24/7 rollout’ Another U-turn after Boris claimed there was ‘no clamour’ for jabs past 8pm Doubts about … Read more
‘We WERE right to stay out of EU’s vaccination scheme’: Decision to run our own Covid-19 inoculation drive is vindicated after figures show UK has given out more jabs than rest of Europe combined, MPs are told Figures show the UK is fourth in the world for number of vaccines administered The only countries ahead … Read more
Sir David Attenborough and Brian Blessed OBE have both received their first dose of the Covid vaccine. Renowned broadcaster and naturalist, Sir David, 94, received the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab last week, according to the Sun. Meanwhile British actor, Blessed, 84, and his wife Hildegarde, were both pictured receiving the vaccine last night. NHS Surrey Heath CCG … Read more