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Matt Hancock brushed aside Dominic Cummings allegations he was a serial liar who should have been fired
Cummings laid a series of Covid failings at the door of Mr Hancock, the Health and Social Care Secretary
Renegade aide told MPs: He should ve been fired for at least 15, 20 things, including lying to everybody
Cummings claimed Boris Johnson s disastrous handling of the pandemic had cost tens of thousands of lives
He told MPs that senior ministers and advisers, including himself, had fallen disastrously short
NIAC to review 12-week interval for AstraZeneca doses in view of India variant
Ireland administers AstraZeneca in two doses 12 weeks apart. By Rónán Duffy Thursday 27 May 2021, 5:59 PM 1 hour ago 10,328 Views 14 Comments
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NIAC HAS SAID it will continue to review the 12-week gap between doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in light of the Covid-19 variant first identified in India.
In a letter to Chief Medical Officer Dr. Tony Holohan, the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) noted that the UK recently decided to reduce the interval between doses of AstraZeneca.
UK health authorities earlier this month decided to reduce the 12-week interval between doses to eight weeks for all of its vaccines.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the “unsubstantiated” attacks on him by Dominic Cummings are “not true”, as he fought to save his career.
Boris Johnson’s former aide accused Mr Hancock of repeatedly lying, being disastrously incompetent and claimed he should have been fired on multiple occasions during the course of the pandemic.
Forced to go to the House of Commons to respond to the claims, Mr Hancock said: “These unsubstantiated allegations around honesty are not true.
“I’ve been straight with people in public and in private throughout.”
During a seven-hour evidence session to MPs on Wednesday, Mr Cummings claimed his former boss, the Prime Minister, is “unfit” to lead and his Government’s failures had led to tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths.