Fury erupted today after the Government confirmed police officers and teachers would not be bumped up the Covid vaccine priority list once the NHS has made its way through 32million people in the top nine priority groups. Ministers confirmed they will follow the age-based approach recommended by leading scientists, paving the way for everyone in … 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
Labour shadow minister Rosena Allin-Khan sparks fury with ‘fake tweet’ featuring a picture of a nurse in SPAIN as she attacks Matt Hancock over PPE ‘cronyism’ contracts while NHS medics had to wear bin bags during shortages By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 17:40 GMT, 25 February 2021 | Updated: 20:36 GMT, 25 … Read more
Are vaccine passports imperative if this country is ever going to return to normality? Or do they represent another unacceptable infringement of our liberties, as well as being deeply impractical? The Government until recently has leant towards the second view. Nadhim Zahawi, the vaccines minister, dismissed vaccine passports earlier this month as ‘discriminatory’. Only 10 … Read more
Gavin Williamson has claimed coronavirus vaccine supply issues are not to blame for Britain’s roll-out suffering its worst slump in a month. The Education Secretary insisted today there was ‘no problem’ with deliveries of doses and said ‘there will always be some days’ when uptake dips lower. Figures show just 150,000 Covid vaccines jabs were dished … Read more
Matt Hancock today claimed new cases of troublesome Covid variants are falling — just hours before Public Health England figures suggested the opposite. The Health Secretary said confirmed cases of mutated strains have dropped ‘quite sharply’ and that only a dozen were discovered last week, boasting ‘the measures we are taking at the border are working’. … Read more
Britain’s lagging vaccine roll-out could derail plans to drastically ease lockdown over the next few months, a leading infectious disease expert warned today. Ministers are in a race against time to vaccinate as many people as possible over the next few weeks before millions of second doses have to be dished out. But Professor Paul … Read more
Matt Hancock clashed with Piers Morgan today after the Good Morning Britain host slammed his ‘woeful handling of the pandemic.’ The pair came to blows on GMB after the Health Secretary insisted his team should be ‘thanked’ for their hard work. As the furious debate heated up this morning, Piers accused Hancock of telling a … Read more
Tories stepped up their attack on Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown today complaining it is based on ‘dodgy assumptions’ about vaccine takeup. Former chief whip Mark Harper, head of the 70-strong Covid Recovery Group of sceptical MPs, said the models being used by the government were ‘flawed’. He said ‘understating’ the reach of the … Read more
Matt Hancock today claimed the new cases of coronavirus ‘variants of concern’ are falling despite a Public Health England update showing they higher than last week. The Health Secretary said confirmed cases of these mutated versions of the virus are ‘fallen quite sharply’ and that only 12 were discovered last week, boasting ‘the measures we … Read more