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London-area seniors 70 and older will be able to rebook their second dose appointments for an earlier date as of Thursday, days after the 80-and-older crowd…

The U.K. will accelerate its vaccination program in a bid to stay on its path out of lockdown, the Telegraph reported. Meanwhile, civil servants are drawing up contingency plans to delay the June 21 easing of virus restrictions, the Financial Times reported.

London-area seniors 70 and older will be able to rebook their second dose appointments for an earlier date as of Thursday, days after the 80-and-older crowd…

From the SHA: Age Eligibility as of June 2 For Second Doses: · all individuals 65 years of age and older, · all individuals who had their first dose on or before March 22,. . .

At a press conference in Quebec City, Christian Dubé, Quebec’s minister of health and social services, provides an update on the province’s [...]

There are 86 new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on June 1. This brings the provincial total to 46,834 cases; 45,022 recoveries and 1,272 cases considered active. This is the first time since March 17 the province has reported under 100 new cases in one day and only the fourth time this year that daily cases have been in the double digits. WIth only 86 new cases of COVID-19 reported today, and 181 recoveries, the total number of active cases today in Saskatchewan is now at 1,272. (G...

Which is a good thing. what we need absolutely to do now is to be sure that all the at risk people, elderly and vulnerable people, and health care in any country can be vaccinated very fast and very soon. we can vaccinate our children but we need to reserve some doses for the poor countries as soon as possible. what do you make of the accusation being thrown at a lot of wealthy countries, again in terms of the strategy that they�*re following, boosting as much of their population as they can, ...

One reason for proceeding with more caution now is to make it easier in future to resume that progress to level zero and then beyond. my last point, and this is the one ill finish on come is that as always, all of us have a part to play in beating the virus back. please, be tested regularly, free lateral protests are available on the nhs —— lateral flow test. id ask anyone to order them and test yourself twice a week. they give results in about half—an—hour, so they are very quick and us...

Wide restrictions is now out of date. it was designed before we had an effective, successful vaccination scheme. the first minister said in her statement, 72% of adults in scotland have had the first dose of the vaccine and 46% are now protected with both doses of the vaccine. the first minister also said today that we dont need to apply a one size fits all approach. but it seems exactly thats whats happening. keeping whole councils or cities in level two is not targeted. its not a local approac...

Thatis age groups. so in terms of pfizer that is where supply is tighter so we have to balance all of that. secondly, we know that the most vital thing we do in getting over 18 is with their first dose is important and appointments have started in glasgow with that and we will look at supplies and having drop in clinics but getting people have had their first dose to get a second dose is what increases substantially the level of protection from the vaccine. that is why over the next two weeks th...