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Thousands of people have been trying to book their Covid booster jab over the last 24 hours, leading to the NHS website crashing. Statistics show that more than half a million people booked their booster jab on Monday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said. Along with this, lateral flow kits usually ordered from the UK government...
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The government has announced that it will become compulsory for frontline NHS staff in England to be fully vaccinated against Covid, the health secretary has confirmed. Sajid Javid told MPs that he expected to set a deadline for the beginning of April to give 103,000 unvaccinated workers time to get both jabs. More than 93%...
GPs in England are being told to see more patients face-to-face as long waits in A&E rise to their worst level since records began. Government ministers have set up a £250m emergency fund so GP surgeries can take on more temporary staff during the coming winter months. [It will be interesting to see where the...
Sajid Javid has announced the government’s plan for tackling Covid during the winter months in England. This is to include the offer of booster jabs to those most at risk from the virus and maximising uptake among those who have not yet had the vaccine. Ministers have also outlined a “Plan B” if measures are...
Britain has bought 35 million more Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines for next winter to provide the country with booster jabs for ‘years to come.’ These vaccines are set to be administered in the second half of 2022 to protect against current and future variants of coronavirus. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said: “While we continue to build...
Dominic Raab, foreign secretary, has advised university students will get “advance warning” if they are required to have vaccines before moving to halls of residence. He continued to explain that these decisions will take place in September. The full details of the plan are yet to be seen, but the rule is set to come...
Medical experts have recommended that a limited group of children should be offered Covid jabs to protect them against the pandemic ahead of winter, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi has said. He told BBC that it included children were almost 18, vulnerable to Covid or who lived with people who were clinically vulnerable. The decision to...
England’s schools will find out later how the government plans to relax rules that has caused large number of pupils being sent home if a child in close contact with others receives a positive Covid test. Last week the “bubble” system saw more than 375,000 children sent home. Boris Johnson said Education Secretary Gavin Williamson...