More Covid News–Good And Bad
Sorry to be a downer with the hopes around the new vaccine…..but the bad news first…..
Yes we have a vaccine and people are starting to be treated…..the same day as the US vaccine began more news has come out about the pandemic……a new strain of Covid-19…….a strain that the vaccine may not protect people from acquiring.
A new variant of the coronavirus has been identified in Britain and while Health Secretary Matt Hancock says it could be linked to a fast rise in cases, experts say people should remain calm. Hancock told lawmakers Monday that more than 1,000 cases of the new variant have been identified, and “it may be associated with the faster spread in the southeast of England,” where COVID cases have been rising sharply,” the
BBC News
By The Visual and Data Journalism Team
BBC News
More than 32 million people in the UK have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine - part of the biggest inoculation programme the country has ever launched.
In a race against a faster-spreading variant of the virus, ministers have pinned their hopes for further easing of a third national lockdown on vaccinating as many adults as possible by summer.
But vaccine supply issues and have continued to make the rollout bumpy.
Who can get a vaccine now?
The UK government aims to offer a first vaccine dose to about 32 million people in nine priority groups by 15 April.