Guidance issued on who, how and when to contact Covid services
ISLANDERS should not call Covid-19 services unless they genuinely need to.
ISLANDERS should not call Covid-19 services unless they genuinely need to.
NHS England wrote to GP surgeries earlier this month saying it ‘expects’ care home residents and staff to be vaccinated by January 24.
The Health Secretary told MPs that 63% of care home residents have now been vaccinated.
The Government has set a target of vaccinating 15 million people by February 15.
Advice from therapists, psychologists, dieticians and consultants also features on the app.
According to the Prime Minister, half of elderly residents have received at least one dose.
The figure is one in 10 in Wales, one in 13 in Northern Ireland and one in 11 in Scotland, according to the ONS’s Covid-19 Infection Survey.
Wales has faced criticism in the past week for vaccinating fewer people than the other home nations.
The politician was arrested at a Moscow airport on Sunday.
The opposition leader was held as he returned from Germany where he had been treated for poisoning.
Coronavirus vaccines are now being offered to millions of the most vulnerable people across the country.
The Prime Minister has called on everyone to get the jab when it is their turn, with care home residents and staff a priority in the vaccine rollout.
Quarantine hotels and technology could be used to curb the arrival in the UK of new strains of coronavirus.
The Dean of Salisbury said NHS staff and their patients would receive a ‘warm welcome’ at the cathedral.
Boris Johnson said 45% of the over-80s and almost 40% of care home residents have received at least one dose.