UK Health Secretary also issued a plea to pull together for one final push . (File)
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The UK government on Saturday began rolling out a series of stark advertisements as part of a new awareness drive that warns people to Act like you ve got it because anyone can spread coronavirus, especially the new highly transmissible variant that has seen hospitals being overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients.
The campaign - made up of television, radio and newspaper adverts as well as a social media blitz - comes as the latest daily death count from the deadly virus hit a new peak of 1,325 deaths and infections rose to 68,053 cases. Around one in three people infected with the virus do not have any symptoms and could therefore be passing it on without realising, according to the government s messaging.
The campaign - made up of television, radio and newspaper adverts as well as a social media blitz - comes as the latest daily death toll from the deadly virus hit a new peak of 1,325 deaths and infections rose to 68,053 cases. Around one in three people infected with the virus do not have any symptoms and could therefore be passing it on without realising, according to the government s messaging.
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Boxes containing vials of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine sit in a refrigerator at Augusta University in Augusta, Ga.
The UKâs medicine regulatory authority on Friday approved a third COVID-19 vaccine for use in the country, made by the American biotech company Moderna which has already been rolled out in the US. It can now start being rolled out alongside the Pfizer/BioNTech and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines already being administered by the National Health Service (NHS) following approvals last year.
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the approval of the Moderna vaccine follows a âthorough and rigorous assessmentâ by its teams of scientists, including advice from the independent Commission on Human Medicines, which reviewed in-depth all the data to ensure this vaccine meets the required standards of âsafety, quality and effectivenessâ.
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