Michael Gove says only ‘unprecedented and remarkable’ Covid-19 change would delay 19 July ‘terminus date’ June 15, 2021 Michael Gove said 19 July is the absolute “terminus date” for ending England’s remaining coronavirus restrictions, and only an “unprecedented and remarkable” change would push it back further. The Cabinet Office minister’s comments came the morning after Boris Johnson announced a delay of four weeks to so-called “Freedom Day”, the fourth and final step of [...]
Goldman Sachs UK staff under pressure to reveal vaccine status June 14, 2021 Goldman Sachs has sent a memo to its UK staff that “strongly encouraged” them to report their Covid-19 vaccination status, ahead of a return to the office. The investment bank has has been conducting a voluntary survey amongst staff based at its Plumtree Court headquarters in London since the end of May, when employees were [...]
G7 coronavirus vaccine pledge: how far does it stretch? June 11, 2021 Leaders of the G7 countries will unveil a pledge to donate 1bn coronavirus vaccines to poorer nations at the 2021 summit in Cornwall. The pledge is part of a plan to “vaccinate the world” by the end of 2022, after western governments faced mounting pressure to do more to help the poorest countries in the [...]
‘Freedom day’ could be delayed by up to four weeks June 11, 2021 The government is considering a delay of up to four weeks to the end of coronavirus restrictions in the UK, originally planned for the 21 June. Ministers are considering a delay in order to give people more time to get vaccinated against the virus, and to give businesses more “certainty”, The Times first reported. An [...]
US bins 60m contaminated Johnson and Johnson covid jabs June 11, 2021 Regulators in the US have ruled that 60 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine will need to be discarded because of suspected contamination, according to reports. The doses were produced in a factory in Baltimore operated by Emergent BioSolutions, where federal regulators have been conducting a review over the course of several [...]
UK to offer all COP26 delegates vaccine ahead of conference June 11, 2021 Downing Street today announced the UK will offer vaccines to delegations attending the COP26 summit hosted in Glasgow later this year. In an effort to allow for the full participation of countries that will be most affected by climate change, accredited delegations who are unable to get vaccinations will be offered the jab. While it [...]
UK pledges to share 100m coronavirus vaccines globally June 10, 2021 Ahead of the G7 summit, prime minister Boris Johnson today announced the UK will donate 100m surplus coronavirus vaccines worldwide within the next year. 80m doses will be supplied to the Covax vaccine sharing scheme, while the remaining 20m doses will be shared bilaterally with countries in need. The donated doses will come from the [...]
Goldman Sachs orders US employees to declare their vaccination status June 10, 2021 Goldman Sachs has sent a memo to staff ordering them to report their Covid-19 vaccination status, ahead of a return to the office. The bank gave its United States employees a deadline of noon on Thursday to declare whether or not they have been vaccinated against Covid-19. In a memo first reported in The New [...]
14,000 deaths prevented by Covid-19 vaccine, says Public Health England June 10, 2021 Public Health England (PHE) today published its weekly Covid-19 vaccine surveillance report, estimating that 42,000 hospitalisations and 14,000 deaths have been prevented by the vaccine in England. The true impact of the vaccination programme is likely to be even greater, as PHE’s estimations do not take into account the impact of vaccination on transmission. The rollout [...]
Young people set a record-breaking day of coronavirus vaccine bookings June 9, 2021 More than a million people booked a coronavirus jab on the NHS website on Tuesday, as bookings went live for 25-29 year olds. A total of 1,082,596 first and second dose slots were snapped up across the day, passing the million mark for the first time. To put this in perspective, 279,678 doses were booked [...]