Covid might ‘reignite’ regardless of vaccine success, Mark Walport warns
Secondary college pupils will reportedly be provided Covid-19 vaccinations from September below plans being developed by the NHS.
Health service officers are compiling planning paperwork which embody a measure to supply a single dose of the Pfizer jab to kids aged 12 and older when the brand new college yr begins, in line with The Sunday Times.
Pfizer has stated trials of its vaccine in kids aged 12 to fifteen confirmed 100 per cent efficacy and a robust immune response.
The plans, which the Times stated it had confirmed with authorities and NHS sources, are contingent on recommendation from the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) due this summer season.
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has urged caution in the “final lap” of the fight in opposition to coronavirus, arguing there’s solely “just a little bit extra time” till all authorized restrictions on social interplay are eliminated.
The cupboard minister stated “regular steps” out of lockdown are “the sensible option to go” to make sure the numerous sacrifices should not squandered as folks plead for hugs between relations to be allowed once more sooner.
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‘Too early to declare victory over coronavirus in UK’
Professor Peter Openshaw stated it was too early to declare victory over coronavirus in the UK.
Prof Openshaw, who’s a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nertag), informed The Andrew Marr Show: “I might completely say it’s too early to declare victory and to drop our guard.
“We do know that this an infection tends to return again once more and we have to use this time to be completely positive we have now obtained each precaution in place to cease additional outbreaks.”
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Travel inexperienced checklist ‘coming shortly’, says Raab
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has stated the checklist of nations the place worldwide journey can be permitted is “coming shortly”.
He informed The Andrew Marr Show: “We stated we would make the adjustments on 17 May and we’d set out the small print of the brand new system, which is a visitors gentle system, earlier than then. So, it is coming shortly.”
Chiara Giordano2 May 2021 11:15
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Country on monitor to reopen in June however new variants will emerge, professional warns
Professor Peter Openshaw stated the nation was on monitor to open up once more in June however warned new variants will nonetheless emerge.
Prof Openshaw, who’s a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nertag), informed the Andrew Marr Show the nation must regulate case numbers and new variants.
He added: “I believe we’re heading in the right direction in the mean time however we have now to simply regulate what’s going on in phrases of case numbers and in phrases of new variants that can be arising internally but additionally coming into the nation.
“It’s inevitable that these variants can be on our shores or increasing to some areas.
“We simply have to be very cautious and we have to use this time to arrange notably for what could occur in the autumn once we return to high school.”
Chiara Giordano2 May 2021 10:55
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Some social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines right here to remain, Raab warns
Some social distancing and mask-wearing guidelines will keep in place as life returns solely “near regular” in June, Dominic Raab has prompt.
The authorities is exploring what “additional safeguards” can be wanted, even when the tip of the present roadmap is reached on 21 June, the international secretary stated.
Our deputy political editor has extra particulars in this breaking news story:
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‘All totally different contingencies’ are being checked out in college vaccine plan
Dominic Raab has stated “all of the totally different contingencies” are being checked out when requested a couple of reported plan to supply vaccines to secondary college pupils as quickly as September.
The international secretary informed Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday he wouldn’t “speculate at what we will do past the present highway map”, however added: “You’re proper that we’re all of the totally different contingencies to ensure that the easing-up of the restrictions, the returning to regular, will be performed in a protected and safe method.”
Chiara Giordano2 May 2021 10:20
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Raab urges caution in ‘final lap’ of fight in opposition to coronavirus
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has urged caution in the “final lap” of the fight in opposition to coronavirus, arguing there’s solely “just a little bit extra time” till all authorized restrictions on social interplay are eliminated.
The cupboard minister stated “regular steps” out of lockdown are “the sensible option to go” to make sure the numerous sacrifices should not squandered as folks plead for hugs between relations to be allowed once more sooner.
He informed Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “I do suppose we simply have to ensure that in the final lap, in case you like, that we’re cautious and we don’t lose the positive aspects we’ve made.”
Chiara Giordano2 May 2021 10:01
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Labour helps plans for assessments to finish isolation however warns it should not ‘unravel’ progress
Shadow international secretary Lisa Nandy stated it was very welcome that the federal government was exploring methods to make it simpler for folks to get again to regular extra shortly.
When requested on Sophy Ridge on Sunday if Labour supported plans to permit individuals who have come into contact with somebody who has examined constructive for Covid to not quarantine in the event that they take day by day assessments, she stated: “We are actually very eager to see it made simpler for folks to go about their regular lives, notably as a result of we have now lengthy had issues concerning the financial influence of quarantine preparations on folks.”
However, she added that Labour needed plans to comply with the science and to verify any new measures being taken didn’t “unravel” the progress made to date.
Chiara Giordano2 May 2021 09:55
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Secondary college pupils may very well be provided Covid jabs from September
Secondary college pupils will reportedly be provided Covid-19 vaccinations in September below plans being developed by the NHS.
The plans contain providing a single dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to kids aged 12 and up when the brand new college yr begins, The Sunday Times experiences.
Our reporter Joanna Taylor has extra particulars:
Chiara Giordano2 May 2021 09:41
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Sturgeon ‘will put ending lockdown earlier than independence’
Nicola Sturgeon has put ending lockdown as her prime precedence if she is re-elected as first minister quite than pursuing independence, in line with a report.
The SNP chief informed the Sunday Mail she won’t marketing campaign for a break from the UK whereas individuals are dwelling below coronavirus restrictions.
She additionally claimed she won’t be pressured right into a transfer by her predecessor Alex Salmond.
Chiara Giordano2 May 2021 09:26
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Careful method wanted in ‘final lap’ of fight, says Raab
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has warned a “cautious” method to easing restrictions remains to be required in the course of the “final lap” in opposition to coronavirus.
He informed Sky’s Sophy Ridge on Sunday: “I do know that individuals are hankering to go a bit quicker however truly we really feel vindicated at taking regular steps out of the lockdown is the sensible option to go.
“We’re very shut now to essentially turning the nook and I believe we nonetheless have to be cautious to go as I stated we do not wish to see the positive aspects misplaced and the sacrifices which were made undone.
“By the time we get to 21 June nearly all social restrictions can be lifted, so there’s solely just a little bit extra time to go but it surely’s proper we try this in a cautious method.
“I do suppose we simply have to ensure that in the final lap, in case you like, that we’re cautious and we do not lose the positive aspects we have made.”
Chiara Giordano2 May 2021 09:07
