💉On track to offer vaccine to all adults by end of July
💉💉For all over 50s, vaccine uptake is **94%**
💻Enthusiasm among those in late 40s briefly overloaded booking website last week
🛡️**98%** of 70-84 y/os now have antibodies
🚨🇮🇳India now on red hotel quarantine list from Friday.
Many will ask why not today.
10 million second doses now done.
💉💉3/4 over 75s have had second jabs.
💉💉4/5 over 80s have had second jabs.
Concern: care home staff vaccine uptake below 80% in half of care homes. Consultation taking place on mandating jabs for those on front line in care homes.
💉💉💉Booster third jabs to maintain protection against new variants of concern to begin "later this year".
"Pharmacy collect" where packs of rapid tests can be picked up for free now operating in 9/10 pharmacies.
😷Over 10 billion items of PPE now delivered.
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BREAK: New guidance published today by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will see the Union flag flown on UK Government buildings every day.
Easily the most handsome flag in the world.
Up there with Japan and maybe Switzerland. Much nicer than the US flag which let's face it is a vexillological mess.
Currently, Union flags are only required to be flown on UK Govt buildings on designated days.
New guidance will ask the flag be flown all year round, unless another flag is being flown – such as another national flag of the UK, a county flag, or other flags to mark civic pride.