Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that the easing of lockdown has been delayed by four weeks. This means that Step Four of the Government’s Covid Roadmap will end no earlier than July 19. He told a Downing Street press conference that the spread of the Delta variant meant “we have obviously faced a very […]
The UK has benefited from both fast rollout and good uptake. Currently, a third of the adult population is fully vaccinated, with another third having had one dose. Among those at most risk – the over-50s and younger adults with health conditions, where 99% of Covid deaths have occurred – uptake for the first dose […]
In the UK to date, more than 21 million have received their first dose of the Astra-Zeneca (AZ) vaccine. Unfortunately, 100 have suffered a rare immune-system related blood clotting disorder, and sadly 22 have died. Half of the total had a condition known as cerebral sinus venous thrombosis (CVST), the remainder having clots elsewhere. While […]
Care Homes Project Invites Healthwatch Southampton Care Homes Project Project Overview: Healthwatch Southampton understands the pandemic has been a difficult time for care homes; for the Staff, Managers, Care Home Owners, Unpaid Carers and Relatives, and, of course, the Residents themselves. We also realise there is a lot for people to feel proud of, and […]
Anyone under 30 will be offered an alternative Covid jab to the AstraZeneca vaccine due to mounting evidence linking it to rare blood clots, the UK’s vaccine advisory body says. More than 31 million people in the UK have already have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, and more than five million […]
