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January 18, 2021 15:41 IST
The NHS has so far been working to vaccinate the first two priority cohorts recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation.
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People queue to receive COVID-19 vaccines inside Lichfield Cathedral, which has been turned into an emergency vaccination centre, amid the coronavirus outbreak, in Lichfield, in Birmingham, Britain.
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The NHS has so far been working to vaccinate the first two priority cohorts recommended by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. Millions of people in the U.K. aged 70 and above and those clinically extremely vulnerable to coronavirus (COVID-19) will be invited to get their vaccinations as the National Health Service (NHS) expands the roll out of the vaccines to the next priority groups from Monday.
UK has vaccinated around 2 million people: Health Secretary Hancock
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Asked how many people had been vaccinated, Hancock said: It s around the 2 million mark, but we re going to publish the exact figures tomorrow and then henceforth on a daily basis. Over the last week we ve vaccinated more people than in the entirety of December, so we re accelerating the roll-out, he told BBC TV.
LONDON: Britain has now given around 2 million people a COVID-19 vaccination, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday ahead of a ramp-up in the roll-out of the shots on Monday.
The new strain, termed
VUI -202012/01 (Variant Under Investigation, the year 2020, month 12, variant 01) has already spread to over 60 locations in England and the new cases are rising faster as per Matt Hancock, England s Health Secretary. Many parts of the UK are currently under strict lockdown due to rising cases of COVID-19.
The new mutation is believed to be 70 per cent more transmissible than the original strain. Fearing a massive spread, several countries have announced travel bans, in wake of the approaching holiday season.
Speaking to CNN, US assistant health secretary Brett Giroir said that all options are under consideration. Hinting at the possibility of the US imposing a travel ban from the UK, Giroir said, I think everything is possible. We just need to put everything on the table, have an open scientific discussion and make the best recommendation .
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Boris Johnson announces a lockdown for London and the South East SCOTTISH Conservatives have long known about the “Boris factor”, that feeling of distrust, dislike even, that comes over voters when the Prime Minister’s name is mentioned on the doorstep. Judging by the general reaction to Saturday’s cancellation of Christmas, Scotland is no longer alone in being scunnered by Mr Johnson. If there had been a “mood-o-meter” in operation, a machine to gauge shock and anger at the last minute imposition of a lockdown on London and the South East, the needle would have swung beyond the scale.
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