Coronavirus infections in care home residents fell by 62% from five weeks after they received their first vaccine dose, Government-funded research has revealed.
Read more...Scientists working on a ground-breaking COVID-19 research study are urgently calling for more carers who caught the virus to volunteer to sign up and help.
Read more...The number of COVID-19 related deaths in care homes continues to decline sharply according to the latest figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS)
Read more...Care home workers in England could be legally required to have a Covid-19 vaccination under plans being considered by the government.
Read more...Hundreds of thousands of the UK’s most vulnerable people could be set to benefit from innovative treatments that stop them catching COVID-19
Read more...Half of all adults in the UK have received their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the latest figures show.
The UK health services vaccinated a total of 26.8 million
Read more...More than 25 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Figures out today show the UK health services vaccinated a total of 25,273,226 people between
Read more...Just an estimated 60% of care home workers in London have been vaccinated against COVID-19, while progress across England appears to be stalling.
Read more...The final findings from the ninth report of REACT-1, one of the country’s largest studies into COVID-19 infections in England, have been published today by Imperial College
Read more...But the weekly total keeps falling
Care providers today mourned the 30,000 lives that have been lost in care and nursing homes and prayed that the ongoing fall in Covid-19 fatalities continues.
Read more...16 frontline charities have formed a new partnership to encourage those with long term health conditions and their carers to get the Covid-19 vaccine.
Read more...Everyone across the UK is being reminded of the importance of staying at home and the risks in relaxing their behaviour at this crucial point
Read more...Government adviser Chris Whitty has said that doctors and care workers have a “professional responsibility” to get vaccinated against Covid-19, amid alarming evidence
Read more...The number of deaths registered in England and Wales in the week ending 12 February 2021 (week 6) fell to 15,354, which was 1,838 fewer deaths than in the previous week
Read more...Care providers breathed a sigh of relief today as coronavirus deaths in care and nursing homes finally showed signs of falling
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