LOCKDOWN AND CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS have changed many aspects of our lives and many people are eager to hug their family and friends once again. Scientific advisors have given an estimated time frame of when people may be able to hug their loved ones- and it might be as early as June. This is thanks to a new study which suggests a single jab can cut virus transmission by up to half. Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, suggested the decision on whether social distancing would be needed going into the summer months could be a political one.
Over 29% of all UK adults have received the strongest possible protection
Over 50 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the UK, with over a quarter of adults having received both doses.
Health services across the UK administered a total of 50,089,549 million vaccines between 8 December and 2 May, including 34 million people with their first dose and 15 million with their second.
Data from Public Health England (PHE)’s real-world study shows the vaccines are already having a significant impact in the UK, reducing hospitalisations and saving more than 10,000 lives in England alone by the end of March.
The government remains on track to offer a jab to all adults by the end of July.
New study to see if daily tests could mean people exposed to Covid-19 don t have to isolate
Officials hope to determine whether people who ve been in close contact with a coronavirus might be able to avoid 10 days of self-isolation
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A new Public Health England study is set to explore whether those exposed to Covid-10 really need to self-isolate for 10 days.
Government to launch 40,000 person daily contact testing study
New study to offer daily rapid testing to contacts of positive COVID-19 cases.
From:
2 May 2021
A new study led by Public Health England and NHS Test and Trace will help increase understanding of how effective daily contact testing could be for people who are contacts of positive COVID-19 cases. It is to be used as an alternative to self-isolation.
Daily coronavirus tests will be given to as many as 40,000 people who have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19, in a new government-backed study designed to gather evidence on safe alternatives to self-isolation for people who are contacts of positive COVID-19 cases.
LOCKDOWN AND CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS have changed many aspects of our lives and many people are eager to hug their family and friends once again. Scientific advisors have given an estimated time frame of when people may be able to hug their loved ones- and it might be as early as June. This is thanks to a new study which suggests a single jab can cut virus transmission by up to half. Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, suggested the decision on whether social distancing would be needed going into the summer months could be a political one.