Potential Covid Plan C could ban household mixing Potential Covid Plan C could ban household mixing Under a potential Plan C for Covid-19 that is currently being discussed by Cabinet officials, household mixing could be banned, the Telegraph reported. Health secretary Sajid Javid said “at this point” the government would not implement measures such as mandatory masks, vaccine passports and the advice to work from home, instead recommending people to meet [...]
Sajid Javid: Long Covid is affecting huge numbers of people Sajid Javid: Long Covid is affecting huge numbers of people Health secretary Sajid Javid is reportedly concerned about the increasing numbers of people suffering from long Covid symptoms. As reported by the Independent, the secretary told a private meeting of health officials that the problem was “huge” and “getting bigger”. During the private meeting, which was set up to give an update regarding long Covid [...]
Government buys 100,000 doses of Covid antibody treatment Government buys 100,000 doses of Covid antibody treatment The UK government has bought 100,000 doses of a new coronavirus antibody treatment from GlaxoSmithKline. The treatment will help coronavirus patients and provide extra protection from virus mutations that make vaccines ineffective. The Department for Health and Social Care has bought 100,000 doses of the sotrovimab treatment, according to The Telegraph. Regulators have approved the [...]
Javid: Care workers should ‘get out and get another job’ if refuse vaccine October 2, 2021 UK health secretary Sajid Javid has said care workers who don’t want to get vaccinated should “get out and get another job” in the most hardline stance on the jab from a government minister yet. Trade bodies and care home providers have raised concerns that the deadline for the legal requirement for workers to be [...]
Sajid Javid defends the march back to the office despite SAGE warnings September 15, 2021 Health secretary Sajid Javid has defended the march back to the office after government scientific advisors warned it could trigger a spike in infections. Ditching work from home advice could push daily hospital admissions to rise to 7,000 by next month, experts advising the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) warned yesterday. However, the [...]
WHO boss: Wealthy nations should pause booster Covid jab rollout until 2022 September 8, 2021 The head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on wealthy cations with plentiful Covid jab supplies to delay booster shots until the end of the year. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hit back at claims vaccine supplies were high enough to allow for both booster jabs and vaccinations in countries facing shortages. “I [...]
Covid vaccine: Immunosuppressed people in the UK to receive third dose September 1, 2021 Around half a million people in the UK whose immune systems are severely weakened will be offered a third primary vaccine dose, following a new recommendation announced by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) today. Anyone over the age of 12 who was immunosuppressed at the time of their first or second dose [...]
UK competition watchdog investigating ‘immediate’ government action on PCR test prices August 13, 2021 The UK competition regulator has said it is exploring what immediate action the government can take to quash the hugely variable prices charged by private providers of Covid PCR tests for travel, after the health secretary, MPs and the travel industry called for an intervention. In a statement published yesterday, the Competition and Markets Authority [...]
Health secretary Sajid Javid makes ‘full recovery’ from Covid July 24, 2021 Sajid Javid today said he had made a “full recovery” after testing positive for coronavirus a week ago. In a tweet the health secretary said he had recovered from the virus and encouraged Brits to get their jabs. “Symptoms were very mild, thanks to amazing vaccines,” he wrote. “Please — if you haven’t yet — [...]
EY Parthenon brings on former government advisor Mats Persson as partner July 22, 2021 EY has announced the appointment of Mats Persson, a former chief of staff to Sajid Javid, as a partner in its strategy and transactions business. Persson had already been acting as an independent advisor over the last year, designing strategies for transport and energy companies, the auditing giant said in a statement published last week. [...]