Category: Wales
ONS: older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest current COVID rates
ONS: older teenagers and young adults continue to have the highest current #COVID rates while rates appear to be steeply increasing among secondary school children
ONS: COVID-19 infection rates are highest among older teenagers and young adults. More...
Schools could be next to close if coronavirus lockdown fails to stem infections
Schools may end up having to close if #COVID infection rates continue rising while lockdown restrictions might not end on December 2, a key Sage adviser said this morning. More...
Close schools and colleges as part of the national COVID lockdown
The National Education Union is calling for schools and colleges to be included in any such lockdown – and for rotas to be introduced at the end of the lockdown period. More...
NEU: virus levels are now nine times higher amongst primary pupils and 50 times higher amongst secondary pupils
Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary of the NEU, has also called for ministers to prepare to introduce school rotas for the end of any new restrictions. More...
Devi Sridhar: “The longer the UK delays lockdown, the longer it will last”
“In the West, in general, we went into a late lockdown and therefore it was a long lockdown. More...
The UK is only buying a vaccine to protect the people most vulnerable to COVID-19
Every vaccine bought for the UK stockpile since the summer has been on the assumption that just 30 million people – less than half the population – will get it. More...
UK Gov: First generation of vaccines is likely to be imperfect
The UK Government’s Vaccine Taskforce: strategy for protecting the UK and the world
The Vaccine Taskforce aims to ensure that the UK population has access to vaccines as soon as possible, while working with partners to support equitable access for populations worldwide, whether rich or poor. More...
EU warns not enough COVID vaccines for all in Europe until 2022
Only part of the European Union population can be inoculated against the new coronavirus before 2022, EU officials said in an internal meeting, as the vaccines the bloc is securing may not prove effective or may not be manufactured in sufficient doses
UK records 22,885 more coronavirus cases and further 367 deaths
The UK has recorded 22,885 more coronavirus cases and a further 367 deaths in the latest 24-hour period, official figures show. More...
Covid antibodies ‘fall rapidly after infection’
Levels of protective coronavirus antibodies in people wane “quite rapidly” after coronavirus infection, say researchers. More...