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Former prime minister Tony Blair today said the UK needs to dramatically accelerate its coronavirus vaccination programme in order to lift lockdown rules in the spring.
Claiming it s not complicated on live TV this morning as he launched a blue-print for improving the country s vaccine roll-out, Mr Blair suggested restrictions could ease significantly in February if the NHS scales up to millions of jabs every week.
As supplies flow into the country in the coming weeks, Mr Blair said, officials should strain every sinew to make sure every dose is used as soon as possible. He said there should be pop-up vaccine centres and mobile ones, that pharmacies should be used, and volunteers recruited en masse.
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It comes as both Scotland and England were plunged into lockdowns on Monday 4 January to control rising cases thought to be caused by the new, more transmissible strain of the virus.
Tony Blair has said half of the UK’s population could be vaccinated by the end of March (Shutterstock)
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What has Tony Blair said about vaccinations?
Tony Blair, 67, has said half of the UK’s population could be vaccinated by the end of March if the government speeds up its jab plan.
Africa: Are Digital Health Passports a Good Idea?
21 December 2020
By Umberto Bacchi | @umbertobacchi | Thomson Reuters Foundation
The rollout of the first batches of COVID-19 vaccines in Britain and the United States has reignited a debate around the possible use of digital health passports to ease the lockdowns that are crippling the global economy.
Proponents say identifying people who are immune to the novel coronavirus or at lower risk of spreading it could help open up travel and other services. But, critics have raised concerns over privacy, health and discrimination.
As more technology firms develop digital certificates that can be accessed on smartphones by employers, airlines and others, here is all you need to know about health passports.
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