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Sobering—The most vulnerable folks may have no choice but to restart shielding (ie stay at home) after remaining England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #COVID19 mitigation rules are removed on 19 July, Sarah Gilbert warns. Who is she?—the chief creator of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
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2) “The Government has not yet issued updated guidance for how 3.8 million people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable should protect themselves from Covid-19 as social distancing and compulsory mask wearing comes to an end.

3) “Dame Sarah Gilbert, who led the Oxford vaccine team: “In people who have been vaccinated and have had the two doses, they will be well protected against disease that is severe enough to put them in hospital, and death. But that’s only about half have had their two doses.

4) “And there are unfortunately some people with particular health conditions that mean they just don’t respond to a vaccine, and they are going to have to make sure that they are protected, probably by shielding again, if there is a lot of spread of the virus.”

5) New guidance for could be issued on Monday when the Prime Minister confirms whether the final lifting of restrictions is going ahead on 19 July, No 10 has suggested .

6) Charities and peers have demanded more clarity from the government, warning that the 3.8m are being left “in limbo” and were unable to make firm plans for after 19 July if they were going to be asked to shield.