Prime Minister announces Covid ‘Plan B’ The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced his plans for tackling Covid during autumn and winter in England. In a press conference on Tuesday, he outlined ‘Plan A’, designed to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed, and promote vaccines and testing but also set out ‘Plan B’, a series of…
Unvaccinated health and care sector workers in England could be redeployed A UK government minister has suggested that unvaccinated health and care sector workers in England could be moved to back-office roles. This comes as part of a six-week consultation process on plans to mandate Covid-19 and flu vaccinations which will take views on whether…
Life-saving cholesterol jab recommended on NHS An expensive but “game-changing” anti-cholesterol drug may soon be offered to hundreds of thousands of people in England and Wales on the NHS. NHS England says inclisiran, given as a twice-a-year injection, could save about 30,000 lives within a decade. It normally costs nearly £2,000 per dose but Novartis…
Home antibody tests for COVID-19 to be made available in UK Up to 8,000 adults a day will be given free access to antibody tests through a new national surveillance programme, which will be launched by the UK Health Security Agency next week. From Tuesday 31 August 2021, anyone aged over 18 years old will…
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