Scientific adviser urges further coronavirus restrictions to prevent catastrophe in England
From CNN s Sharon Braithwaite
A government message about the coronavirus tier 4 restrictions is seen urging people to stay home in London on December 29. Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images
Further coronavirus restrictions are needed in England to prevent a catastrophe at the start of 2021, a member of the UK government s New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (NERVTAG) said Tuesday. I think we are entering a very dangerous new phase of the pandemic and we re going to need decisive, early, national action to prevent a catastrophe in January and February, Andrew Hayward, a professor of infectious disease epidemiology at University College London, told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme.
Deliveries of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine have been delayed to eight European countries after a logistical problem surrounding the temperature the doses are kept at, according to Spanish authorities.
The country s health ministry said it had received a message from Pfizer s manufacturing plant in Puurs, Belgium, on Sunday night, saying the delivery would arrive on Tuesday instead of Monday due to a problem in the loading and shipping process related to temperature control .
It added that eight European countries, including Spain, had been affected - but did not elaborate.
Local authorities in Germany also reported delays in administering the jabs on Sunday after it was found there may have been temperature issues during transit.
ANDALUCIA has announced plans to give ‘licences’ to anyone vaccinated against COVID-19 from December 27 onwards. Junta president Juanma Moreno said the
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The Spanish government has ruled out for now canceling flights from the United Kingdom despite fears over a new, more contagious strain of the coronavirus in the country. On Sunday, several European countries, including Germany, Italy and France, announced a temporary halt on passenger flights arriving from the UK in a bid to stop the mutant strain of coronavirus crossing their borders. The Spanish government, however, did not follow suit, and instead called for a joint response from the European Union. While it awaits this response, the government announced that controls at airports and ports will be strengthened to ensure that all arrivals from the UK have a negative coronavirus test result.