the vaccines minister has hinted the government could introduce vaccine passports for large venues. speaking this morning, nadhim zahawi said that checking people s vaccination status was right thing to do to ensure the whole economy remained open. he said the worst case would be a strategy where a spike in infections at a venue would mean it having to shut and the only way to avoid that was being able to check the vaccine status of the people entering it. in australia, the first few hundred thousand doses of the pfizer vaccine that the uk agreed to supply to the country, have arrived in sydney. australia says it s secured an extra four million doses of the pfizer vaccine from the uk in a swap deal. the delta variant continues to surge with around half of the australia s population currently in lockdown due to outbreaks in sydney, melbourne and canberra.
speaking this morning, nadim zaharwi said that checking people s vaccination status was right thing to do to ensure the whole economy remained open. he said the worst case would be a strategy where a spike in infections at a venue would mean it having to shut and the only way to avoid that was being able to check the vaccine status of the people entering it. the first few hundred thousand doses of the pfizer vaccine that the uk agreed to supply to australia have arrived in sydney. australia says it has secured an extra four million doses of the pfizer vaccine from the uk in a swap deal. it is australia s most significant overseas vaccine deal and will double the monthly supply of the pfizer drug. australia is in a race to hit inoculation targets as infections from the delta variant continue to surge. about half of australia s population is currently in lockdown due to outbreaks in sydney, melbourne and canberra. dr chris moy, who is vice
Importance: There is no consensus on the impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on glycemic control in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) in the US. Aim: To determine the impact of the pandemic lockdown of March 15th through July 6th, 2020 on glycemic control after controlling for confounders. Subjects and Methods: An observational study of 110 subjects of mean age 14.8 ± 4.9 years(y), [male 15.4 ± 4.0y, (n=57); female 14.1 ± 3.8y, (n=53), p=0.07] with T1D of 6.31 ± 4.3y (95% CI 1.0-19.7y). Data were collected at 1-4 months before the lockdown and 1-4 months following the lifting of the lockdown at their first post-lockdown clinic visit. Results: There was no significant change in A1c between the pre- and post-pandemic lockdown periods, 0.18 ± 1.2%, (95% CI -0.05 to 0.41), p=0.13. There were equally no significant differences in A1c between the male and female subjects, -0.16 ± 1.2 vs -0.19 ± 1.2%, p=0.8; insulin pump users and
our political correspondent nick eardley has this report. for many families, the pandemic has been a time of unprecedented challenges. the government added £20 a week to universal credit payments last march. it was a big increase, but it was temporary. and the uplift is due to come to an end in october. i m anthony. i m a father of two. i became redundantjust before the lockdown due to ill health. anthony says the end of the extra money will mean some tough choices. for us as a household, we are going to be left with the question of food versus fuel, orfuel versus clothes, you know, just the basic necessities. there are many households which have grown to rely on the uplift money as a source ofjust functioning. the number of universal credit claimants has almost doubled during the pandemic, and some are worried that taking away
argued his inbox should be checked for the sake of transparency. but the government rejected this, saying a sweep of emails was neither necessary nor proportionate . the government s plans to end the extra universal credit payment of £20 a week would be the biggest overnight reduction in the basic rate of social security since the creation of the welfare state that s according to thejoseph rowntree foundation. the government introduced that £20 a week uplift to the basic entitlement at the start of the pandemic, but that s due to come to an end in october. our political correspondent nick eardley has this report. for many families, the pandemic has been a time of unprecedented challenges. the government added £20 a week to universal credit payments last march. it was a big increase, but it was temporary. and the uplift is due to come to an end in october. i m anthony. i m a father of two. i became redundantjust before the lockdown due to ill health.