More than 600,000 people in the UK have received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as part of the largest vaccination programme in British history.
FDA study could lead to end of restrictions on gay and bisexual blood donors
Study hopes to asses whether individualized risk assessments would be just as effective as categorical bans
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is sharing new details on a study that could lead to the removal of long-standing restrictions on gay or bisexual men donating blood and plasma.
The study, known as ADVANCE: Assessing Donor Variability And New Concepts in Eligibility, calls for collaboration between three of the nation’s largest blood centers: Vitalant, OneBlood, and the American Red Cross, alogn with LGBTQ community centers nationwide.
Targeted community testing extended to 10 more areas
More local authorities to be offered rapid-turnaround lateral flow tests to detect asymptomatic cases and help slow the spread of coronavirus.
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23 December 2020
Large-scale community testing is a key part of the government’s COVID-19 Winter Plan to identify those with coronavirus earlier in order to break the chain of transmission and keep the virus under control.
The 10 new areas join 106 others who are already signed up to roll out rapid community testing in December or January, including some areas which are now in Tier 4 such as London and Medway in Kent.
Around 1 in 3 people have coronavirus without symptoms so could be spreading the virus without knowing. Targeted community testing of people with no symptoms will help identify positive cases more quickly and break chains of transmission.
Huntingdonshire will be in Tier 4 from 00.01 on Boxing Day.
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Huntingdonshire will now move into Tier 4 from 00.01 on Boxing Day.
In an announcement on the BBC this afternoon (Wednesday), Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said the changes were necessary to control the virus .
Huntingdonshire will join Peterborough and neighbouring Hertfordshire which were already in the highest tier after an announcement on Saturday.
This means a return to the spring lockdown restrictions which mean all but essential retail must close and people cannot travel in or out of the area.
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