UK Covid-19 vaccinations: Latest figures
Four of England’s Nightingale hospitals arrange to deal with a spike in Covid-19 cases are to shut completely from April after costing £500 million to arrange.
The three remaining emergency discipline hospitals will stay open at websites in London and Sunderland as mass vaccination centres.
NHS England stated present hospitals have been in a position to improve their beds so efficiently that the Nightingales are now not wanted.
Research suggests the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is ready to fight a brand new variant of Covid-19 quickly circulating in Brazil.
A research printed within the New England Journal of Medicine discovered the engineered model of the virus, containing the identical mutation carried on the spike protein because the extremely contagious P1 variant first recognized in Brazil, was successfully neutralised amongst individuals who got the jab.
The new variants are noticed to hold adjustments within the spike, which is utilized by the virus to enter the human cells. These adjustments, in flip, have an effect on how transmissible the virus is and is subsequently the first goal of coronavirus vaccines.
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Domestic cruises ‘to restart on 17 May ‘
A gaggle of MPs have been assured cruise strains will be capable of restart home voyages on 17 May.
Our journey correspondent Simon Calder has extra particulars:
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Closure of Nightingale hospitals is ‘necessary second in nationwide restoration’, says Hancock
Health secretary Matt Hancock stated the closure of the Nightingale hospitals was an “necessary second in our nationwide restoration”.
In a video posted to Twitter, Mr Hancock stated the vaccine programme and lockdown restrictions had meant that there have been now fewer than 10,000 individuals in hospitals throughout the UK, down from 40,000 seven weeks in the past.
He stated the hospitals had been a “monument to this nation’s potential to get issues finished quick when it actually issues” and performed a “crucial position” within the UK’s response to coronavirus.
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Nightingale hospitals to shut
Four Nightingale hospitals arrange to deal with a spike in Covid-19 cases are to shut from April, though websites in London and Sunderland will keep open for vaccinations.
NHS England stated present hospitals have been in a position to improve their beds so efficiently that the Nightingales are now not wanted.
Our well being correspondent Shaun Lintern has extra particulars:
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Pfizer vaccine ‘neutralises Brazil variant’ in research
A brand new research has discovered the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is ready to fight a brand new variant quickly circulating in Brazil.
The analysis printed within the New England Journal of Medicine discovered the engineered model of the virus, containing the identical mutation carried on the spike protein because the extremely contagious P1 variant first recognized in Brazil, was successfully neutralised amongst individuals who got the jab.
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