Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock have agreed to make Covid jabs mandatory for care home workers. And this is just the beginning – similar requirements are currently under consideration for other healthcare workers.
Boris Johnson has stressed the importance of keeping the vaccine rollout at its current pace due to the likelihood that the third wave of Covid infections across Europe will hit the UK as well.
The UK's vaccine rollout could be delayed by two months if EU members decide to ban exports of the jab next week. Reports suggest that this action would not even provide a significant boost to slower rollouts in the EU.
The UK has set a new record for the number of people vaccinated in one day, pushing the total number of adults jabbed to 51%. Yet the pace of unlocking is still far too slow.
The EU's Medicines Agency yesterday declared the AstraZeneca Covid jab "safe" to use, but the sustained fear over serious cases of a brain blood clot disorder means a number of countries are still treading cautiously.
The Prime Minister has said there is "no change" to the next steps of the roadmap out of lockdown, despite the expected slowdown of the vaccine rollout next month.
The EU's medicines agency has said that the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is "safe and effective" to use, but a "small number of cases" of a rare clotting disorder that have occurred after vaccination cannot be ruled out.
The approaching “significant reduction” in the UK's supply of Covid vaccines is a result of an export ban by the Indian Government, according to the country's manufacturer of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.
The vaccine rollout's slowdown must not delay our return to freedom. All over-50s will still have been offered a vaccination by the end of the month, by which point Matt Hancock previously said he would "cry freedom".
Britain's vaccine rollout has been successful to date. However, a leaked NHS letter suggests that a setback could be approaching in the form of a "significant reduction in the weekly supply" of Covid vaccines next month.
