UK Covid-19 vaccinations: Newest figures
The federal government has admitted there is no such thing as a assure that the third nationwide lockdown would be the final.
Overseas Workplace minister James Cleverly instructed Sky Information on Friday that the vaccine rollout was going nicely however added that nobody is aware of how the virus would possibly evolve.
“We are able to’t give full 100 per cent certainty as a result of viruses don’t work like that,” he stated.
Earlier this week, Boris Johnson expressed his hope that the lifting of lockdown can be “irreversible” however confessed he couldn’t give an “absolute forged iron assure”.
Elsewhere, Wales is planning to unveil its roadmap out of lockdown. The nation’s first minister Mark Drakeford stated its coronavirus instances are at their lowest quantity since September.
He added that main faculty college students and non-essential retailers like hairdressers may open by mid-March. Nevertheless, he careworn that the route out of lockdown would should be gradual.
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Sadiq Khan receives coronavirus vaccine
London mayor Sadiq Khan has obtained his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine due to his “extreme bronchial asthma”.
“I’m delighted, relieved and extremely grateful to not simply the scientists who invented this vaccine however to the NHS and volunteers who’re working so arduous,” he stated.
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Police break up 30-person home social gathering in north London
The police broke up a 30-person home social gathering in north-east London early on Friday morning, after forcing entry to the property when the revellers refused to open the door.
Inspector Alex Hope-Rollinson stated: “Frankly it’s surprising to see folks act with such indifference for the foundations, prepared to place the well being of their neighborhood in danger.”
My colleague Clea Skopeliti has the main points:
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Vietnam to obtain 60 million vaccine doses in 2021
Vietnam will obtain a complete of 60 million Covid-19 vaccines this yr, half of which can come through the Covax scheme, the nation’s well being minister has introduced.
Though it it has solely recorded 2,347 coronavirus infections because the pandemic started, there are fears over an outbreak of the extra contagious UK variant within the north of the nation.
The well being minister Nguyen Thanh Lengthy stated on Friday: “This wave’s virus variant is 70 per cent extra transmissible. If we are able to’t sustain with testing amid this spike in instances, we are able to’t include the outbreak.
“Testing is the important thing to combat the virus”.
Rory Sullivan19 February 2021 09:23
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Authorities can not give ‘100 per cent certainty’ that this lockdown would be the final, minister admits
Overseas Workplace minister James Cleverly has admitted there is no such thing as a assure that the third nationwide lockdown would be the final.
He instructed Sky Information on Friday that the vaccine rollout was going nicely however added that nobody is aware of how the virus would possibly evolve.
“We are able to’t give full 100 per cent certainty as a result of viruses don’t work like that,” he stated.
Earlier this week, Boris Johnson expressed his hope that the lifting of lockdown can be “irreversible” however confessed he couldn’t give an “absolute forged iron assure”.
Rory Sullivan19 February 2021 09:09
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Retailers and hairdressers in Wales may open from mid-March, says Drakeford
Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford has hinted that non-essential retailers like hairdressers may reopen by mid-March.
He added that each one main faculty college students would return to highschool by the center of subsequent month if the coronavirus scenario “continues to enhance”.
He instructed BBC Breakfast that the lifting of lockdown in Wales can be gradual. “I don’t imagine it will likely be a wholesale reopening, we’re going to do issues in the best way that Sage and the WHO advocate – fastidiously, step-by-step, all the time assessing the affect of any actions that we take,” he stated.
Right here’s Jon Sharman with extra:
Rory Sullivan19 February 2021 08:51
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Brazil surpasses 10 million confirmed Covid instances
Brazil has now recorded greater than 10 million confirmed coronavirus infections – at a time when its vaccine rollout has floor to a halt in some cities resulting from an absence of doses.
The South American nation reached 10,030,626 instances by Thursday, with 51,879 of those coming within the earlier 24 hours, based on the well being ministry.
The pandemic has now killed nearly 250,000 folks in Brazil, the second highest loss of life toll of any nation.
Alexandre Naime Barbosa, head of epidemiology on the State College of Sao Paulo, instructed Reuters: “Regardless of the scale of this quantity, it’s nonetheless in all probability nicely under the actual determine resulting from an absence of testing.”
Rory Sullivan19 February 2021 08:35
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NHS workers in danger from airborne transmission, Johnson warned
Frontline NHS workers are in danger from airborne transmission of coronavirus as a result of their masks don’t supply sufficient safety, main well being organisations have warned.
In a letter to the prime minister, a bunch of greater than 20 well being and science our bodies stated: “The proof is evident and lives proceed to be put in danger.”
They are saying that new proof means that coravirus is an airborne pathogen, with present guidelines primarily based on the concept that it spreads by means of droplets alone.
Our well being correspondent Shaun Lintern has the main points:
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UK to donate majority of spare vaccines to Covax
Boris Johnson will pledge on Friday to donate the vast majority of the UK’s surplus coronavirus vaccines to different nations.
He’ll make the announcement at at present’s G7 assembly and can encourage different world leaders to assist the Covax intitiative, which goals to present poorer international locations honest entry to vaccines.
France has additionally stated it should share a few of its vaccines, with president Emmanuel Macron hinting that he was squaring as much as China and Russia’s vaccine diplomacy.
Talking concerning the worldwide vaccine rollout, Emmanuel Macron instructed the Monetary Occasions: “It’s an unprecedented acceleration of worldwide inequality and it’s politically unsustainable too as a result of it’s paving the best way for a conflict of affect over vaccines. You may see the Chinese language technique and the Russian technique too.”
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