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Marshalling for COVID-19 vaccines at a medical centre in Wetherby, West Yorkshire. A sign for a vaccination centre. More than 70 sites across the UK were in operation at the end of the programme's first full week (15 December 2020). Whilst hospitals formed the centres initially, GP-led centres also started later in that week. [119]
How COVID‑19 vaccines work. The video shows the process of vaccination, from injection with RNA or viral vector vaccines, to uptake and translation, and on to immune system stimulation and effect. Part of a series on the COVID-19 pandemic Scientifically accurate atomic model of the external structure of SARS-CoV-2. Each "ball" is an atom. COVID-19 (disease) SARS-CoV-2 (virus) Cases Deaths ...
On 13 February 2021, adverse reaction tests began in 300 volunteer children and young people between the ages of six and 17 on the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. Oxford University Professor Andrew Pollard was the Principal Investigator for this round. He "said most children are relatively unaffected by coronavirus and are unlikely to ...
Leaflets and other programme materials, early 2021. The Vaccine Taskforce in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was set up in April 2020 by the Second Johnson ministry, in collaboration with Chief Scientific Advisor Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty, in order to facilitate the path towards the introduction of a COVID-19 vaccine in the UK ...
The NHS Nightingale Hospitals were seven critical care temporary hospitals established by NHS England as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic in England. The hospitals were named after Florence Nightingale , who came to prominence for nursing soldiers during the Crimean War and is regarded as the founder of modern nursing .
NHS Louisa Jordan hosted COVID-19 vaccine clinics from 8 December 2020. [6] The hospital's last day of operation was 31 March 2021 and its mass vaccination clinic relocated to the OVO Hydro. [7] The last day of the vaccination clinic was 18 July 2021. [8]
7 February – Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces what he describes as "tough targets" to reduce the record NHS waiting lists in England. [36]8 February – Health Secretary Sajid Javid announces plans to help reduce NHS waiting lists in England, but warns numbers will not begin to fall until 2024, and are likely to increase in the short term.
10 October – Professor Jonathan Wyllie, the former president of Resuscitation Council UK, tells the COVID-19 Inquiry that at least one NHS trust put in place a blanket "do not resuscitate" order for sick patients during the pandemic, with people considered ineligible for CPR on the grounds of age or disability rather than individual assessment.