Tag Archive: Vaccine
Pregnant Women Should Be Offered Covid Vaccine, New Government Advice Says
Pregnant women should be offered a Covid vaccine, new Government advice says. The AstraZeneca jab will be given where another is not available despite the JCVI saying "more research is needed" on its impact on pregnancy.
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Royal College of Nursing Comes Out against Mandatory Vaccination for Health and Social Care Staff
Health and social care staff should not be "coerced" into having a Covid vaccine, says the Royal College of Nursing. The union encourages staff to take a vaccine but says that those who decide not to should be supported.
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Most Care Home Vaccine Rates below Government Guidance
A consultation has been launched into making Covid vaccinations mandatory for care home staff as data shows that more than 96,000 eligible staff at older adult care homes in England have not received a vaccine.
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Vaccines the Cause of Britain’s Drop In Covid Cases, Not Lockdown, Says KCL Epidemiologist
The drop in Covid cases has been caused by Britain's "exemplar vaccine programme", says King's College London epidemiologist Professor Tim Spector – despite the Prime Minister saying that lockdown is behind the fall.
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US Calls For Pause on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Due to Clotting Fears
Federal health agencies have called for the US' Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout to be paused immediately due to cases of recipients developing rare blood clotting disorders within two weeks of being vaccinated.
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England’s Rollout of the Moderna Vaccine Begins
England is to begin giving out doses of the Moderna jab – the third vaccine introduced in its national rollout – as everyone over the age of 50 is offered their first dose of a vaccine.
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50% Of People Vaccinated In Wales
Wales has become the first UK nation to give a first dose of Covid vaccine to half of its population. The country is also leading the way in its rollout of second doses, with one in six now fully vaccinated.
Read more UK Nears 40 Million First and Second Vaccine Doses
A record number of second doses of Covid vaccines were administered in the UK on Saturday, pushing the country closer to a total of 40 million first and second doses.
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One in 400,000 Chance of Two Vaccinated People Catching a Symptomatic Infection From Each Other Indoors
Why have vaccinated people been told not to meet indoors given that the risk of catching a symptomatic Covid infection is around one in 400,000 for two people who have been vaccinated?
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“Vaccine Bounce” Gives Tories Largest Poll Lead Since May Last Year
With approval of the Government's handling of the vaccine rollout standing at 72%, the Tories have extended their lead over Labour up to nine points, according to new polling by Opinium.
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