STATISTICS
as per 10 th September 2021of LOCKDOWN UK
Total Virus Tests (last 7 days) 7,686,685 Positive tests (last week) 272,475 Mortalities: 156,888 UK Deaths (last week 769 People vaccinated- 1st dose 48,319,435 (as of 09 September 2021) - 2nd dose 43,620,946 Worcestershire cases 53,075 Worcestershire deaths 834 Wyre Forest cases 8,863 Worcester City cases 9,966 Wolverhampton cases 35,064 Sandwell cases 47,615 Dudley cases 39,056 Birmingham cases 149,842 The Acute Hospital Trust covers Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Evesham Community Hospital as well as the Alexandra Hospital in Redditch and Kidderminster Hospital.
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The Medicines and Healthcare products
Regulatory Agency (MHRA) updated its
guidance for AstraZeneca and Pfizer
vaccines on Thursday 9th to include
information on third doses.
It states that
•
Pfizer boosters can be given to anyone,
regardless of which doses they had
previously.
However,
•
AstraZeneca boosters will only be given
to those who previously had the Oxford-
made jab.
It is now down to the Joint Committee on
Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to
advise the Government on whether third
doses should be given
A member of the Government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has warned that ..
“Forcing NHS staff to get the Covid vaccine would be an "admission of failure".
This
comes
at
the
start
of
the
Government’s
six-week
consultation
on
plans
to
make
Covid-19
and
flu
vaccinations
mandatory for front-line health and care staff.
Some hospitals seeing uptake among staff hovering just over 50 per cent.
“Forcing vaccines into the arms of doctors and nurses is not the answer .. .. it could even add to the anti-
vaccine sentiment,“
said
Professor Adam Finn
The
strength
of
the
Anti-Vax
movement
can
be
judged
by
warnings
from
the
Italian
police
that
anti-vaccine
campaigners
called
for
armed
attacks
during
planned
protests
this
weekend.
Eight
people,
who
call
themselves
"the
warriors"
on
the
Telegram
messaging
app.
are
being
investigated
by
police
for
incitement
to
crime
and
searches
have
been
carried
out
in
six provinces.
On
the
other
hand,
in
a
typically
French
reaction
to
the
Covid
controversy,
the
Moulin
Rouge
night-spot
is
re-opening
this
weekend following 18 months of closure, as this snap-shot of their (un)dress rehearsal shows ..
