Press Release – Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy Nearly a year since a Parliamentary petition on vaping flavours closed, and exactly six months since the Governments vaping legislation was passed, the petition organiser has submitted a supporting supplementary submission at the Health Select Committees …
Nearly a year since a Parliamentary petition on vaping flavours closed, and exactly six months since the Government’s vaping legislation was passed, the petition organiser has submitted a supporting supplementary submission at the Health Select Committee’s request.
Despite the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Act 2020 now in play, the Government could still opt to follow the evidence, not the emotion, when it comes to final decisions around the availability of vape flavours, says Nancy Loucas, co-director of Aotearoa Vapers Community Advocacy (AVCA).
Pascal Soriot backed the British government s decision to delay the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine
The boss of AstraZeneca predicted that it would allow the inoculation of huge numbers in the coming weeks
Mr Soriot also slammed an emotional EU over a jabs war that saw Eurocrats accuse the UK of hijacking doses
It came as Boris Johnson warned the EU he expected it to honour government contracts for Covid-19 vaccines
The new export rules, which could come into place within days, would allow the EU to ban vaccines from travelling to the UK.
Giving evidence to MPs this morning, the chief executive of NHS England said while it would be a worry if Brussels banned exports, the UK had secured large supplies from other manufacturers.
He told the Health Select Committee the Government and done well to secure our vaccine supply from multiple sources meaning the UK was not solely reliant on drugs manufactured in the EU.
The UK was quick off the mark to secure doses of vaccines around the world and has ordered more jabs than any other country.
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image captionSheila Evans was among those to receive the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine at the Al Abbas Mosque in Birmingham
Nearly two million people in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine in the past week, government figures show.
By the end of Tuesday 4.61 million people had received their initial jab, up from 2.64 million the week before.
Matt Hancock told MPs: We re giving 200 vaccinations every minute .
But Boris Johnson warned there were unquestionably going to be a tough few weeks while the vaccine was rolled out and urged people to observe lockdown.