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This study was conducted by researchers from the World Obesity Federation (WOF), an international organization dedicated to supporting efforts to reduce, prevent and treat obesity. The researchers found that around 2.2 million of the over 2.5 million COVID-19 deaths reported around the world by the end of February occurred in countries where more than half of the population is classified as overweight.
The researchers wanted countries with high rates of obesity to recognize that obesity is “a disease in its own right” and a risk factor for other detrimental health conditions, including “significantly worsening the outcomes of a COVID-19 infection.”
“Reducing one major risk factor, overweight, would have resulted in far less stress on health services and reduced the need to protect those services from being overwhelmed,” wrote the federation in the foreword of its report.
Vaccines have been widely cited as the world’s exit route from the pandemic.
However, Boris Johnson said this week he will take a “cautious and prudent approach” to easing the country out of its third national lockdown since March 2020.
The Prime Minister is awaiting new data on the impact of vaccines on the spread of coronavirus in the UK before announcing any easing of lockdown measures.
Later this month, Mr Johnson is expected to outline his ‘roadmap’ for easing lockdown, which he has stressed will be based on “data not dates”.
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Whitehall sources have said the target of vaccinating all priority groups by mid-February may prove difficult. It is partly due to Pfizer upgrading their Belgian vaccine production facility, which will lead to a temporary reduction in deliveries, they said.
Vaccine approval and administration are the next steps in the fight against COVID-19. As with nearly everything about this pandemic, guidance and action plans vary by jurisdiction, and.