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that sort of eases some of the direct political pressers. helen catt, thank you very much. joining me now is dr zubaida haque, who s a member of independent sage. they monitor the scientific advice, not part of that scientific advice. thank you very much for being with us again. what do you make of this figure? shall be read anything into this? iii figure? shall be read anything into this? , ., ., this? if you re referring to the zero deaths, this? if you re referring to the zero deaths, that s this? if you re referring to the zero deaths, that s great - this? if you re referring to the l zero deaths, that s great news, this? if you re referring to the - zero deaths, that s great news, but i think the only issue is that s from, i presume, bank holiday monday, and we know generally speaking, there is underreporting over the weekend and just after the weekend and we still have to see what those figures say. what i will say is that everything is increasing at the moment, and at that
Speaking on Ireland AM on Thursday, Dr Haque said that the UK Government should have waited to reopen indoor activities for another two weeks at least , adding that it would have been much better for the region.
Dr Haque added that Ireland should avoid indoor mixing as much as possible over the next two weeks. Do what New Zealand did right at the beginning of this pandemic which is, just wait, she said. We ve got so many cases, obviously you ve got the so-called Indian variant in Ireland now - so just wait, stop indoor mixing as much as you can.
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Two vaccines being used to fight the coronavirus pandemic are highly effective against the variant that originated in India, a new study has found.
The research from Public Health England shows that the Pfizer and AstraZeneca immunisations are almost as effective against symptomatic disease from the Indian variant as they are against the UK variant after the second dose.
However, they were only 33% effective three weeks after the first dose, the report said.
The study, which took place between April 5th and May 16th, found that the Pfizer vaccine was 88% effective against symptomatic disease from the Indian variant two weeks after the second dose.
ANALYSIS
Politicians have faced accusations of victim blaming after linking surges in Covid rates in parts of Britain to vaccine hesitancy WHAT do you do if you’ve left your country’s borders open to variants, squandered £37 billion on a test and trace system with “no clear evidence” that it has cut infections, and consistently failed to ensure that vulnerable people have the financial support to self-isolate? You could hold your hands up, accept the criticism, and rectify the situation. Or you could tell the public it is up to them to exert “common sense” judgements, urge them against (but not ban) holidays in amber list countries, and pass the buck for outbreaks of Indian and other variants to “vaccine hesitancy” among deprived neighbourhoods and ethnic minorities.