stop cowering from coronavirus. england s health secretary, sajid javid, has apologised for saying people shouldn t cower from the coronavirus, saying it was a poor choice of word. it had been used in a tweet since deleted which was criticised by opposition parties and bereaved familes. meanwhile, ministers are considering requiring football fans to be fully vaccinated in order to attend premier league matches. ben wright reports. he has been health secretary forjust a month. nice to meet you. my first visit to a hospital on thejob. but in a tweet announcing his own recovery from coronavirus yesterday, sajid javid said people should get vaccinated and learn to live with covid rather than cower from the virus.
the health secretary has apologised for a poor choice of word when he said people should no longer cower from coronavirus. sajid javid made the comment after tweeting he d made a full recovery from the virus. but he faced criticism from labour as well as some medical and familes groups who said it was insensitive to those who d suffered serious illness or lost their lives. taxpayers in the uk will be facing the significant costs of the coronavirus pandemic for decades to come. that s the warning from a group of mps. a report from the public accounts committee found £372 billion has already been spent, pushing government debt to a rate not seen since the early 1960s. mps also criticised the decision to buy items of ppe that have gone to waste because they can t be used in hospitals. the department of health says there are measures in place to ensure taxpayers receive value for money. earlier, dame meg hillier, who chairs the house
sajid javid made the comment after tweeting he d made a full recovery from the virus. but he faced criticism from labour as well as some medical and familes groups who said it was insensitive to those who d suffered serious illness or lost their lives. three people, including a nine year old boy, have died after getting into difficulty in loch lomond. police were called to the area yesterday evening following concerns for people in the water. the child along with a 29 year old woman and a 41 year old man were pronounced dead at the scene, and a seven year old boy is in intensive care. the deaths come 48 hours after a 16 year old boy died in a separate part of loch lomond after getting into difficulty in the water. every victim of crime in england and wales is to be given the name and contact details of a police officer dealing with their case. borisjohnson is also promising to publish league tables on the response times of 999
says there are measures in place to ensure taxpayers receive value for money and it had delivered more than 12 billion items of ppe to the front line at record speed. the health secretary has apologised for a poor choice of word when he said people should no longer cower from coronavirus. sajid javid made the comment after tweeting he d made a full recovery from the virus. but he faced criticism from labour as well as some medical and familes groups, who said it was insensitive to those who d suffered serious illness or lost their lives. elsewhere this lunchtime, and mps have described as wholly inadequate the complaints process for women in the armed forces, and a reported 60% had faced bullying, discrimination during their careers. the ministry of defence said many improvements have been made but admitted that women plus my experience is not yet equal to men s. jonathan beale reports. what s it like being a female soldier i m often asked. this is the army s latest recruit
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