Public health officials are currently investigating the impact of a new Covid variant that originated from Brazil. There is currently no evidence to suggest any Covid variant cause more serious illness for the vast majority of people who become infected. The Brazil variant emerged in July and invokes a key mutation – called E48K –...
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Coronavirus vaccination programme moves to the next stage
The Covid-19 vaccination programme is entering its next stage, after everyone in the top four priority groups have been offered a jab. With 1 in 3 adults in the UK now being vaccinated, the government is looking to offer the vaccination to those on the learning disability register, over-60s, as well as anyone over 16...
Boris Johnson’s pledge to lift lockdown restrictions
Monday’s announcement from Boris Johnson saw the instigation of his four part plan to ease lockdown restrictions. Everybody has to “play their part” to meet the dates for England’s lockdown to be eased, Matt Hancock has said. The promise of returning back to normality is the well-needed light at the end of the tunnel that...
Boris Johnson’s next moves for England
Boris Johnson is set to address the public on the latest coronavirus and lockdown news on Monday the 22nd of February. What is Boris Johnson’s next move? An effort to move back towards normality or continued lockdown?
New Covid-19 guidelines for international arrivals
With the emergence of potentially more resistant strains of Covid-19 from outside of the UK, the government has decided to enforce new legislation in a bid to prevent its spread to our shores. Everyone arriving in the UK will now have to take a coronavirus test on days two and eight of quarantine.• International arrivals...
February Zoom meetings
Thank you to those who came to our Zoom meeting last Thursday with Peter. We are pleased to offer these Zoom calls as a substitute to our usual meetings as a platform to talk about non-clinical issues, aside from current global affairs. We are looking to gauge interest for our second Zoom meeting this month,...
Can you help Andrew complete his medicine course?
Our friend Ken Madine is fundraising for the St Vincent De Paul Society (SVP England and Wales), and they’d really appreciate your support in helping to raise funds for the fees to train Andrew, a student from Chennai in India to study medicine. If you would like to donate to their JustGiving page, or find...
Rules after vaccination
With more than six million adults in the UK having received at least one dose of the Coronavirus vaccine, the rules for people who have been vaccinated remain unchanged: • Lockdown restrictions must still be followed. Widespread vaccination brings the hope for the public to move closer to normality however this is a long process...
European vaccination roll-out
As of the 19th of January, the United Kingdom is the leading European country for vaccinations having administered 6.96 doses per 100 people. Following the UK is: Denmark – 3.06Malta – 2.65Lithuania – 2.22Slovenia – 2.07Spain – 2.07Italy – 2.00Ireland – 1.90Austria – 1.67 Although Doc2Docs is a local business to the United Kingdom, we...
Support for our locums
Due to ongoing Covid-19 restrictions we have not been able to hold our usual face-to-face meetings we offer to our locums. We appreciate you are all receiving a lot of updates from various sources but please remember we are here for a chat whenever you need. We are also happy to set up a Zoom...