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Police officers are told they can get a Covid-19 jab but must not wear their uniform at vaccination centres to avoid drawing attention to themselves Arrangement with NHS allows police receive a vaccine if there is spare capacity Internal memo advises officers not to turn up at vaccine centres in their uniform Measure suggested to … Read more
Motorists roll up to have Covid jabs through their car windows yesterday – as Boris Johnson appealed to the remaining two million most vulnerable Britons to get vaccinated. Drive-through centres have been set up to help the UK meet its target of inoculating 15 million people by Monday. But while 13 million in the most … Read more
Need a lift to get your Covid-19 jab? I’ll tuk tuk care of it! Travel company is using its fleet of vehicles to help elderly get to vaccination centres Tourist transport company Tuk Tuk Time is using its fleet of vehicles to help the elderly get jabs Pensioners are transported to vaccinations centres for free … Read more
A cataclysmic collision between two galaxies could leave the supermassive black hole at the centre of the larger one ‘starved of material’, astronomers claim. Experts from the University of Tokyo created the ‘most accurate simulation’ of a range of scenarios to understand what happens when galaxies merge. It was previously thought that collisions between galaxies … Read more
Analysis shows local high streets weathered the pandemic storm better than city centre shopping areas By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 January 2021 Local high streets have weathered the pandemic storm better than city centre shopping areas, analysis has shown. Workers staying at … Read more
Frontline workers at Covid testing centres are NOT being offered vaccines yet because they are ‘not in close contact’ with the virus and have PPE Department of Health said they weren’t in ‘close contact’ with the virus It also said they had ‘appropriate PPE’ to protect them from the disease Testing staff lean into cars … Read more
A mosque in Birmingham today started dishing out coronavirus vaccinations amid fears the uptake is too low in BAME groups. Another 60 pharmacy-led sites — including a cinema — also opened their doors to turbo-charge the rollout, as ministers race to meet their deadline of inoculating the 14million most vulnerable people by mid-February. The expansion also … Read more
A mosque in Birmingham has started dishing out coronavirus vaccinations amid fears the uptake is too low in BAME groups. Another 65 pharmacy-led sites will throw open their doors today to turbo-charge the rollout, as ministers race to meet their deadline of 14million jabs by mid-February. And Britain’s first 24/7 vaccination hubs at hospitals in Birmingham … Read more
Uber is offering free trips to seven mass-vaccination centres across England to help the most vulnerable receive the Covid-19 jab Uber will cover up to £15 of passengers’ trips to and from the vaccine centres To claim a free ride, passengers must enter a promo code in the Uber app Matt Hancock has described the … Read more
Troops have been drafted in to set up 80 new vaccination centres in Scotland to strengthen the fightback against coronavirus. The massive operation will get under way this week with Armed Forces personnel set to identify suitable sites. Ninety-eight soldiers are being deployed over the next 28 days to prepare locations where NHS Scotland can … Read more