COVID-19: Over-70s not yet vaccinated urged to book appointment with NHS - Sky News

People aged 70 and over in England who have not yet had a coronavirus vaccine are being urged to book an appointment with the NHS to get a jab.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced the policy is changing to make sure no-one falls through the cracks as the drive to inoculate against COVID-19 continues.

He also urged everyone to check in with grandparents, relatives and friends who are over 70 years old to make sure they book an appointment "as soon as possible, so they can be protected against this awful virus".

It comes as the race intensifies for all those in the top four priority groups to get their first jab by 15 February before attention turns to rolling the vaccine out to the remaining five groups, reaching all over-50s by May.

Another 333 people were also reported to have died within 28 days of testing positive for coronavirus on Monday, taking the total since the pandemic began to 112,798.

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Previously, people were told not to get in touch with the NHS to ask for a vaccine appointment and instead wait until they were contacted to avoid overwhelming the health service.

But now anyone aged 70 or over who has not been contacted is being urged to come forward and use the online booking service.

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The age group is particularly important to reach given 83% of all people who have died with coronavirus are over 70, according to England's chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty.

Anyone unable to book through the NHS website can call 119 free of charge, which is open from 7am-11pm seven days a week.

Mr Hancock revealed the government expected vaccine take-up to be around 75%, but said it is going "significantly better than we hoped for", with 91% of over-80s having had a jab and 95% among those aged 75-79.

Of residents at eligible adult care homes, 93% have also had their first vaccine.

"We're not going to rest until all those who are vulnerable have been protected," the health secretary added, stressing that there are still 29,326 people in hospital with coronavirus across the UK - more than the April and November peaks.

"We're turning a corner in our battle against coronavirus," he added.

Image: Mr Hancock said vaccine take-up is 'significantly better than we hoped for'

So far, more than 12 million people have had their first coronavirus vaccine, and 512,581 who have had their second dose.

Dr Nikki Kanani, medical director of primary care for NHS England, also said at a Downing Street news conference on Monday: "We all have a role to play to make sure that no-one gets left behind.

"So if we've not been in contact with you and you're in the [top four] priority groups, please get in touch with us."

Ministers have been reluctant to spell out what the hoped-for fall in deaths means for lifting restrictions.

But Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to set out a roadmap out of lockdown in the week of 22 February.

He has already announced schools may be able to re-open in England from 8 March, when the benefits of immunisation should have begun to take effect, though a phased re-opening of schools is planned this month in Wales and Scotland.

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Covid: Boris Johnson 'very confident' in vaccines being used in UK - BBC News

Boris Johnson says he is "very confident" in the Covid vaccines being used in the UK amid concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab's effectiveness against the South Africa variant.

The vaccines were effective in delivering a high degree of protection against serious illness, the PM said.

A small study found the Oxford jab gave "minimal protection" against mild disease from the South Africa variant.

But scientists remain confident it will protect against serious disease.

Some 147 cases of the South Africa variant have been found in the UK.

However, the Oxford vaccine has shown to provide good protection against the 'Kent' variant, which remains the dominant strain in the UK.

• What is the government doing about the South Africa strain?
• How worrying are the new coronavirus variants?
• South Africa coronavirus variant: What's the risk?

The prime minister said: "We're very confident in all the vaccines that we're using.

"It's important for people to bear in mind that all of them, we think, are effective in delivering a high degree of protection against serious illness and death, which is the most important thing."

The Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are currently being rolled out in the UK, where nearly 12.3 million people have been given a first dose according to the latest figures.

Another 14,104 confirmed cases were reported on Monday and a further 333 deaths were recorded within 28 days of a positive test, bringing the total to 112,798.

Mr Johnson said the vaccines "remain a massive benefit to our country" and he has "no doubt that vaccines generally are going to offer a way out".

"Yes we're doing everything we can to contain new variants but we're also increasingly confident that science, medicine, is gaining the upper hand over coronavirus and all its variants," he added.

Prof Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said it remained "highly likely" the Oxford vaccine would also protect against severe disease caused by the South Africa variant.

According to Prof Peter Openshaw, an immunologist from Imperial College London, mild forms of the illness meant that the virus was only present in the nose and upper airway, whereas "the disease that we are most fearful of is when it gets down deep into the lungs" and potentially affects other organs of the body.

"I think there is very little doubt these vaccines will prevent that sort of spread of the virus outside the confines of the upper respiratory tract," he told the BBC.

In South Africa, where the variant - known as 501.V2 or B.1.351 - accounts for 90% of new coronavirus cases in the country, the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been put on hold awaiting further advice.

Early research suggests other vaccines are also likely to offer less protection against the South African variant than against the original virus.

Dr Peter English, a consultant in communicable disease control, said he hoped to see the availability of new vaccines tailored to the South African variant "within months" as the technology was "well-established".

Viruses mutate - so what is happening is not surprising.

The mutations seen in South Africa change the part of the virus that the vaccines target.

It means all the vaccines that have been produced so far are likely to be affected in some way.

Trials for Novavax and Janssen vaccines that were carried out in South Africa showed less effectiveness against this variant. Both are currently before the UK regulator.

Therefore the news about the Oxford-AstraZeneca does not come out of the blue.

The fact it now only has "minimal" effect according to reports is concerning - the other vaccines showed effectiveness in the region of 60% against the South African variant.

But we should be careful about rushing to judgement. The study was small so there is only limited confidence in the findings.

What is more, there is still hope the vaccine will prevent serious illness and hospitalisation.

What this once again illustrates is the pandemic is not going to end with one Big Bang. Vaccines are likely to have to change to keep pace with the virus.

Progress will be incremental. But vaccines are still the way out of this - and as things stand they remain very effective against the virus that is dominant in the UK.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the South Africa variant is the "single biggest risk" in the pandemic at the moment, and underlined the importance of controls at the borders.

But he said it has taken 50 days from the variant emerging for the government to introduce hotel quarantines and some countries where the variant is present are not included. "This is leaving a back door open at a vital stage in the battle against the virus," he said.

Mr Johnson said border controls could play a greater role against new variants once infection rates are further reduced in the UK.

He said: "It's still extremely high and for border controls really to make that final difference so you can isolate new variants as they come in, you need to have infections really much lower so you can track them as they spread."

Latest government figures reported another 15,845 daily Covid cases on Sunday, down from a peak of 68,000 a month ago.

Dr Mike Tildesley, an infectious disease expert who advises the government, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that "it's very possible" the South Africa variant could already be quite widespread in the UK.

The "surge testing" taking place in certain areas in England "really needs to be effective" to halt its spread, he said, but "sadly we may be in a similar situation to the Kent variant" which eventually spread across the whole country.

He added there were "significant implications" if it was the case that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was less effective against the South Africa variant, as it may mean "more restrictions might be needed for longer".

Additional "surge" testing is taking place in a number of areas in England where the South Africa variant has been found, including parts of Surrey, Bristol, London, Kent, Hertfordshire, Walsall, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

Positive cases will be analysed to see if they are caused by the South African variant with results coming back in around seven to 10 days, according to the director of public health in Worcestershire, Dr Kathryn Cobain.

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UK health minister Edward Argar told BBC Breakfast there was "no evidence" that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was not effective at preventing severe illness from coronavirus "which is the key thing we are seeking to tackle".

South Africa's suspension of the rollout of the vaccine was only "temporary" at this stage and the "context is a little bit different" to the UK where the Kent variant is the dominant strain, he said.

The new study of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, involved about 2,000 people who were on average 31 years old.

A spokesman for the pharmaceutical company said it had not yet been able to properly establish whether the jab would prevent severe disease and hospitalisation caused by the South Africa variant because those involved in the study had predominantly been young, healthy adults.

But the company expressed confidence the vaccine would offer protection against serious cases, because it created neutralising antibodies similar to those of other coronavirus vaccines.

Data on two new coronavirus vaccines that could be approved soon - one from Novavax and another from Janssen - appear to offer some protection.

And early results from Moderna suggest its vaccine is still effective against the South Africa variant.

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Covid: Boris Johnson 'very confident' in vaccines being used in UK - BBC News

Boris Johnson says he is "very confident" in the Covid vaccines being used in the UK amid concerns about the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab's effectiveness against the South Africa variant.

The vaccines were effective in delivering a high degree of protection against serious illness, the PM said.

A small study found the Oxford jab gave "minimal protection" against mild disease from the South Africa variant.

But scientists remain confident it will protect against serious disease.

Some 147 cases of the South Africa variant have been found in the UK.

However, the Oxford vaccine has shown to provide good protection against the 'Kent' variant, which remains the dominant strain in the UK.

• What is the government doing about the South Africa strain?
• How worrying are the new coronavirus variants?
• South Africa coronavirus variant: What's the risk?

The prime minister said: "We're very confident in all the vaccines that we're using.

"It's important for people to bear in mind that all of them, we think, are effective in delivering a high degree of protection against serious illness and death, which is the most important thing."

The Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are currently being rolled out in the UK, where nearly 12.3 million people have been given a first dose according to the latest figures.

Another 14,104 confirmed cases were reported on Monday and a further 333 deaths were recorded within 28 days of a positive test, bringing the total to 112,798.

Mr Johnson said the vaccines "remain a massive benefit to our country" and he has "no doubt that vaccines generally are going to offer a way out".

"Yes we're doing everything we can to contain new variants but we're also increasingly confident that science, medicine, is gaining the upper hand over coronavirus and all its variants," he added.

Prof Anthony Harnden, deputy chair of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, said it remained "highly likely" the Oxford vaccine would also protect against severe disease caused by the South Africa variant.

According to Prof Peter Openshaw, an immunologist from Imperial College London, mild forms of the illness meant that the virus was only present in the nose and upper airway, whereas "the disease that we are most fearful of is when it gets down deep into the lungs" and potentially affects other organs of the body.

"I think there is very little doubt these vaccines will prevent that sort of spread of the virus outside the confines of the upper respiratory tract," he told the BBC.

In South Africa, where the variant - known as 501.V2 or B.1.351 - accounts for 90% of new coronavirus cases in the country, the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been put on hold awaiting further advice.

Early research suggests other vaccines are also likely to offer less protection against the South African variant than against the original virus.

Dr Peter English, a consultant in communicable disease control, said he hoped to see the availability of new vaccines tailored to the South African variant "within months" as the technology was "well-established".

Viruses mutate - so what is happening is not surprising.

The mutations seen in South Africa change the part of the virus that the vaccines target.

It means all the vaccines that have been produced so far are likely to be affected in some way.

Trials for Novavax and Janssen vaccines that were carried out in South Africa showed less effectiveness against this variant. Both are currently before the UK regulator.

Therefore the news about the Oxford-AstraZeneca does not come out of the blue.

The fact it now only has "minimal" effect according to reports is concerning - the other vaccines showed effectiveness in the region of 60% against the South African variant.

But we should be careful about rushing to judgement. The study was small so there is only limited confidence in the findings.

What is more, there is still hope the vaccine will prevent serious illness and hospitalisation.

What this once again illustrates is the pandemic is not going to end with one Big Bang. Vaccines are likely to have to change to keep pace with the virus.

Progress will be incremental. But vaccines are still the way out of this - and as things stand they remain very effective against the virus that is dominant in the UK.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said the South Africa variant is the "single biggest risk" in the pandemic at the moment, and underlined the importance of controls at the borders.

But he said it has taken 50 days from the variant emerging for the government to introduce hotel quarantines and some countries where the variant is present are not included. "This is leaving a back door open at a vital stage in the battle against the virus," he said.

Mr Johnson said border controls could play a greater role against new variants once infection rates are further reduced in the UK.

He said: "It's still extremely high and for border controls really to make that final difference so you can isolate new variants as they come in, you need to have infections really much lower so you can track them as they spread."

Latest government figures reported another 15,845 daily Covid cases on Sunday, down from a peak of 68,000 a month ago.

Dr Mike Tildesley, an infectious disease expert who advises the government, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that "it's very possible" the South Africa variant could already be quite widespread in the UK.

The "surge testing" taking place in certain areas in England "really needs to be effective" to halt its spread, he said, but "sadly we may be in a similar situation to the Kent variant" which eventually spread across the whole country.

He added there were "significant implications" if it was the case that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was less effective against the South Africa variant, as it may mean "more restrictions might be needed for longer".

Additional "surge" testing is taking place in a number of areas in England where the South Africa variant has been found, including parts of Surrey, Bristol, London, Kent, Hertfordshire, Walsall, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.

Positive cases will be analysed to see if they are caused by the South African variant with results coming back in around seven to 10 days, according to the director of public health in Worcestershire, Dr Kathryn Cobain.

• LOOK-UP TOOL: How many cases in your area?
• OXFORD JAB: What is the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine?
• SYMPTOMS: What are they and how to guard against them?
• QUARANTINE: Will I need to self-isolate in a hotel?

UK health minister Edward Argar told BBC Breakfast there was "no evidence" that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was not effective at preventing severe illness from coronavirus "which is the key thing we are seeking to tackle".

South Africa's suspension of the rollout of the vaccine was only "temporary" at this stage and the "context is a little bit different" to the UK where the Kent variant is the dominant strain, he said.

The new study of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, involved about 2,000 people who were on average 31 years old.

A spokesman for the pharmaceutical company said it had not yet been able to properly establish whether the jab would prevent severe disease and hospitalisation caused by the South Africa variant because those involved in the study had predominantly been young, healthy adults.

But the company expressed confidence the vaccine would offer protection against serious cases, because it created neutralising antibodies similar to those of other coronavirus vaccines.

Data on two new coronavirus vaccines that could be approved soon - one from Novavax and another from Janssen - appear to offer some protection.

And early results from Moderna suggest its vaccine is still effective against the South Africa variant.

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Coronavirus in Scotland RECAP: Nicola Sturgeon hopes all adults will be vaccinated over the summer - The Scotsman

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Boris Johnson did not rule out that the South African variant could lead to a delay in easing restrictions if it reduces the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine’s effect on transmissibility.

Scotland on track to hit one million vaccination milestone this week – Sturgeon

Scotland is on course to hit the one million vaccine milestone this week, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.

She told the Scottish Government’s daily coronavirus briefing that 866,823 people have received their first dose of a vaccine, an increase of 27,557 on Sunday.

This is three times the number vaccinated last Sunday, the First Minister said.

However, the number vaccinated on Sundays continues to be significantly lower than on Saturdays – this week there was a 25,282 drop between Saturday and Sunday, down around 48%.

This follows from a 58% fall between Saturday and Sunday the previous week and 51% the week before that.

However, Ms Sturgeon highlighted around 80,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine over this weekend, more than double the figure of the previous weekend.

She said a total of 99.6% of residents in older care homes have received a first jab, which is “a scale of uptake which none of us really believed would be possible”.

No formal contracts have been awarded to hotels by the Government to quarantine arrivals from countries on the “red list”, No 10 said.

Downing Street has said it would be “discriminatory” to force someone to have a coronavirus vaccine in order to keep their job.

Boris Johnson has insisted that all vaccines being used provide a “high degree of protection against serious illness and death” amid concerns over the South African variant’s effect on the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab.

Nicola Sturgeon promises “nobody will be left behind” in the vaccination process.

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A pilot service that uses rural fire stations as coronavirus testing centres in the Highlands is to be expanded, Nicola Sturgeon said.

NHS Highland has been trialling the pilot in Thurso and Lochgilphead to use the fire stations as bases where people can get tested for Covid-19.

It is aimed at saving those living in rural areas from having to wait for a home testing kit to arrive or a mobile testing centre to be sent to the area, or from having to drive long distances to a permanent facility.

The First Minister told the Scottish Government’s daily coronavirus briefing: “Due to the success of these initial pilots the decision has been taken now to expand that service and I can say that from tomorrow fire stations in Dunoon and Campbelltown will be used as testing centres.”

She added that in the coming weeks a further 17 sites will open in rural locations across the NHS Highland area.

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Nicola Sturgeon announced that from tomorrow fire stations in Dunoon and Campbletown will start testing, with a further 17 towns to follow suit shortly.

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Scotland’s vaccination programme “undoubtedly picked up pace considerably over the course of the last week”, Nicola Sturgeon said.

But she warned that the first dose of a vaccine does not begin to have a protective effect until around two or three weeks after it is received.

She said we “don’t yet know that the vaccine will stop you from getting Covid or transmitting it to someone else, although there is growing evidence that vaccination does have some impact on transmission”.

The First Minister told the Scottish Government’s daily coronavirus briefing that everyone including those who get the first dose of the vaccine need to be careful and stick to lockdown restrictions.

Nicola Sturgeon has warned anyone who has received their first dose of the Covid vaccine that it does not start to have a protective effect for two to three weeks after the first jab.

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Nicola Sturgeon said over the coming week Scotland is expected to hit the milestone of one million coronavirus vaccines administered.

She told the Scottish Government’s daily coronavirus briefing that 866,823 people have received their first dose of a vaccine, an increase of 27,557 on yesterday.

This is three times the number vaccinated last Sunday, the First Minister said.

She added that around 80,000 people received a first dose of the vaccine over the weekend.

This is more than double the figure of the previous weekend, Ms Sturgeon said, adding that in the past seven days more than 290,000 people have received a first dose.

A total of 99.6% of residents in older care homes have received a first jab, which is “a scale of uptake which none of us really believed would be possible”, she said.

She added that more than 95% of over 80-year-olds living in the community have had their first dose of a vaccine and almost 67% of people aged 75-79 and 29% of people aged 70-75 have received a first jab.

Coronavirus in Scotland: 928 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours as an additional five deaths are recorded

The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is effective against the coronavirus variant that emerged from South Africa, according to a new study. In a US study of 20 vaccine recipients, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that the vaccine neutralises the virus with the N501Y and E484K mutation.

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London violence: Sven Badzak 'could have been prime minister' - BBC News

Jasna Badzak

A 22-year-old man who was stabbed to death in north London "was going to be prime minister" his mother has said.

Sven Badzak was found fatally injured after he fled from a group of males in Kilburn on Saturday.

A 16-year-old boy remains in hospital in a critical condition following the attack. No arrests have been made.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his thoughts were with Mr Badzak's mother "and her family in mourning the loss of her son".

Jasna Badzak called on Mr Johnson, for whom she campaigned during the 2008 London mayoral race, to "help get justice for Sven".

Her son met other well-known Conservative politicians when he was younger, through her campaigning work with the political party.

Asked what she would say to Mr Johnson, she said: "This is a child and his mother who helped you get elected. You knew Sven. You were high-fiving him as your mate.

"I want to hear from him, from [David] Cameron, from [George] Osborne."

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Mr Johnson pledged to do more to prevent young people from being "sucked in the nihilistic" gang culture.

The prime minister said there had been a big fall in crime figures, but that would be "no consolation to a grieving mother".

Police said Mr Badzak and his 16-year-old friend were attacked as they fled from a group of males at about 17.40 GMT.

Det Ch Insp Darren Jones said the pair became separated and Mr Badzak was attacked on the ground after he fell.

The teenager managed to seek sanctuary in a shop and survived, although he remains critically ill, Det Ch Insp Jones said.

Jasna Badzak

Mr Badzak was a former pupil at Wetherby School in Notting Hill, which was also attended by Prince William and Prince Harry.

Mrs Badzak said her son, who was planning on becoming a lawyer, had been in the Willesden Lane area "to buy some orange juice and get a bagel".

"Sven was the person everyone was saying was going to be the prime minster," she said.

Her son "was a child who would never raise a hand unless he was going to lift you up", she said.

"He was that charming, spoke with a perfect voice and no-one could shut him up in an argument.

"He had a lifetime of opportunities in front of him.

"I keep expecting him to come through the door. I want him in my home and to never be away from me."

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Mrs Badzak called on anyone with information about the killing to come forward.

"Enough is more than enough," she said.

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