Professor Anthony Harnden from the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation says the medical profession is anticipating an annual coronavirus vaccine could become a permanent feature of the post-pandemic world.
Record breaking numbers of people have been vaccinated in the United Kingdom this weekend as the nation increases its vaccination capabilities with 32 new centres being set up this week.
Over 75 per cent of the population over 80 years of age have received a coronavirus vaccination, however new variants remain a constant threat.
The United Kingdom is on the brink of 100,000 coronavirus deaths as the Johnson government moves to introduced tougher quarantine restrictions.
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The Government has said it notes that today’s COVID-19 statistics show 180 new positive infections, a total of 714 people presently actively infected and 2,030 presently in self isolation. This very high number of new positive infections of COVID-19 today emphasises the importance of complying with the restrictions put in place by the Government to prevent the spread of the virus.
The huge numbers of new infections and the huge numbers of people in self isolation are putting massive pressure on the ability of the Government to continue to provide public services. In particular, there is massive pressure on the 111 and Contact Tracing services as well as the Gibraltar Health Authority and all frontline services as a whole.