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UK’s early COVID response worst public health failure ever, MPs say
As reported by BBC news, the UK’s failure to do more to stop COVID spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country’s worst keep reading
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Parts of England to trial self-isolation support
As reported by BBC news, more ways of supporting people to self-isolate in areas with higher coronavirus infection rates are to be piloted in nine keep reading
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One vaccine dose in care homes gives ‘substantial’ protection
As reported by BBC news, a single dose of the Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine was effective at stopping 62% of coronavirus infections in care homes, keep reading
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Common cold ‘can boot COVID out of cells’
As reported by BBC news, the virus that causes the common cold can effectively boot the COVID virus out of the body’s cells, say researchers keep reading
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Vaccine offers for all those aged 56 or over
As reported by BBC news, people aged 56 to 59 in England are being invited to book their coronavirus vaccine from this week Letters for keep reading
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‘Mix-and-match’ coronavirus vaccines to be tested
As reported by BBC news, UK scientists are planning trials to see if giving people two different types of COVID vaccine, one after the other, keep reading
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NHS ready for Pfizer roll-out, says Hancock
As reported by BBC news, Matt Hancock has said the NHS is ready to start providing the new coronavirus vaccine “as fast as safely possible” keep reading
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General practice is open despite lockdown, says RCGP
As England goes into a second national lockdown, the Royal College of GPs is making it clear to patients that general practice is open and keep reading
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BMA reiterates call for extra support for general practice as workload mounts
The BMA has asked NHS England to provide more financial support for general practice in dealing with a burgeoning workload from rising COVID-19 cases, as keep reading
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NICE, SIGN and RCGP give further details about management of long-COVID
NICE, the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) and the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) have today given more details about the forthcoming guideline on keep reading