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APPG on Coronavirus

6 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read

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New ONS figures show three in ten black people over 50 still haven't been vaccinated in England:

“Black Caribbean and black African people are the least likely over-50s to have got a jab, at 66.8% and 71.2% respectively.”

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@CarolineLucas

🗣@CarolineLucas vice-chairwoman of the APPG on coronavirus, said community engagement has shown it is possible to “overcome deep-seated mistrust” but it must be done at the grassroots level rather than “imposed by Whitehall”.

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This pandemic has already exposed deep inequalities in our society.

We cannot allow schemes like vaccine passports to make this worse and alienate communities where vaccine take-up is already low
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Dividing people into the vaccinated and unvaccinated through schemes like vaccine passports risks making existing inequalities worse.

Particularly if they are used to restrict access to everyday services.

That must not be allowed to happen.

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International Travel Report 📄

Summary of recommendations 👇🏼

1️⃣ The government should discourage all international leisure travel to prevent the importation of new variants & to reduce the risk of a third wave and further lockdowns. The government must also provide adequate financial support to businesses operating in the travel industry.

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On Monday we published a report on overseas travel & #COVID19 variants.

“The group of more than 60 MPs and peers said the government should discourage people from travelling abroad unless it was essential.”

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@LaylaMoran

Chair of the APPG @LaylaMoran explained why we are urging the government to discourage all non-essential foreign holidays this summer.

“I’d love to be on a beach - but it's just not safe for Brits to go on holiday yet”

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@LaylaMoran

"We wouldn't want to have for the sake of one summer holiday us go backwards and have a further wave and a further lockdown." - @LaylaMoran

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@BorisJohnson

📑 Read the Interim Report published today here.

We’re here to breakdown some of the recommendations made by the APPG, which we’re calling on @BorisJohnson to consider👇🏼

appgcoronavirus.marchforchange.uk/interim_report

1️⃣ EXIT STRATEGY.

The APPG recommends that the UK government adopts the Covid-Secure UK plan as the long-term exit strategy to protect both the health and the wealth of the UK until widespread immunity through vaccination is achieved.

Control. Suppress. Eliminate.

2️⃣FIND, TEST, TRACE, ISOLATE & SUPPORT.

The APPG recommends that the UK government empowers local authorities to deliver a Find, Test, Trace, Isolate and Support system, backed up with proper financial support and assistance for those isolating.

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