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Dr Whitford called on border controls to be tighetened (Image: PTV)
Matt Hancock replied: She asks about travel and we ve already put in place rules against all non-essential travel with a clear stay local guidance and we also have mandatory isolation for new arrivals. So, yes, we have tightened in response to the new evidence that she mentions.
People living in areas where the South African variant of coronavirus has been identified should consider eating what they can find in their house rather than shopping for fresh supplies, the Government said.
A door-to-door testing blitz has been launched in the eight areas where cases of the variant have been identified which are not linked to international travel, leading to fears it may be spreading in the community.
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The Government s border controls should be tightened due to the South African variant of coronavirus, the SNP s health spokesperson has said. But Health Secretary Matt Hancock noted all non-essential travel has been banned. He added there is clear guidance for mandatory isolation for new arrivals.
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Dr Philippa Whitford told MPs: The concern, of course, is that whilst current vaccines will still give a significant degree of protection, this variant s resistance to some Covid antibodies could reduce their effectiveness.
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After widespread outrage in Britain and Ireland over the threat to stop vaccines entering Northern Ireland from the EU, Commission spokesman, Eric Mamer attempted to excuse the bloc’s error. In a statement, he said: “Only the Pope is infallible. “Mistakes can happen but the important thing is that you recognise them early on, in this case, so early on that it was before the decision was finalised.”
Ms West wrote on Twitter this morning: Last year, I tweeted about the EU vaccine scheme. My tweet has proven to be wrong, and I ve now apologised and deleted it. Our NHS is doing a great job and I ll continue supporting the effort to vaccine Britain.
Catherine West has apologised after criticising the UK s vaccine programme (Image: GETTY)
In the UK nearly nine million people have now had a Covid jab, with just shy of 600,000 injections completed on Saturday.
It means more than one percent of the adult population received a vaccine in a single day.
All care home residents in England have now been offered a jab, with the Government on track to have given the top four priority groups a dose of the Covid antidote by February 15.