Half of the total UK population is now double-vaxxed July 6, 2021 More than 33m people have received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the latest government figures, but the number of deaths from Covid is slowly edging up too. The number of people who have now received full vaccine protection in the UK equates to 50.5 per cent of the total UK population of [...]
Daily Covid cases in Scotland surpass 4000 in a day – for first time ever July 1, 2021 Scotland has reported a record number of daily Covid cases for the third time this week, as cases surpassed the 4000 mark for the first time since the start of the pandemic. 4234 people registered positive Covid test results in the last 24 hours, according to the latest Scottish government figures published on Thursday. The [...]
Test and Trace: Weekly Covid cases hit highest level in England since mid-February July 1, 2021 NHS Test and Trace figures showed that almost 80,000 people tested positive for coronavirus in the week to June 23, as the PM gave his strongest hint yet that reopening will go ahead on July 19. The latest figures showed that 79,247 people tested positive between June 17 and June 23 – a 43 per [...]
World Bank to bump Covid vaccine funding to $20bn June 30, 2021 The World Bank tonight said it would up to funding for Covid-19 vaccine purchases and deployment to $20bn due to a sharp increase in financing demand from developing economies. The multilateral body had previously targeted $12bn in spending on the vaccine programme. World Bank President David Malpass said the global development bank had given 51 developing countries more than $4bn to use [...]
Scotland records most Covid cases since start of pandemic, again June 30, 2021 Scotland has recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic for the second time in a matter of days. 3,887 people registered positive Covid test results in the last 24 hours, according to the latest Scottish government figures published on Wednesday. The case rate was up 769 on the previous [...]
Pfizer and Moderna vaccine supply limits pace of jab rollout June 30, 2021 There are not enough Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being supplied to reduce the eight week interval between doses, according to analysts. “It appears from the data available that Pfizer and Moderna supplies are the pace-limiting factor,” Matt Linley, an analyst at Airfinity, a data company tracking the vaccine rollout, told The Times. Last month, the [...]
Unexplained sneezing: Covid symptoms different for fully vaccinated June 29, 2021 Data from the world’s largest ongoing Covid study suggests Covid symptoms may be different for those fully vaccinated, with unexplained sneezing more likely to be an indicator. Research from the ZOE Covid symptom study app, a not-for-profit initiative led by King’s College London, suggests sneezing may be a more common sign of infection for those with [...]
Covid update: ‘Stronger border’ could have curbed Delta variant in UK June 27, 2021 A leading government coronavirus adviser said that the Delta Covid variant could have been stopped in its tracks if the UK had enforced stricter border measures. The chair of the UK’s advisory group for new and emerging respiratory virus threats (Netvag) said that “stronger border measures may have delayed […] even have prevented” the Delta [...]
Changes to UK amber list travel rules will be “later this summer” June 24, 2021 Travel to the UK’s amber list countries will be quarantine-free on return for fully vaccinated Brits “later this summer,” under government plans still being decided. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the government is still considering plans and will set out further details on amber list travel in July, delaying what the travel industry had hoped [...]
JP Morgan may mandate all US staff to get Covid vaccine June 24, 2021 JP Morgan Chase also ordered all US employees to disclose their vaccine status by the end of June. America’s largest bank has sent a memo to all US staff “strongly urging” them to get a Covid vaccine before a planned return to the office in July – and dangled the possibility of mandatory vaccination. “We [...]