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Has there been much word on <18 vaccinations yet? I know there are some trials.

Well timed: UK approves Pfizer jab for use in 12-15-year-olds

The UK has approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in children aged 12-15, saying it is safe and effective in this age group and the benefits outweigh the risks.

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The press are now allowed to openly say that lots of outbreaks are due to primary and secondary schools since older adults are fully vaccinated.

I presume this is to ensure that uni and other higher education students get their vaccines when they are eligible.

I would predict the timing of the new university year will coincide with a huge vaccine push. We'll probably see over-scandalised headlines about universities 'forcing' students to get vaccinated to attend, freshers given "free shots for shots" if they can demonstrate they have had their jabs, etc.

Has there been much word on <18 vaccinations yet? I know there are some trials.

[SueEllen]

The press are now allowed to openly say that lots of outbreaks are due to primary and secondary schools since older adults are fully vaccinated.

I presume this is to ensure that uni and other higher education students get their vaccines when they are eligible.

[AtW]

"R rate back above one across UK with daily cases highest since March

Virus is advancing in all but three parts of the country – 5,274 new positive cases were reported over the latest 24-hour period"

The R rate is back above one across the UK, with daily cases at their highest since March 22, the latest figures reveal.

Tracking by the King’s College London app shows the virus is advancing in all but three parts of the country for which estimates are available.

It comes as the Government announced 5,274 new positive cases reported over the latest 24-hour period.

Cases rose 22 per cent in the week to May 26, according to NHS Test and Trace.

On average, one in 1,090 people in the UK now have symptomatic infection, according to the King’s study, considered the most accurate projection of current cases (AtW's comment: that's after CUK General's prodigy who wishes to remain anonymous).

The King’s study predicts that the R value is currently lower than one – meaning the virus is in retreat – only in Wales, the East of England and Yorkshire and the Humber.

Meanwhile, Covid appears to be growing fastest in South East England, London and the East Midlands."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...t-since-march/

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"India Covid variant spreading across England, data shows

Scientists say geographical spread ‘entirely predictable’ and window of opportunity has been missed"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...and-data-shows

Don't worry the Dept of health and social care is working together with local authorities. We just need to rely on some locally journalist to break what's hidden on the Dept website.

[AtW]

"India Covid variant spreading across England, data shows

Scientists say geographical spread ‘entirely predictable’ and window of opportunity has been missed"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...and-data-shows

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[DoctorStrangelove]

Never mind, the Vietnam variant looks really promising.

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

[AtW]

“Third wave of Covid may be under way in UK, scientists say

With new infections at level last seen in March, experts have cautioned against lifting restrictions too soon”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...scientists-say

The scientists don’t know it for sure but I can Officially confirm that the 3rd wave under way, buckle up and smoke if you got ‘em.

[AtW]

“Vietnam discovers new hybrid Covid variant, state media reports

Vietnam has discovered a new Covid-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of variants first identified in India and the UK, state media has reported.

The country is struggling to deal with fresh outbreaks across more than half of its territory including industrial zones and big cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

“We have discovered a new hybrid variant from the Indian and the UK strains,” the health minister, Nguyen Thanh Long, was quoted as telling a national meeting on the pandemic on Saturday.

“The characteristic of this strain is that it spreads quickly in the air. The concentration of virus in the throat fluid increases rapidly and spreads very strongly to the surrounding environment.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...-media-reports