The NHS Covid vaccination programme has now opened to people 38 and over.
Those aged 38 and 39 now qualify for a jab with around a million people being sent text messages that allow them to access the national booking service at the touch of a button, with further invitations to follow in the coming days and weeks.
The move to the next age group comes alongside nearly three-quarters of people aged between 40 and 49 having had their first dose, less than a fortnight after they were offered a jab.
Since the vaccination rollout began in December, nearly 30 million people have been vaccinated with a first dose in England, two-thirds of the total adult population.
600,000 employees in pub sector – 900,000 when you expand it to brewing
43% of pub staff are aged 25 or below
Builders Merchants Federation (
BMF):
760 members have a combined turnover of £38 billion, within the £156 billion total construction industry in the UK
members employ over 190,000 people in the industry
BMF merchant members operate from over 5,700 branches throughout the UK and Ireland
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IKEA
IKEA, which employs more than 11,000 people across its 21 UK stores, has continued to support staff throughout the pandemic, with an extensive set of safe working procedures in place and ensuring that all workers were paid 100% of their contracted hours, regardless of the restrictions in place. IKEA supports the vaccine roll-out and ensure co-workers receive paid time off to attend vaccination appointments and makes sure the most up-to-date information is shared and available.
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Britain s Covid cases rose slightly for the seventh day in a row today, amid fears the rapid spread of the Indian variant could jeopardise lockdown-easing plans.
Department of Health bosses recorded 2,284 positive tests up 6.5 per cent in the space of a week. But deaths are continuing to fall. Officials posted only 11 laboratory-confirmed deaths, compared to 27 last Wednesday. It comes as data suggested India’s Covid variant linked to an explosion of cases on the sub-continent is now dominant in four local authorities across England, including in Bolton and Blackburn, where outbreaks have nearly doubled in size in a week.
THE NHS has revealed that the Covid vaccination programme will open up to people aged 38 and 39 from today. Those aged 38 and 39 are the first to qualify for a jab with around a million people being sent text messages that allow them to access the national booking service at the touch of a button with further invitations to follow in the coming days and weeks. The move to the next age group comes alongside nearly three quarters of people aged between 40 and 49 having had their first dose, less than a fortnight after they were offered a jab. Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said: “Our incredible vaccination programme has already saved thousands of lives and has helped to significantly reduce hospital and infection rates, allowing us to begin safely easing restrictions.
People aged 38 and 39 will be able to book their Covid-19 vaccine from Thursday morning PEOPLE aged 38 to 39 in England will be able to book Covid-19 vaccinations from Thursday morning. The vaccine rollout will continue to younger age groups, with the aim of giving all adults at least one dose by the end of July, NHS sources have said. People under 40 are being offered an alternative to the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, such as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. This is due to the link between the AstraZeneca jab and extremely rare blood clots. As of Tuesday, 35.6 million first doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been given in the UK, with a further 18 million second doses.