Matt Hancock reveals homeless Brits will be bumped up the Covid vaccine priority list after top scientists said it would save lives JCVI vaccine advisers said homeless people should be on jab priority list Matt Hancock has asked NHS to reach them alongside people with health issues There are 280,000 homeless people living in the … Read more
Campaigner and broadcaster Deborah James has said it should be made ‘loud and clear’ that cancer treatment is a priority amid the Covid-19 pandemic – and has revealed she’s now had her vaccine. The mother-of-two, 38, was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in December 2020 when she was 35, and given five years to … Read more
People in their 40s will be next in line for Covid vaccines once the NHS has made its way through the nine priority groups, the Government confirmed today. Ministers confirmed they will follow the ‘age-based rollout’ recommended by experts, taking a decade at a time down to age 18 rather than trying to vaccinate based … Read more
Health chiefs will today unveil who will be in line for Covid vaccines once the over-50s are jabbed. Britons as young as 40 are expected to be invited within weeks, with Government advisers expected to recommend the next phase continues on the basis of age. Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) bosses will reveal … Read more
Adults with learning disabilities will all be offered Covid vaccines as part of the top six priority groups, Britain’s health chiefs said today. The JCVI, which decides on who gets the life-saving jabs first, said people with learning disabilities of any kind should be bumped up the pecking order. They will be added into priority … Read more
Adults with learning disabilities are bumped UP the Covid vaccine priority list and should be immunised before the under-65s, jab bosses say The JCVI today said any adult with a registered learning disability should get jab Statistics have found disabled people face higher risk of death if they get Covid People with Down’s syndrome already … Read more
Inside the Zoo Rating: Wartime Britain: Keep Calm & Carry On Rating: You never want to meet Mr Skylight. That name over the Tannoy system is code aboard some cruise lines, for a medical emergency on the ship. Mr Mob is Mr Skylight’s accident-prone friend: he signifies ‘Man Overboard’. If you’re on the Tube, hope that … Read more
Inside the Zoo Rating: Wartime Britain: Keep Calm & Carry On Rating: You never want to meet Mr Skylight. That name over the Tannoy system is code aboard some cruise lines, for a medical emergency on the ship. Mr Mob is Mr Skylight’s accident-prone friend: he signifies ‘Man Overboard’. If you’re on the Tube, hope that … Read more
Ryan Thomas has admitted that he misses being fiancée Lucy Mecklenburgh’s ‘main priority’ since she gave birth to their son Roman. The actor, 36, reflected on how his life has changed since welcoming his little boy while chatting with his brothers Adam and Scott on their Mancs on the Mic podcast. And although saying that … Read more
Coronavirus vaccine centres may be standing idle because of rigid rules urging local health bosses to stick to the priority list, a Nobel prize-winning scientist fears. Sir Paul Nurse, director of the Francis Crick Institute in London, claimed hundreds of volunteers have been left ‘standing around with little to do’ at his centre’s make-shift clinic, … Read more