Coronavirus live news: vaccinated ‘three times less likely to test positive’; 220,000 children in England jabbed

Study suggests fully vaccinated less likely to pass virus on to others; more 16- and 17-year-olds in UKcould be given green light for vaccineChina shuts down transport routes as it battles worst outbreak in monthsStatus of some UK citizens vaccinated overseas not recognised by NHSArdern ’s popularity stumbles on New Zealand’s slow road to vaccinationDeath of Sydney man prompts calls for young people to get vaccinatedVaccinologist Barbie: Prof Sarah Gilbert honoured with a doll8.35amBSTTheUK government should “try a whole range” of incentives in order to encourage young people to take up the COVID jab, Labour have argued.Shadow Environment Secretary, Luke Pollard told Sky News that consistent messaging was key to driving uptake among people aged 18-29.8.25amBSTA leading professor of infectious disease has said the latest data “would support” extending theUK ’s vaccination programme to 16- and 17-year-olds.Steven Riley, professor of infectious disease dynamics at Imperial College London and co-author of theReact study, told LBC: “Our data would support that in that we’d expect there to be a really good knock-on effect from extending the vaccinations for that group.”Continue reading...
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