Face masks should be worn outdoors to stop new coronavirus strain spreading
Professor Mike Griffin, President of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, said wearing masks outdoors could help stop the NHS becoming overwhelmed from coronavirus cases
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Chrissie Watson, at Dumbarton s Crosslet House, said it was important to support the vaccine in a bid to end the terrible pandemic.
Chrissie Watson became the first care home resident in West Dunbartonshire to receive the Covid-19 vaccine.
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File photo dated 03/10/14 of a hospital ward, as leading nurses warned that plans to transform the NHS in England could lead to cuts in hospital beds and community services. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday February 14, 2017. The Royal College Hospitals could be overwhelmed in the coming months as coronavirus cases and winter pressure put extra strain on resources, medics have warned. Several organisations including those representing GPs, surgeons and anaesthetists have said people need to heed the restrictions and wait for the vaccination programme to reach enough of the population before a difference can be seen. The warning comes as the latest figures show there had been 740 new cases reported on Boxing Day.
Teachers and key workers will be added to priority list when Oxford vaccine is approved but SAGE expert warns even a million jabs a week WON T curb Covid crisis by February
Sir Jeremy Farrar said if UK hits 1m jabbed a week, it will not bring the end closer
The Wellcome Trust s director also noted importance of treating people globally
It follows the emergence of easily transmissible strain of the virus in South Africa
It comes as all of England s secondary schools will remain shut for most students
Doctors worry NHS could be quickly overwhelmed as hospital admissions surge