For Frank Sims, ACE’s chief executive officer, it’s been a year like no other. “I am acutely aware of how difficult this last year has been for my staff,” he said. “Fighting for PPE and trying to get an understanding of Covid seems like a lifetime ago. “Throughout the pandemic, the staff both here and at Harwich rolled up their sleeves, dealt with redeployment, worked 12 hour days, volunteered for additional shifts and worked with increasingly concerned and frightened patients and families. “Many of the staff, both in the hospitals and in the community, sat with dying patients to ensure they didn’t die alone.”
ALMOST 90 per cent of UK residents over 80 have now received a Covid vaccine, the Health Secretary has confirmed. Vaccines have now also been offered to all elderly care home residents in England as well as staff. At a Downing Street briefing today Mr Hancock said 9.2 million people had now received a jab, including more than half of over 70s. About 900,000 of these jabs were given out over the weekend, equivalent to one of every 60 people in the UK. The Government has 400 million vaccines on order, including 40 million of Valneva s jab, which is yet to be approved by regulators. Mr Hancock said: My attitude has always been we protect every UK citizen as fast as we can and at the same time we’re generous around the world.”
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ALMOST 90 per cent of UK residents over 80 have now received a Covid vaccine, the Health Secretary has confirmed. Vaccines have now also been offered to all elderly care home residents in England as well as staff. At a Downing Street briefing today Mr Hancock said 9.2 million people had now received a jab, including more than half of over 70s. About 900,000 of these jabs were given out over the weekend, equivalent to one of every 60 people in the UK. The Government has 400 million vaccines on order, including 40 million of Valneva s jab, which is yet to be approved by regulators. Mr Hancock said: My attitude has always been we protect every UK citizen as fast as we can and at the same time we’re generous around the world.”
ALMOST 90 per cent of UK residents over 80 have now received a Covid vaccine, the Health Secretary has confirmed. Vaccines have now also been offered to all elderly care home residents in England as well as staff. At a Downing Street briefing today Mr Hancock said 9.2 million people had now received a jab, including more than half of over 70s. About 900,000 of these jabs were given out over the weekend, equivalent to one of every 60 people in the UK. The Government has 400 million vaccines on order, including 40 million of Valneva s jab, which is yet to be approved by regulators. Mr Hancock said: My attitude has always been we protect every UK citizen as fast as we can and at the same time we’re generous around the world.”