One year from the UK’s first Covid-19 jab, how many are still unvaccinated?
3 years, 1 month ago

One year from the UK’s first Covid-19 jab, how many are still unvaccinated?

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} One year on from Margaret Keenan becoming the first person in the world to receive a Covid-19 jab as part of a mass vaccination programme, around one in 10 eligible people in the UK – 6.4 million – remain unvaccinated. – Total eligible population Everyone aged 12 and over in the UK is eligible for a first dose of Covid-19 vaccine – around 57.5 million people. Across the four UK nations, Scotland has the lowest proportion of eligible people who are still unvaccinated, followed by Wales, England and Northern Ireland. Since then, around two-thirds of all 16- to 17-year-olds have received a jab, with roughly one-third still unvaccinated – the equivalent of just under half a million people.

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Fresh flu warning as explosion shows 'no signs of letting up' - with hospitalisations up 50 per cent in a week, say health chiefs
3 weeks ago

Fresh flu warning as explosion shows 'no signs of letting up' - with hospitalisations up 50 per cent in a week, say health chiefs

Daily Mail  

Britain is being battered by a tidal wave of festive flu, health chiefs warned today. Surveillance programmes that monitor the UK's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions in England have already surpassed last year's peak and are running at their highest level so far this winter. Surveillance programmes that monitor the UK's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions in England have already …

Cases of flu ‘rising rapidly’ as Brits urged to get vaccinations
1 month ago

Cases of flu ‘rising rapidly’ as Brits urged to get vaccinations

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cases of winter flu are “rising rapidly” in England as the …

Covid vaccine: How to book a jab and who is eligible?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Covid vaccine: How to book a jab and who is eligible?

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. UKHSA figures showed the admission rate for patients testing …

Health officials sound alarm over drop in flu vaccine uptake
3 months, 1 week ago

Health officials sound alarm over drop in flu vaccine uptake

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Health officials have raised the alarm over a drop in flu …

Flu and Covid-19 hospital admissions in England remain lower than last year
1 year, 1 month ago

Flu and Covid-19 hospital admissions in England remain lower than last year

The Independent  

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COVID returns? Hospitalisation hits record high in THIS country | DEETS INSIDE
1 year, 2 months ago

COVID returns? Hospitalisation hits record high in THIS country | DEETS INSIDE

India TV News  

As winter approaches, health authorities in the United Kingdom have issued a warning for its citizens to prepare for another wave of COVID-19. UK Health Security Agency has claimed that the cases will 'further increase' as the season progresses, along with other 'winter respiratory viruses like flu'. As we enter the colder months and people begin to mix more indoors, …

Proportion of children who have received key vaccinations, by local area
1 year, 3 months ago

Proportion of children who have received key vaccinations, by local area

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Percentage of children in 2022/23 who had received their …

Covid vaccine: Over-65s urged to get booster jabs as hospital cases rise
1 year, 3 months ago

Covid vaccine: Over-65s urged to get booster jabs as hospital cases rise

The Independent  

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UK officials warn low measles immunization rates could lead to tens of thousands of cases in London
1 year, 5 months ago

UK officials warn low measles immunization rates could lead to tens of thousands of cases in London

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain’s Health Security Agency said on Friday that measles vaccination rates in parts of London have dropped so low that the capital could see tens of thousands of cases of the rash-causing disease unless immunization coverage is quickly boosted. The Health Security Agency said that although the risk of an outbreak across the U.K. was low, the current …

England rolls out spring Covid-19 booster shots for vulnerable groups
1 year, 9 months ago

England rolls out spring Covid-19 booster shots for vulnerable groups

Firstpost  

The National Health Service said others eligible can book in on the UK’s National Booking Service or the NHS App from next Wednesday, with the first appointments available from April 17 London: Around five million people in England will be eligible for a spring Covid-19 booster vaccine, including over 75-year-olds, those with a weakened immune system, and care home residents, …

Be Warned: Why measles is now a ‘global threat’
2 years, 1 month ago

Be Warned: Why measles is now a ‘global threat’

Firstpost  

The World Health Organization has declared measles an ‘imminent threat in every region of the world,’ owing to limited access to routine healthcare and lower immunisation uptake during the COVID pandemic. Nearly 40 million children missed at least one measles vaccine dose in 2021 One consequence of the pandemic was reduced access to routine healthcare and lower uptake of immunisations. …

Covid cases surge across UK again as one in 35 people in England now has virus
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid cases surge across UK again as one in 35 people in England now has virus

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In England, the estimated number of people testing positive was …

People aged 65 and over urged to book Covid-19 booster jab
2 years, 3 months ago

People aged 65 and over urged to book Covid-19 booster jab

The Independent  

People aged 65 and over can now book their Covid-19 booster jab online or via 119. People aged 75 and over, the severely immunosuppressed and frontline health and care workers have been able to book a booster since last week. If you are one of those eligible, it is as important as ever to get your next dose, so please …

Covid infections drop to 10-month low as booster jab rollout begins
2 years, 3 months ago

Covid infections drop to 10-month low as booster jab rollout begins

The Telegraph  

Coronavirus infections have dropped to an 11-month low as the booster campaign begins ahead of an expected resurgence this winter. The autumn Covid booster campaign is now under way in England and Scotland, with care home residents and staff among the first to get jabs from last week. A total of 26 million people will be invited to get a …

Covid cases jump by 800,000 in a week
2 years, 5 months ago

Covid cases jump by 800,000 in a week

The Telegraph  

Covid-19 infections in the UK have jumped by nearly 800,000 in a week, with some parts of the country nearing the record levels seen during the spring. This is the highest estimate for total infections since mid-April, but is still below the record of 4.9 million seen at the peak of the omicron BA.2 wave at the end of March. …

Just 300,000 children under five years old - less than 1.6% - have got their first Covid jab
2 years, 6 months ago

Just 300,000 children under five years old - less than 1.6% - have got their first Covid jab

Daily Mail  

Barely one in 70 children under five years old have got their first dose of the Covid vaccine despite it being approved last month. But three weeks into the drive a senior White House source told CNN that only 300,000 children have been brought forward for the jab, less than 1.6 percent of the 19million-odd who are eligible. Children aged …

Covid cases in UK jump by over 30% in a week | 5 points you must know
2 years, 6 months ago

Covid cases in UK jump by over 30% in a week | 5 points you must know

Hindustan Times  

Covid cases in the United Kingdom have jumped by over 30 per cent in seven days, the Office of National Statistics said amid experts' warning that the pandemic situation could worsen during the autumn months. ONS data - based on a survey that analysed the figures for the week ending June 24 - indicated the percentage of people testing positive …

New COVID-19 data shows unvaccinated have 'triple' the risk of death compared with fully jabbed
2 years, 8 months ago

New COVID-19 data shows unvaccinated have 'triple' the risk of death compared with fully jabbed

ABC  

South Australian health authorities have released COVID vaccination statistics showing people who are unvaccinated are more than three times as likely to die from the virus than those who've had three doses. Key points: Unvaccinated people have "triple the chance of dying" of those with three or more jabs, SA's health chief said Nicola Spurrier issued the warning ahead of …

COVID-19 infection rates hit new high for England, says new study
2 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 infection rates hit new high for England, says new study

Firstpost  

According to the surveillance data of the study, the vast majority of the analysed positive samples were the Omicron BA.2 stealth variant, named due to the absence of certain genetic changes that can distinguish this variant easily from others London: Coronavirus infections in England climbed to a new record high with one in 16 or 6.37 per cent testing positive …

Mumbai: All eligibile beneficiaries above 18 fully vaccinated against Covid-19
2 years, 9 months ago

Mumbai: All eligibile beneficiaries above 18 fully vaccinated against Covid-19

India Today  

All eligible beneficiaries above the age of 18 years in Mumbai have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the city civic body announced on Tuesday. BMC executive health officer Mangala Gomare confirmed that Mumbai has achieved the full vaccination milestone, more than 14 months after the nationwide roll-out of the coronavirus inoculation drive. "So far, 1,02,96,917 first doses have been administered …

Up to five million now eligible to book Covid spring booster jabs
2 years, 9 months ago

Up to five million now eligible to book Covid spring booster jabs

The Telegraph  

Up to five million people are now eligible for the spring booster jab, as the NHS launched on Monday the latest phase of its Covid vaccination campaign. Recent research by the UK Health Security Agency found the NHS booster jab helped prevent 157,000 hospitalisations since mid-December. Large numbers still 'seriously unwell' in hospital Nikki Kanani, the deputy leader of the …

What rising Covid-19 infections in the UK and Europe could mean for the US
2 years, 9 months ago

What rising Covid-19 infections in the UK and Europe could mean for the US

CNN  

CNN — Two weeks after the United Kingdom dropped its last remaining Covid-19 mitigation measure – a requirement that people who test positive for the virus isolate for five days – the country is seeing cases and hospitalizations climb once again. In order of contribution, Fauci said, these are: The BA.2 variant, which is more transmissible than the original Omicron …

More than 10 cr COVID-19 jabs administered in Rajasthan, says health minister
2 years, 9 months ago

More than 10 cr COVID-19 jabs administered in Rajasthan, says health minister

Hindustan Times  

Rajasthan health minister Parsadi Lal Meena on Sunday said more than 10 crore vaccines against COVID-19 have been administered across the state. A healthcare worker inoculates a woman with a Covid-19 vaccine The health minister said so far, 98.4 per cent of the people have been administered first dose of the vaccine and more than 84 per cent have been …

Pfizer vaccine less effective against Covid19 in kids aged 5-11: Study
2 years, 10 months ago

Pfizer vaccine less effective against Covid19 in kids aged 5-11: Study

India TV News  

Highlights The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine for children waned quickly during the Omicron surge in US Effectiveness against hospitalisation in children from age 5 to 11 dropped substantially dropped Vaccine effectiveness fell more slowly for smaller children as it did for older children The effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children waned quickly during the Omicron surge in …

Britain scraps all testing requirements for vaccinated travelers
2 years, 10 months ago

Britain scraps all testing requirements for vaccinated travelers

LA Times  

Vaccinated travelers can enter Britain without taking any coronavirus tests starting Friday, after the government scrapped one of the final restrictions imposed over the past two years in response to COVID-19. Andrew Flintham, managing director of travel group Tui UK, said there was “a huge pent-up demand for international travel,” and people were rushing to book getaways for the February …

UK is 'set to bin 3.5million Pfizer vaccine doses'
2 years, 11 months ago

UK is 'set to bin 3.5million Pfizer vaccine doses'

Daily Mail  

Up to 3.5million Covid vaccine doses are set to be binned after reaching their expiry date, it was revealed today. Pfizer jabs — which make up the bulk of booster shots — had their shelf-life extended from 31 to 45 days last month to allow more time for them to reach patients. It reveals Britain had the highest booster uptake …

Take-up of booster and third doses among adults in England, by local authority
2 years, 11 months ago

Take-up of booster and third doses among adults in England, by local authority

The Independent  

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Measles warning as MMR jab uptake falls to lowest level in 10 years
2 years, 11 months ago

Measles warning as MMR jab uptake falls to lowest level in 10 years

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Vanessa Saliba, consultant epidemiologist at the UKHSA, said: “The MMR vaccine offers the best …

UK expands Covid vaccines to at-risk 5 to 11-year-old kids
2 years, 11 months ago

UK expands Covid vaccines to at-risk 5 to 11-year-old kids

India Today  

The UK’s National Health Service on Sunday expanded its Covid-19 vaccination programme to cover vulnerable children aged five to 11 years. NHS England said nearly 500,000 eligible children in England are set to receive their first dose of a Covid vaccine in line with advice set out by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. “We know vaccines give significant …

Less than one in three young adults in big cities have had booster
2 years, 11 months ago

Less than one in three young adults in big cities have had booster

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Less than a third of young adults in many of …

‘Covid associated with birth-related problems among unvaccinated pregnant women’
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Covid associated with birth-related problems among unvaccinated pregnant women’

Live Mint  

Women who have COVID-19 towards the end of their pregnancy are vulnerable to birth-related complications, suggests the findings of a recent study. Since the start of Scotland's vaccination programme, a total of 4,950 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed during pregnancy, with 77 per cent of these cases in unvaccinated women. Some 12 per cent of COVID-19 cases were in …

1.1 million Covid booster jabs last week, down 42 percent; Over 53% of adults now covered
2 years, 11 months ago

1.1 million Covid booster jabs last week, down 42 percent; Over 53% of adults now covered

NL Times  

Over 1.1 million people were given a Covid-19 booster shot last week, according to the RIVM. Because of the sharp drop in vaccination appointments, many branches of the GGD opened up capacity at vaccination centers for people to get a booster shot without an appointment. Recent estimates suggested 1.1 million adults might not yet be eligible for a booster shot. …

Buoyed by Response to Teen Vaccination, Govt Likely to Begin Covid-19 Jabs for 12-14 Age Group by March
2 years, 11 months ago

Buoyed by Response to Teen Vaccination, Govt Likely to Begin Covid-19 Jabs for 12-14 Age Group by March

News 18  

Expanding the ambit of children’s vaccination drive, the government is likely to begin inoculating 12-14-year-olds from February-end, Dr N K Arora, chairman of the Covid-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation said. So far, in the ongoing vaccination drive for adolescents, a total of 3.31 crore children in the age bracket of 15 to 17 years …

More than half of adults in some of England’s biggest cities not boosted – NHS
2 years, 11 months ago

More than half of adults in some of England’s biggest cities not boosted – NHS

The Independent  

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Over 41 lakh teens jabbed as India opens vaccines for young adults; Modi, Mandaviya hail feat
3 years ago

Over 41 lakh teens jabbed as India opens vaccines for young adults; Modi, Mandaviya hail feat

Hindustan Times  

Over 41 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered to beneficiaries in the age group of 15 to 17 on Monday, the first day when the country’s immunisation drive against the pandemic was thrown open to the young adults. According to data from the Co-WIN portal’s dashboard, 41,27,468 doses of the vaccine were administered to those in the age group as …

Daily Covid cases in Scotland reach record high at more than 20,000
3 years ago

Daily Covid cases in Scotland reach record high at more than 20,000

The Independent  

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Christmas Day jabs for thousands as battle continues against Covid-19
3 years ago

Christmas Day jabs for thousands as battle continues against Covid-19

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thousands of people across England will receive a Christmas Day …

PM Johnson urges Britons to get COVID-19 jab for Christmas
3 years ago

PM Johnson urges Britons to get COVID-19 jab for Christmas

Al Jazeera  

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, on the eve of Christmas, has urged people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as a gift to their families and the nation, as a surge in cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant casts a shadow over the festivities. “Though the time for buying presents is theoretically running out, there is still a wonderful …

A million adults over 60 need a Covid booster jab appointment; 9.2 million adults left to go
3 years ago

A million adults over 60 need a Covid booster jab appointment; 9.2 million adults left to go

NL Times  

One million people over 60 have yet to scheduel an appointment for a booster shot, said Mariska van Blankers, vaccinations program director for the RIVM. Including the 780,000 shots administered last week, more than 1.8 million booster shots have been given since the campaign started in late November, Van Blankers stated. That is why Van Blankers estimates that a total …

NHS gives out record 611,000 jabs in a single day after bookings open to all over-18s
3 years ago

NHS gives out record 611,000 jabs in a single day after bookings open to all over-18s

Daily Mail  

Britain's booster jab campaign is off to a storming start with a record 611,000 Covid jabs being given out in a single day yesterday. Some vaccination centres had to stop offering walk-in boosters yesterday amid limited supply, with a volunteer-led hub in Andover, Hampshire, saying it was only able to offer first and second Pfizer vaccine doses. 'The data clearly …

NSW COVID-19 restrictions are changing for vaccinated and unvaccinated people today — this is what you need to know
3 years ago

NSW COVID-19 restrictions are changing for vaccinated and unvaccinated people today — this is what you need to know

ABC  

More COVID-19 restrictions in NSW are being eased today, and, for the first time since June, unvaccinated people are being given significant freedoms too. In some other high-risk settings, like superspreader transmission events, NSW Health may specifically order some people who are not household contacts of confirmed cases to isolate for seven days. Across NSW, 94.8 per cent of people …

NHS will need to jab a record 1.1 MILLION people EVERY day
3 years ago

NHS will need to jab a record 1.1 MILLION people EVERY day

Daily Mail  

The army and extra NHS staff will be deployed to every region across the UK to help the NHS achieve Boris Johnson's target to vaccinate 1.1million people every day with booster jabs by the end of the year. In his address to the nation Boris Johnson today said he would rapidly speed up the UK's booster jab rollout amid an …

Covid-19 UK: NHS booking site won't let some eligible over-40s book boosters until Christmas Eve
3 years ago

Covid-19 UK: NHS booking site won't let some eligible over-40s book boosters until Christmas Eve

Daily Mail  

The NHS's Covid booster drive was thrown into yet more chaos today, with eligible over-40s unable to book their appointments until Christmas Eve. The NHS 's Covid booster drive has been thrown into yet more chaos today with eligible over-40s unable to book their appointments until Christmas Eve Scores of Britons queue at St Thomas' Hospital in London this morning …

Germany imposes curbs on unvaccinated, considers jab mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

Germany imposes curbs on unvaccinated, considers jab mandate

Al Jazeera  

Unvaccinated people to be excluded from large parts of public life, Germany could make jabs mandatory amid a COVID surge. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said unvaccinated people will be excluded from non-essential shops, and cultural and recreational venues in Germany, and parliament will consider imposing a general vaccine mandate. Speaking on Thursday after a meeting with federal and state …

AstraZeneca vaccine could be key reason why Britain is weathering the new Covid storm
3 years, 1 month ago

AstraZeneca vaccine could be key reason why Britain is weathering the new Covid storm

The Telegraph  

It is the key question puzzling scientists and commentators – how is Britain managing to weather the latest deadly Covid storm while our European neighbours' defences are crumbling? He suggested that the durability of T-cells from the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab could be keeping older people safer than those on the continent, preventing hospitilisations and deaths even though virus cases are still …

Europe is learning a crucial lesson – vaccines work, but they alone won’t stop Covid now
3 years, 1 month ago

Europe is learning a crucial lesson – vaccines work, but they alone won’t stop Covid now

CNN  

London CNN — As Western Europe’s vaccination rollout gained strength in the early part of 2021, many of the region’s leaders touted the shots as their immediate route out of the pandemic. “What we have now is an epidemic of the unvaccinated – about 10% of our population over 12 is unvaccinated, and we’re seeing an epidemic in those people, …

Number of Brits falling ill with Covid has dipped by another 10% in a week, symptom app shows
3 years, 1 month ago

Number of Brits falling ill with Covid has dipped by another 10% in a week, symptom app shows

Daily Mail  

Britain's Covid cases fell by a tenth last week, according to the country's largest symptom-tracking study which has sparked fresh hopes restrictions will not be needed before Christmas. King's College London scientists estimated 65,059 people were falling ill with the virus on any given day in the week to November 13, down from 72,546 previously. Graph shows: The proportion of …

Covid booster vaccine halves risk of catching virus
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid booster vaccine halves risk of catching virus

The Telegraph  

People who have had a booster jab are half as likely to test positive for Covid than those who had their second dose six months ago, new figures from the Office for National Statistics show. The latest data also revealed that unvaccinated people are five times more likely to be infected than those who have had their top-up jab. In …

UK extends COVID vaccine booster program amid ‘storm clouds’
3 years, 1 month ago

UK extends COVID vaccine booster program amid ‘storm clouds’

Associated Press  

LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned Monday of a “blizzard” of new coronavirus infections coming into the U.K. from continental Europe, as his government extended the vaccine booster program to younger people in an effort to bolster waning immunity levels during the winter months. With concerns mounting about a new wave of the pandemic in Europe, the independent …

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