Ireland’s deputy chief medical officer has mentioned the rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine ought to be suspended quickly following stories of blood clotting elsewhere in Europe.
A spokesperson for the Irish Department of Health advisedThe Independent, that the rollout of the AstraZeneca jab has been “quickly deferred” as of Sunday morning.
This comes as Scottish secretary Alister Jack will declare that the UK’s vaccination programme is the “envy of the world” as he pays tribute to the NHS and armed forces who’ve helped to administer coronavirus jabs.
Mr Jack will describe the rollout up to now as a “really astonishing achievement, a process on a scale that dwarfs something since the conflict.”
Meanwhile, UK charities together with Cancer Research UK, Mencap and the Terrence Higgins Trust have written an open letter to these in precedence group six, urging them to get the vaccine.
This group consists of people aged 16 to 64 with underlying well being circumstances. It additionally induces their carers as properly as people who’ve studying disabilities.
Latest authorities figures have revealed that 23.6 million people have acquired a primary dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Behind the headline evaluate on the week in well being
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‘No doubt’ there might be additional Covid waves in autumn, says UK’s chief statistician
Professor Sir Ian Diamond, head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), has mentioned there’ll “little doubt” be one other wave of coronavirus infections in the autumn.
Speaking on Sunday, Sir Ian acknowledged the influence of the “great” vaccine rollout although cautioned “we want to recognise that it is a virus that isn’t going to go away.”
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Pandemic leads to people purchasing extra domestically
According to knowledge evaluation by Lloyds Bank, the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in people spending cash round one kilometer nearer to residence.
According to the financial institution, who checked out its clients’ use of debit playing cards, the common distance people travelled to spend has dropped from 3.9km (2.4 miles) to 2.7km (1.7 miles).
The knowledge in contrast the interval from the starting of March 2020 to the finish of February 2021 with the identical time interval the earlier 12 months.
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Two arrested in Denmark throughout anti-coronavirus protest
Two people have been arrested at an anti-Covid restriction protest in Copenhagen this weekend.
One particular person was arrested for throwing fireworks at police whereas the different was detained for violent behaviour, AFP reported.
The protest was organised by a gaggle which calls itself “Men in Black Denmark” and has had common demonstrations since the finish of 2020.
The group has beforehand likened the nation’s Covid-19 restrictions to a “dictatorship” and protestors moved via the streets chanting “Freedom for Denmark” and “Mette Ciao,” a reference to their prime minister, Mette Frederiksen.
The rally got here only a day since a 30-year-old lady was sentenced to two years in jail for her behaviour at a earlier “Men in Black Denmark” march in January.
Eleanor Sly14 March 2021 11:39
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Government continued to supply PPE from Malaysia suppliers accused of fashionable slavery
The authorities continued to supply private protecting gear from corporations dealing with fashionable slavery allegations, regardless of guarantees to crack down on suppliers accused of labour abuses, The Independent can reveal.
Just 5 months after the Home Office introduced “highly effective new measures” to deal with fashionable slavery dangers in the UK’s provide chains, it has emerged that frontline healthcare employees are utilizing medical gloves manufactured by Malaysian agency Brightway Holdings.
Eleanor Sly14 March 2021 11:09
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Government continued to supply PPE from Malaysia suppliers accused of fashionable slavery
The authorities continued to supply private protecting gear from corporations dealing with fashionable slavery allegations, regardless of guarantees to crack down on suppliers accused of labour abuses, The Independent can reveal.
Just 5 months after the Home Office introduced “highly effective new measures” to deal with fashionable slavery dangers in the UK’s provide chains, it has emerged that frontline healthcare employees are utilizing medical gloves manufactured by Malaysian agency Brightway Holdings.
Eleanor Sly14 March 2021 11:04
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Head of the Office for National Statistics warns of additional wave of Covid-19 infections
Head of the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Professor Sir Ian Diamond, has mentioned he has “little doubt” there might be one other wave of Covid-19 infections in the autumn.
Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, the head of the ONS highlighted a necessity for understanding of how the knowledge is transferring ahead, whereas calling the vaccine rollout “great.”
These feedback come after Professor Chris Whitty underlined that reopening UK society too shortly might end in yet one more surge in coronavirus instances.
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Charities urge thousands and thousands of susceptible to guide Covid vaccine
Charities together with Cancer Research UK, Mencap and the Terrence Higgins Trust have written an open letter to people who’re in precedence group six in an try to dispel fears round the vaccine.
The group consists of people ages 16 to 64 who’ve underlying well being circumstances. These embody continual respiratory, coronary heart, kidney and liver illness and neurological circumstances, immunosuppression, asplenia, diabetes, morbid weight problems and extreme psychological sickness.
The 18 charities: “The good news is, even in case you have not acquired your letter but, now you can get an appointment at a vaccination centre or group pharmacy, shortly and simply, by utilizing the nationwide reserving system or calling 119 in England.”
Eleanor Sly14 March 2021 10:30
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AstraZeneca vaccine rollout ought to be paused after blood clot stories, Ireland medical chief says
Rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine ought to be quickly suspended after stories of blood clotting elsewhere in Europe, Ireland’s deputy chief medical officer has mentioned.
Serious blood clotting has been recorded after inoculations in Norway, the place the AstraZeneca vaccine programme has been paused alongside with the rollout in Denmark.
Eleanor Sly14 March 2021 09:58
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‘My dad and mom nonetheless haven’t met my child’: Becoming a mum in the pandemic
In the run-up to Easter 2020, Melissa Darby felt always sick. Around two weeks earlier than, the nation had gone into its first nationwide lockdown on 23 March, and day by day press conferences advised us what number of people had contracted and died from the novel coronavirus that had upturned our lives. But it wasn’t the news alone alone that was unsettling Darby. The 31-year-old additionally observed that smells felt unusually overpowering. At the suggestion of her mom, she took a being pregnant take a look at on Good Friday. When it got here again optimistic, she began crying.
“It was the top of the panic at the very starting once we didn’t know [who] was going to survive,” she tells The Independent from the residence she shares with her husband Jack in south London. “No one needed to go to hospitals and they have been filling up and it was a extremely scary time.”
Eleanor Sly14 March 2021 09:28
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Britain’s vaccination programme is ‘envy of the world’, cupboard minister claims
Britain’s vaccination programme is the “envy of the world”, the Scottish secretary Alister Jack will declare as the newest authorities figures confirmed over 23.6 million people have acquired a primary dose.
Paying tribute to the NHS and the armed providers who’ve helped administer Covid-19 jabs, the cupboard minister will describe the rollout up to now as a “really astonishing achievement, a process on a scale that dwarfs something since the conflict”.
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