this is one of 700 care homes across england in the first wave of the nhs s autumn covid vaccine booster programme. we have contacted the care homes that we re going to come out to visit, and they re all booked in over the next week or two. and we re just working our way round them with the teams, going out and about doing as many as we can as quickly as we can our emphasis being to protect the most vulnerable as soon as possible, care homes and housebound patients being in that category. the residents and staff here at honiton manor are among the first 1.6 million people to be eligible this week for the autumn booster. they ll also be some of the first to receive the bivalent vaccine. the uk is the first country to approve moderna s bivalent, which targets both the omicron and original covid variants. it s one of four vaccines approved for the autumn booster. and a further four million people will be able to book their jabs from next week.
the 0micron wave of coronavirus can be relaxed because of the success of the vaccine booster programme. each of the uk nations sets its own rules on care homes, with scotland easing its restrictions last week. the change is the latest rolling back of plan b curbs in england. 0ur social affairs editor alison holt has been telling us this comes as a huge relief to those with relatives in care homes. this has been an increasing bone of contention throughout the pandemic. if you remember at the very start, there were extremely strong restrictions and people were only able to see their relatives at the end of their lives. so, the families and campaigners have been saying that that did huge damage. now, whilst the increase in restrictions during the 0micron wave were not as drastic as that you were still allowed four named people, including an essential caregiver nevertheless, it was an interruption
to see their loved ones in care homes, self isolation periods will be cut, and care homes will only have to follow outbreak management rules for m days, not 28. ministers say restrictions brought in to counter the omicron wave of coronavirus can be relaxed because of the success of the vaccine booster programme. each of the uk nations sets its own rules on care homes, with scotland easing its restrictions last week. the change is the latest rolling back of plan b curbs in england. our social affairs editor alison holtjoins me now. so, before we talk through the exact details of this, my goodness, what a relief for so many people with relatives in care homes. fix, relief for so many people with relatives in care homes. a huge relief. relatives in care homes. a huge relief- this relatives in care homes. a huge relief. this has relatives in care homes. a huge relief. this has been relatives in care homes. a huge relief. this has been an - relatives in care homes. a huge i relief. t
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