Vaccines to be offered to over-25s, as Hancock says jabs keeping patients out of hospital
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Your support makes all the difference.Health secretary Matt Hancock has announced that people aged 25 and over can book their first coronavirus vaccine from tomorrow morning.
Mr Hancock told that House of Commons that although it’s too early to say whether or not the final Covid-19 restrictions should be lifted on 21 June, the vaccination rollout “brings us hope”.
He went on to say that vaccines have prevented an estimated 39,000 hospitalisations and over 13,000 deaths, and that the NHS is on track to vaccinate all adults by the end of July.
His announcements come amid rising Covid-19 case rates across most of the UK.
New analysis from PA suggests that around three quarters of local authorities reported a week-on-week rise in the week to 2 June – the highest proportion since early January.
A total of 283 out of 380 areas recorded an uptick in cases, with the greatest numbers in London, northwest England and Scotland.
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has said that the House of Commons won’t debate an amendment tabled by rebel Tory MPs to reinstate the government’s foreign aid budget to 0.7 per cent today.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that from tomorrow morning, 25 to 29-year-olds will be able to book their first vaccine dose in England.
Matt Hancock says that the vaccination programme has averted an estimated 39,000 hospitalisations and over 13,000 deaths.
“Vaccination brings us hope,” he told the House of Commons.
Covid vaccine: Over-25s can book jab from tomorrow, Matt Hancock announces
Follow breaking updates as Health Secretary Matt Hancock announces that 25 to 29-year-olds can book their first vaccine doses from tomorrow:
Over-25s can book Covid jab from tomorrow, Matt Hancock announces
Health Secretary also opens door to 12 year olds and above being vaccinated
Matt Hancock tells the Commons: “As of 3 June, our data show that of the 12,383 cases of the Delta variant, 464 went on to present at emergency care and 126 people were admitted to hospital.
“Of these 126 people, 83 were unvaccinated, 28 had received one dose and just three had received both doses of the vaccine.”
Hancock: ‘Too early’ to make a decision on ending lockdown
Matt Hancock tells the House of Commons that it’s still too early to make a decision on step four of the prime minister’s roadmap out of lockdown.
The Health Secretary stressed the government’s ‘data not dates’ principle and added that a decision is set to be announced in a week’s time.
Pfizer vaccine safe for over-12s, JCVI says
Matt Hancock has confirmed that the Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation (JCVI) has determined that the Pfizer vaccine is safe people 12 years and older.
He added that he will ask the JCVI to produce a timetable on when to vaccinate youngsters.
In the meantime, Mr Hancock stressed that school children should take biweekly home tests and self-isolate if they test positive for the virus.
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Covid figures update - Public Health England
There was just one Covid death reported across the UK on Monday, according to Public Health England data.
This is down from 13 on Saturday. Some 5,686 cases were new cases were logged on Monday, down slightly from 5,756 on Saturday.
Meanwhile, 40,460,576 people have now received the first dose of a vaccine and 27,921,294 have received a second dose.
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His comments come amid the reemergence of a theory that the virus may have come from a Wuhan lab.
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