Boris Johnson has issued an appeal to members of the public to step forward to assist the Covid booster jab programme in a race to counter the new Omicron variant.
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Wales’ First Minister has announced urgent plans to offer the booster vaccine to all eligible adults by the end of the year during a televised address. Mark Drakeford said the
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The NHS will have to postpone some planned appointments in order to meet the target of giving every adult in England a Covid-19 booster jab by the end of the
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A Conservative MP found to have been raped by her politician ex-husband says she will campaign for victims of domestic violence. Kate Griffiths, MP for Burton in Staffordshire, waived her
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The Welsh Government will review its coronavirus guidance on a weekly basis over winter in response to the threat from the Omicron variant, shifting away from the current three-week cycle.
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Scotland could see a “tsunami of infections” from the new Omicron variant, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Scotland’s First Minister (pictured) said a rise in cases is “virtually certain”, with modelling
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The Government is being urged to publish a timetable for the holding of a public inquiry into coronavirus and to make sure it reflects the diversity of the UK population.
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Record funding for health and social care in Scotland must be used to deal with “chronic workforce shortages”, doctors have insisted. The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh welcomed Finance
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Demand for mental health services for children and young people is pushing the NHS to “breaking point”, MPs have warned. The Health and Social Care Committee of MPs said that
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Stormont officials are scenario-planning further Covid-19 restrictions that may be needed when, as expected, the Omicron variant becomes dominant in Northern Ireland early next year. First Minister Paul Givan said
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