Covid UK News – Live: Sajid Javid ‘hopes’ the government can avoid vaccine passports amid reports of scrapping plans

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A person receives a dose of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at Central Middlesex Hospital in London

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Boris Johnson will this week outline the government’s plans to deal with the challenges of Covid-19 in the winter months, and is expected to rescind specific measures contained in the powers passed by lawmakers.

In his first coronavirus press conference since the majority of legal restrictions were lifted on July 19, the prime minister is expected to outline a blueprint for “managing” Covid amid fears of another wave.

This is expected to coincide with the final decision on booster injections from the Joint Committee on Immunization and Vaccination (JCVI) after interim advice from the commission suggested planning for the most vulnerable groups until vaccinations are offered from late September.

Meanwhile, this week the government will announce vaccination plans for children aged 12 to 15 across the UK, according to reports.

NHS leaders are believed to have been briefed on plans to vaccinate children in a mass vaccination program that begins in schools on September 22.

Sajid Javid says he hopes the government can avoid vaccine passports amid reports of plans to scrap

Sajid Javid says he “hopes” the government can avoid vaccine passports amid reports of plans to be scrapped

Leonie Chow Fung September 12, 2021 09:14

Javid says he “hopes” to avoid vaccine passports

The health minister said he “did not like the idea” of people having to submit papers “to do essential things” and that the introduction of vaccine passports would only take place if “there is no alternative”.

Speaking to Sky News this morning, Mr. Javid said: “I hope we can avoid that.”

“I’m not here today to rule that out – we haven’t made a final decision.

“If we do something like that, it has to be backed by evidence and it has to be something absolutely necessary with the evidence.”

Leonie Chow Fung September 12, 2021 08:56

1631433187 Health Minister says experts ‘need to spend their time’ on childhood vaccinations

Mr Javid said senior medical officials “need to spend their time” deciding on vaccines for children aged 12 to 15.

Speaking to Sky News, the health minister added: “In the meantime, I have asked the department to work with schools to start preparing just in case there is a situation where their advice is to recommend it.

“If we are to make such a decision, it needs to be led by experts, and it has to be an expert decision.”

He said that asking for their advice from CMOs on the matter was “the right way to do it”.

Leonie Chow Fung September 12, 2021 08:53

1631432742PCR travel tests will be canceled ‘as soon as possible’, says health minister

Sajid Javid said he would “try to eliminate” the PCR travel tests currently required for fully vaccinated holidaymakers when they return to the UK as soon as possible.

Speaking to Sky News this morning, the health minister said: “There will be some [travel] The rules will stay in place.

“But the PCR tests … I want to try to get rid of them as quickly as possible. I won’t make that decision now, but I have already asked the officials that the moment we can, let’s get rid of these kinds of intrusions, the cost to you families in particular.

“We shouldn’t hold any of that in place for a second longer than is absolutely necessary.”

Leonie Chow Fung September 12, 2021 08:45

1631431388 More than 50 percent of Japan’s population has been vaccinated

The government said more than half of Japan’s population has been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is in charge of COVID measures, told NHK that about 60 percent of the population is expected to be fully vaccinated by the end of September.

Japan is considering a roadmap to ease restrictions around November, the Associated Press reports. This will allow fully vaccinated people and those with negative test results to travel, meet at gatherings or attend group events.

Leonie Chow Fung September 12, 2021 08:23

1631430840UK The number of Covid deaths in the UK exceeds 134,000 as hospital numbers rise

More than 134,000 people have died from the Covid virus, according to the latest figures released by the government yesterday.

An additional 156 people died within 28 days of testing positive for the coronavirus, bringing the number since March of last year to 134,144.

According to government figures, Saturday’s daily death toll is 30 percent higher than the 120 recorded in the previous week.

Separate figures published by the Office for National Statistics show that 158,000 deaths have been recorded in the UK where Covid-19 is mentioned on the death certificate.

Leonie Chow Fung September 12, 2021 08:14

163142902612 15-year-olds may be stabbed within weeks

There are reports that the government intends to unveil imminent plans to start vaccinating children aged 12-15, with the Observer reporting that schools have been warned to start implementing a program within weeks and possibly as early as September 22.

It is understood that NHS leaders were made aware of the plans after telling schools they were ready to offer the programme.

The decision comes as the UK’s top medical officials are leading a review to see if a mass vaccination campaign will help children’s education; The Joint Council on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI) concluded that the health benefits of vaccination for younger adolescents were minimal.

Leonie Chow Fung September 12, 2021 07:43

1631428220 pm to reveal the “management” plan for Covid and the “challenges” of the winter months

The Prime Minister is expected to lay out the government’s plans to deal with the challenges of Covid in the winter months, and is expected to rescind specific measures contained in the powers passed by MPs.

No 10 said it was difficult to predict with certainty the stress that would be put on the NHS, with Covid spreading alongside influenza, but cautioned: “The winter months will bring renewed challenges”.

It comes amid reports that the government may impose mandatory use of masks and advise people again to work from home under emergency proposals if infections spike in the autumn months.

But reports in the Mail on Sunday indicate the abolition of the traffic light system governing international travel, as well as requiring Britons returning from abroad to pay for expensive PCR Covid tests.

Leonie Chao Fung September 12, 2021 07:30

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