More than half of people applying for Covid support grants in Leicester are turned down For some people there is a choice between isolating or paying their bills
05:00, 3 FEB 2021
The number of applicants outweighs the number of grants paid (Image: PA)
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The biggest immunisation campaign in history is gathering pace and a mass vaccination centre has opened Peterborough.
Over six million people in the UK have had a first dose and a record-breaking 491,970 people were vaccinated in a single day over the weekend. By the time you read this those numbers will have significantly increased, so it’s an amazing effort and we are leading Europe.
I would urge everyone to accept their appointment invite, get the jabs done and help control the spread of the virus which remains prevalent in our city.
Professor Jonathan Van-Tam has warned that vaccinated people may still spread the virus, so everyone must continue to follow the national guidelines for case numbers to reduce, whether you’ve had the vaccine or not.
9 in 10 test results returned next day by NHS Test and Trace
93.8% of in-person test results were returned the next day after the test was taken, compared with 84.8% the week before.
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Significant improvement in test turnaround times – 93.8% of in-person test results returned the next day after the test was taken, compared with 84.8% the week before
93.2% contacts reached – the highest percentage since NHS Test and Trace was launched
300 local tracing partnerships are now live across the country, demonstrating a strong national and local partnership to halt the spread of the virus
NHS Test and Trace continues its strong start to 2021 with 93.8% of in-person test results the next day after the test was taken, compared with 84.8% the week before. Turnaround times have now reduced to similar lengths of time seen at the beginning of December, following the increase over the festive period.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted: “Superb news that we’ve administered over 3 million vaccine doses across the UK.
“Thank you to all who have responded to the call and to the NHS, Armed Forces and volunteers who make it happen.
“It brings real hope, but it’s critical that for now we #StayHome SaveLives.”
Preliminary figures for England showed that 2.91million jabs had been carried out by Wednesday, including 2.49million first doses and 415,000 second doses. This is a rise of 248,177 on Tues-day’s figures which highlights the speeding up of the jabs.
More than a third of people aged over 80 in England have now received at least one of the two jabs needed for full protection.