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Event venues across the UK have been transformed into vaccination centres as the UK continues to push ahead with its inoculation programme. Despite being largely forgotten by the Government during the Covid-19 pandemic, the events industry has proved its value to the nation. While high-profile venues such as ExCeL London and Epsom Racecourse have been largely converted to handle thousands of people each day, more than one hundred other event venues have also joined the national effort. However, despite the Government saying it plans to vaccinate 200,000 per day, it remains unclear for how lon...

Mass vaccine centres open across England Top Story January 12, 2021 LONDON: The first mass vaccination centres have opened in England as the huge effort to protect the most at-risk people got a shot in the arm. Queues formed outside the sites early on Monday morning as nurses prepared to vaccinate thousands at socially distanced tables or cubicles. Moira Edwards, 88, became the first person to receive the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab at Epsom racecourse in Surrey at around 8.15am. Ms Edwards, from Cobham in Surrey, who received her first dose beside her daughter Clare Edwards, said it was “extr...

Boris Johnson has been holding a virtual meeting with his senior team as they consider the next move in the crisis wreaking havoc on the country.

Jacob King/PA Wire/Bloomberg via Getty Images The body responsible for health in England has not revealed whether it is recording the ethnicity of people vaccinated against covid-19, despite calls from scientists for the release of more data on the ongoing roll-out of covid-19 vaccines. While it may still be too early to make conclusions from such figures, collecting and publishing them as vaccines are being rolled out could help monitor vaccine uptake across different communities and inform efforts to ensure equitable access, says Naveed Sattar at the University … Continue reading ...

‘I’d have had my vaccination at 3am if offered,’ says palliative care doctor