By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent image copyrightGetty Images Hundreds of thousands of children at higher risk from coronavirus infection are to be offered a Covid vaccine in the UK. However, the vast majority of children will not be immunised. Which children will be offered the vaccine? The evidence on the harms and benefits of … Read more
The Foreign Office, which issues travel advice that is independent from the government’s traffic light system, is stressing that not all amber countries will be approved for international travel on 19 July. However, it has updated its approved list and it now has several amber list countries including France, Greece, Morocco, Switzerland, the US, Jamaica … Read more
It was a long day – up well before 05:00, all the hassle and stress of an outside broadcast, with our guests resolutely refusing to move from their “ring of steel”, then great transport difficulties trying to return to London, meaning I wasn’t home until after 00:00. Source link
June 25, 2021 – When the CDC announced in May that fully vaccinated Americans can largely ditch their masks, many of us were eager to shed those familiar pieces of cloth we had been wearing for more than a year. And yet, it seems some people are not ready to let it go. … Read more
Thousands of people got jabs in Bolton over the weekend as the town battles the Indian variant. Source link
May 13, 2021 — People who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer required to wear masks or physically distance, regardless of the location or size of the gathering, the CDC announced Thursday. “Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or … Read more
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However, he said the vaccination rate for care home staff was currently below 80% in more than half of all local authority areas. As a result, he said, the government had launched a consultation into whether care home providers for older adults should only deploy workers who have received their Covid jab, unless they have … Read more
A pharmacist whose brother died after having the AstraZeneca vaccine has told the BBC she still feels strongly that people should continue have their jabs. Alison Astles’ brother Neil, 59, died of a blood clot on the brain on Sunday, after having the vaccination on 17 March. She said he was “extraordinarily unlucky” and that … Read more
The aim is to reduce the risk of infection to those who may not respond well to a vaccine. Source link