UBS chief: Staff who choose not to get vaccine can work from home rather than office September 2, 2021 UBS employees who don’t want to receive the Covid vaccine can apply to work from home instead, the Swiss bank’s CEO Ralph Hamers announced today, indicating a more flexible approach than some banking rivals. Some banks, including Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, have mandated vaccines for staff returning to their desks in some [...]
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 [...]
Morrison Foerster are first law firm to mandate vaccines for London lawyers August 26, 2021 Law firm Morrison Foerster have publicly announced that its lawyers must be fully vaccinated against covid-19 to return to the London office. Morrison Foerster, also known as MoFo, will make covid-19 vaccinations mandatory from 13 September for those coming back to the office, where they will also need to wear a mask in common areas [...]
Square Mile workers split on vaccine proof being mandatory for return to City offices August 26, 2021 Professionals working in the City of London are split on whether their employers should ask them to show proof of coronavirus vaccination to return to the office, according to a survey. Around 43 per cent of City staff think companies should require employees to provide proof that they have been vaccinated should be required to [...]
Covid vaccine protection could fall below 50 per cent for the elderly by winter August 25, 2021 A leading scientist has warned that the protection provided by two doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines could fall below 50 per cent for the elderly by the winter months. The test results from 1.2m users of the Zoe Covid app showed that protection from two jabs starts to wane “even within six [...]
Covid protection from two vaccine doses fades after six months August 25, 2021 Protection against Covid offered by two doses of the Pfizer and the AstraZeneca vaccines begins to fade within six months underscoring the need for booster jabs according to UK researchers. Scientists behind the Zoe Covid Study app said that effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine against infection fell from 88 per cent to 74 per cent five to six [...]
Return to office delayed for unvaccinated Credit Suisse staff in US August 25, 2021 Credit Suisse has told its unvaccinated US employees to continue to work from home until mid-October while vaccinated staff can return to the office from September, according to reports. The Swiss lender postponed the date when all of its US staff would be required to return to working from the office to 18 October, according [...]
Deloitte mandates vaccinations for staff in US offices August 25, 2021 Auditing giant Deloitte has told staff coming into its US offices from October, that they must be vaccinated against Covid-19, according to reports. Chief executive officer of Deloitte US, Joe Ucuzoglu, told staff in an email that from 11 October they would be required to reveal their vaccination status on a secure company website, according [...]
National Covid-19 antibody surveillance programme launched by government August 22, 2021 A nation-wide antibody surveillance programme for the public has been launched by the UK Health Security Agency to collect data to build the government’s understanding of immunity against Covid-19. The government today announced that free home antibody tests kits will be offered to adults in the UK who test positive for the virus from Tuesday. [...]
Study finds vaccinated can carry high Delta viral load, but scientists urge people to keep getting the jabs August 19, 2021 Scientists have found that fully vaccinated people carry the same level of Covid-19 as the unvaccinated in a potential blow to the efficacy of the jabs. Previous studies had shown that vaccinated people who caught the Alpha variant carried far lower viral loads than those who had not been vaccinated. However, a study from the [...]