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UK regulator confirms that people should continue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca

Content originally from GOV.UK Following suspensions by some countries of the COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca over suspected blood clots, the MHRA confirms that the benefits of the vaccine in preventing COVID-19 far outweigh the risks. People should still go and get their COVID-19 vaccine when asked to do so. Today the UK regulator, following a rigorous … Continue reading UK regulator confirms that people should continue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine AstraZeneca

Life expectancy in England in 2020

Content originally from GOV.UK Public Health England has released provisional estimates of life expectancy at birth for 2020 to show the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in England and its regions. Despite their name, these estimates of life expectancy at birth are not in fact projections or predictions of how long babies born in 2020 can actually … Continue reading Life expectancy in England in 2020

COVID-19: Reintroducing confirmatory PCR testing

Content originally from GOV.UK Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus particle isolated from a UK case of the disease Covid-19. Every day, rapid testing is helping us find cases of COVID-19 that we wouldn’t otherwise know about, breaking chains of transmission and potentially saving lives. We know that rapid tests are effective … Continue reading COVID-19: Reintroducing confirmatory PCR testing