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Matt Hancock wrote to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) in response to their advice.
Dr June Raine has been appointed as the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) new Chief Executive, having been the interim CEO since 2019.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Schools and colleges to reopen to all pupils from 8 March with asymptomatic COVID-19 testing in place
Working in partnership with the local authority, additional testing and genomic sequencing is being deployed to targeted areas within the CR0 postcode in New Addington, Croydon
Additional testing and genomic sequencing is being deployed to the CM13 postcode in Brentwood, Essex.
Every resident will be allowed one regular indoor visitor from 8 March.
Social media platforms and celebrities team up with government and NHS to launch new graphics to show support for vaccine roll-out.
A further targeted area will have additional testing made available to control and suppress the potential spread of a COVID-19 variant.
The government has introduced a number of new accessibility improvements to the home testing programme to make it even easier to get tested.
People experiencing the longer-term effects of long COVID to benefit from research projects to help better understand the causes, symptoms and treatment.
The median distance travelled for a PCR test is just 1.9 miles, a record for the service, while 86.9% of cases, and 93.6% of their contacts, are reached this reporting week.
UCAS has received 48,830 applications to nursing courses in England, up from 35,960 at the same point last year.
Report findings show infections in England have fallen significantly since the last report in January.
Letter about the pay round for the financial year 2021 to 2022, from the Health and Social Care Secretary to the Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB).
Further targeted areas will have additional testing made available to control and suppress the spread of a COVID-19 variant.
New technology has been introduced in England to help clinicians identify, for the first time, a new group of people who may be at high risk from COVID-19.
Tough new enforcement measures – from fixed penalty notices to imprisonment – will come into force on Monday 15 February.
Everyone most at risk from coronavirus has now been offered a vaccination, with more than 15 million jabs achieved in less than 10 weeks.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock pays tribute to Dame Fiona Caldicott, the National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care.
Anyone who has visited a country on the UK’s travel ban list in the last 10 days will have to quarantine in hotels from today.
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