There needs to be ‘a legitimate discussion’ over whether these groups should be prioritised sooner rather than later, says Sir Simon Stevens, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, Health secretary Matt Hancock has said that teachers have a ‘good shout’ to be ‘very high’ on the updated priority list. Whitehall sources have now told The Telegraph that teachers and police will likely be prioritised for the jabs after the over-50s. 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Boris Johnson is set to outline his roadmap out of lockdown in the week of February 22, prioritising pupils returning to schools. “In the meantime, we need to get schools fully open again as soon as possible, and an earlier vaccination programme for education staff would be helpful in supporting this to happen safely during the second half of this term. It helps to contribute to a healthy school environment, reduces school absences, and indirectly protects teachers as they are less likely to catch flu from their pupils. A family walks in St Nicholas' Park in Warwick, the hot weather which baked much of the UK this week is set to give way to a chilly Easter weekend. A man arrives to lay a bunch of flowers outside Buckingham Palace in central London after the announcement of the death of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He added that the reopening of schools will be prioritised once the government moves to start lifting lockdown restrictions. … He was 99. Less pressure on the NHS and fewer people being at risk of dying from the disease will be important factors in lifting lockdown. … - Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip, who recently spent more than a month in hospital and underwent a heart procedure, died on April 9, Buckingham Palace announced. vaccine, which is given by way of a nasal spray, also benefit from the protection it provides to them as individuals. The government is facing mounting pressure to ensure teachers are vaccinated as soon as possible amid widespread disruption to the education sector. Vaccination teams fanned out in Mexico City and four other states Tuesday to give teachers coronavirus shots. Up until now, the way groups have been chosen is by prioritising ‘those most at risk of hospitalisation overall’, mostly based on age, and then ‘those whose roles increase their risk’, according to the source. 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Sir Simon told the Health and Social Care Committee that there needs to be “a legitimate discussion” between the government and the JCVI over whether these groups should be prioritised over people in their 60s and 50s. Send vaccines to poorer nations now, WTO tells UK Some 17.2 million people in the UK have received their first dose of a vaccine at one of the 1,500 vaccination … Covid-19 vaccines: Teachers, police and frontline workers to be prioritised if jab reduces transmission Exclusive Government will shift strategy from reducing infection to … The ambassador has been barred from entering the Myanmar embassy in Mayfair after he was removed from office, People take part in coronavirus surge testing on Clapham Common, south London. Police to join teachers in being prioritised for Covid vaccine in next phase of rollout. One source said the JCVI ‘will need to see the latest data on transmission before they make their recommendations’. “The reason for this is that even if education staff are prioritised for vaccinations in the next phase of the rollout, after the first nine priority groups, they won’t start receiving them until April,” he said. A COVID-19 vaccine cannot make you sick with COVID-19. Teachers and police are expected to be given priority for the Covid-19 vaccine after everyone aged over 50 has been offered their jabs. If everything continues to go according to plan, over-60s and vulnerable young people will be vaccinated by the end of March. But once all over-60s have had their jab, hospitalisations will likely be cut by two thirds, the study says. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, told The Independent that he agreed with Sir Simon’s suggestion to move education staff and other key groups up the prioritisation list. EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan said: "The announcement today, by the UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), recommending that occupational groups should not be prioritised for vaccination, will greatly heighten the concerns of school staff over the safety of working in crowded classrooms without adequate safety mitigations in place. Matt Hancock said discussions are under way about which groups will be prioritised for vaccinations once the elderly and clinically extremely vulnerable have all been inoculated. ‘It is clear that teachers and police will be given early priority,’ the source said. “It is the government's strong desire to reopen all schools, colleges and universities as soon as possible,” he said. A worshipper at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in Mordon, south London, ahead of Eid al-Fitr. There isn't a strong scientific argument for teachers to be prioritised for a Covid jab, the UK's chief vaccine adviser said today.. Sir Keir Starmer calls for teachers and support staff to be vaccinated during the February half term. COPs are set to be bumped up the Covid vaccine list … The celebration marks the end of the Muslim month of fasting, called Ramadan. Sorry, this video isn't available any more. Although vaccinating the top four priority groups is expected to dramatically cut deaths, it is only likely cut hospitalisations by a third, according to a study by the Royal United Hospitals Bath Foundation trust. “The first half of the year, vaccination is going to be crucial,” he said. Teachers will not be given priority for the coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine, UK health secretary Matt Hancock has said. Teachers, members of the police and people with learning disabilities should be considered as a priority for vaccination after 15 February, the head of NHS England has told MPs. They are giving vaccines to age groups 40 to 49, 30 to 39 and 18 to 29, with 47.7% of people in the youngest age group having and their first vaccine. 'EU will not disrupt the UK's vaccine supply' On Friday, more than 480,000 people in the UK received their first dose of a COVID vaccine and Mr Blair suggested - with around 500,000 teachers in the UK - that the prioritisation of teachers would only cause a short delay to the vaccination of other groups. Meanwhile, the National Police Chiefs’ Council told The Independent that it was “in discussions with government about how those on the front line within policing, working to keep the public safe, can also feel reassured that a vaccine is on its way to them as soon as the vulnerable groups have been completed”. Health secretary Matt Hancock has said that teachers have a “good shout” to be “very high” on the updated priority list. At least 3,000 people rushed to Walthamstow Library in north-east London after the council opened a walk-in jab clinic between 11am and 6.30pm today. For more stories like this, check our news page. This rate was up to three times higher in secondary schools across England, according to data from the Education Policy Institute (EPI). All adults are expected to have been offered a jab by September. Only vulnerable pupils and children of key workers are currently able to attend school, and the prospect of classrooms reopening again next month appears remote. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? The Government is on track to … The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation will decide on the order. Mary Bousted, joint general secretary of the NEU teaching union, and Geoff Barton, the general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, were responding to the announcement that Pfizer’s vaccine trial has proved more than 90 per … We’ll look at, of course, teachers and police and others, but also we will look at shopworkers and we will make those decisions based on the data”. Many facilities have reopened in the latest easing of lockdown include pubs and restaurants who can serve outside, non-essential shops, indoor gyms and swimming pools, nail salons and hairdressers, outdoor amusements and zoos, A pub staff pins up a sign announcing the reopening of the Fox on the Hill pub on Denmark Hill in London, The Death Gun Salute is fired by the Honourable Artillery Company to mark the passing of Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at the The Tower of London. And the vaccine vials usually contain extra doses. He said he hoped more treatments for Covid-19 would come on stream soon which, coupled with vaccination, would see a turn for the better. Teachers and other key workers are not set to be prioritised in the final stage of the UK's Covid vaccine rollout. Teachers, members of the police and people with learning disabilities should be considered as a priority for vaccination after 15 February, the head of NHS England has told MPs. Healthy teachers, police and others under 50 would only start getting first doses in about April. “Our analysis indicates that teachers are likely to have seen higher Covid-19 case rates than the adult population as a whole – but we need to see more data released by the government in order to confirm this, and to inform any forthcoming decisions on vaccination prioritisation,” said Luke Sibieta, a research fellow at the EPI. Research published last week revealed that the proportion of absent primary school teachers due to Covid-19 was six times higher than that of students last term. Once these individuals are vaccinated and protected – a process that is likely to last until April – scientists are hopeful that the UK’s fatality rate will drop significantly. More than 4 million people across the UK have received a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. The government intends to vaccinate roughly 15 million at-risk people by mid-February before turning its attention to the remaining groups on the priority list outlined by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI). If … We are grateful for the support that schools have given by hosting NHS vaccination sessions. Teachers and police are expected to be given priority for the Covid-19 vaccine after everyone aged over 50 has been offered their jabs. “I think a lot of us in the health service are increasingly hopeful that the second half of the year and beyond we will also see more therapeutics and more treatments for coronavirus.”, He said there were a number of potential new treatments in the pipeline “and I think it is possible that over the course of the next six to 18 months, coronavirus becomes a much more treatable disease with antivirals and other therapies, which alongside the vaccination programme holds out the hope of a return to a much more normal future.”, Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. Phase One of the Covid-19 vaccine rollout is set to be completed by April, with the government aiming to vaccinate all UK adults by July. 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Start your Independent Premium subscription today. But the Pfizer vaccine lasts for three days once defrosted, and both it and the AstraZeneca vaccine have use-by dates. We understand that there are a number of factors to consider in the priority order, but we would at the very least like there to be a decision and a clear timetable for the vaccination of education staff as soon as possible.”. The Government is on track to hit its target of 15 million vaccinations by Monday and over 60s have now been told they can start getting the vaccine. Vaccinating everyone aged 65 and over will have a “big impact” on the pressure on hospital beds, Sir Simon said, but added that about a quarter of hospital admissions for Covid are for people aged under 55, and about half of inpatient critical care bed days for coronavirus relate to patients under the age of 65. 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Earlier on Tuesday, schools minister Nick Gibb told the House of Commons that “the Department for Education will be pressing the case for [the] education workforce” in the second phase of the vaccine rollout. “There is a perfectly reasonable debate to be had about who should go in what order next, where teachers have got a good shout to be very high on that list,” Mr Hancock said on Sunday. Thousands of residents have queued up to take coronavirus tests at additional facilities set up after new cases of the South African variant were found in two south London boroughs. Teachers and school staff should be among those prioritised for a new Covid-19 vaccine, according to union leaders. But with discussions currently under way to decide recommendations for the second phase of the vaccine rollout, Sir Simon Stevens, the chief executive of NHS, has said that key public service workers and people with learning disabilities should be considered sooner rather than later. Information About COVID-19 Vaccines for Teachers, School Staff, and Childcare Workers You can help protect yourself and the people around you by getting a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as you can. The joint committee on vaccination and immunisation (JCVI) is expected to recommend the next priority groups the week after next. ome schools are not giving teachers time off from work to receive their Covid-19 vaccine, a teaching union leader has said. Sir Simon also said on Tuesday that coronavirus could become a “much more treatable disease” over the next six to 18 months, with the hope of a return to a “much more normal future”. 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The Department of Health and Social Care said that health services across the UK had administered 57.8 million vaccines, including 36.9 million people with their first dose – or 70.2 per cent of the adult population. “Fundamentally, the most important thing is to get the overall infection rate down, this is not principally about pressure on the NHS, this is principally about reducing the avoidable death rate,” he added. “In particular, we would urge prioritisation for staff who work in specialist settings as their role is often akin to care work. More than seven in 10 adults in the UK have received their first Covid-19 vaccine, new figures show. “We will prioritise the reopening of schools as we begin the process of lifting lockdown restrictions.”. over 60s have now been told they can start getting the vaccine. School leaders are calling for teachers to be on the priority list for getting the coronavirus vaccine. Due to their frontline roles, many have argued in recent weeks professionals such as teachers and police officers should be given priority access to the Covid vaccine. “People with learning disabilities and autism, certain key public service workers, teachers, the police, they will have to be factored in that post-February 15 prioritisation decision,” he said on Tuesday. Health authorities are making rapid progress in working through the UK’s most vulnerable groups, having administered a first dose to 6.5 million people, including nearly 80 per cent of all over-80s. Studies show that COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Meanwhile, 20.8 million people – almost two-fifths (39.6 … Sir Simon said reducing the number of hospital beds occupied by Covid-19 patients was not "the only consideration" policymakers would take into account when deciding the vaccination priority list. Teachers have a "good shout" to be "very high" on the next priority list for a coronavirus vaccine, the health secretary has told Sky News. The nine groups that make up the JCVI’s current priority list are estimated to represent around 99 per cent of preventable deaths from Covid-19. The UK has ordered 40 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 17 million of the Moderna jab and also has agreements with several other … Britain's education minister Gavin Williamson said on Thursday he hoped that teachers would be "up the list" for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine when the first wave of vaccinations is completed. Teachers, bus drivers and the military could be next in line for a Covid-19 jab once the highest risk groups have been vaccinated, a new report suggests. Over-50s will follow afterwards, with a target of all first doses being given by the end of April, but it hasn’t yet been confirmed who will be the next priority group. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk. The UK is set to have given everyone in the top four priority groups their first jab by Monday. 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Advice from the JCVI on the priority groups for a Covid-19 vaccine does not include school/childcare workers. 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But the Health Secretary today said there were no plans for teachers to receive a Covid vaccination before going back to class. Health and Social Care Secretary, Matt Hancock, said: “The UK vaccination programme has been one of our nation’s proudest achievements in recent times, with seven in 10 UK adults now having had their first COVID-19 jab.
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