New subnational analysis highlights a widespread fall in #COVID19 vaccine hesitancy across the countries and regions of Great Britain during the first half of 2021.
(This compares data from 28 April to 18 July with data from 7 January to 28 March) ➡️ow.ly/VTHq50FN4YB
The greatest falls tended to be in areas that had the highest initial hesitancy rates, such as;
⬇️London (11% to 7%)
including Inner London East (13% to 7%), Outer London West and North West (12% to 7%)
In April to July 2021, rates of vaccine hesitancy in some regions among people who said they were in bad health in general, were lower or similar to those reporting good health, reversing a trend seen in January to March 2021 👇 ow.ly/ZOOe30rQsjx
In April to July, rates of vaccine hesitancy among young adults, those of Black or Black British ethnicity, the unemployed, and those living in deprived areas tended to be highest in London and the Midlands ow.ly/CIw330rQsjO
Vaccine uptake in London is behind other English regions per data from @PHE_UK
At the end of June 2021, one in nine (11%) adults aged 50 years and over in London had not received a coronavirus vaccine.
How we live in England and Wales changed dramatically between 1961 and 2011. Newly digitised data can now show these changes locally for the first time 💻
Our article compares areas with a series of interactive maps to see what’s changed in 50 years ow.ly/Pvtk50FN6ge
In some areas of England and Wales in 1961, more than half of homes didn’t have toilets indoors or attached to a property 🚽
Instead, toilet access could have been in a separate building in the garden, or sometimes, a communal toilet for the street 🧻
Divorce has risen tenfold and fewer people are married 💔
⬆️ 68% of people were legally married in 1961 and 0.8% were divorced.
⬇️ In 2011, 49% were legally married or in a civil partnership, and 9% divorced or in a legally dissolved civil partnership
We've published findings from our International Passenger Survey to understand attitudes towards #COVID19 among passengers arriving to the UK between Feb and June 2021 ow.ly/wOrt50FN5zj
Roughly two thirds of all UK (66%) and overseas residents (69%) interviewed said social distancing made them feel safe during their journey in June 2021.
This has remained broadly consistent since Feb 2021 ow.ly/tbfG50FN5C3
The majority of UK (69%) and overseas residents (75%) interviewed in June 2021 said the wearing of face coverings made them feel safe during their journey ow.ly/TUL050FN5IR
Black or Black British adults had the highest rates of vaccine hesitancy (21%) compared with White adults (4%)
Hesitancy was also higher for adults identifying Muslim (14%) or Other (14%) as their religion, compared with those identifying Christian (4%) ow.ly/caTN30rQseZ
The 7-day average number of UK daily flights in the week to 1 August rose 2% from the previous week, @eurocontrol data show.
This is now up 117% from the week ending 23 May 2021 when international travel restarted with the UK travel traffic light system ow.ly/oKGn50FKPy3
@eurocontrol 25% of UK businesses in mid-July 2021 saw a fall in turnover compared with what is normally expected at this time of year, according to the Business Insights and Conditions Survey.
This is the lowest proportion seen since the series began in June 2020 ow.ly/8EnW50FKPAJ
@eurocontrol The volume of online job adverts on 30 July 2021 increased by 3% since last week and was 135% of its Feb 2020 average, according to @Adzuna.
The biggest weekly increase was in the transport/logistics/warehouse category (up 11% over the latest week) ow.ly/wvPA50FKPGt
An estimated 945,000 people experienced self-reported long COVID in the 4 weeks to 4 July (where symptoms persisted more than 4 weeks after the first suspected infection) ow.ly/csTl50FKP4w
Self-reported long COVID was most likely among people
▪️ aged 35 to 69
▪ wh️o are female
▪️ living in the most deprived areas
▪️ working in health or social care
▪️ with another health condition or disability