Pregnant women in UK can now be offered Covid-19 vaccine, government advisers said friday, But shouldn’t have the Oxford / AstraZeneca jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization recommended that pregnant women receive only the BioNTech / Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.
United States invest $ 1.7 billion to fight Covid-19 variants, as public health experts warn new strains of the virus could increase infections all the more Americans are vaccinated. The White House announced Friday that it is allocating funds from the $ 1.9 billion economic relief package signed last month to combat variants.
There were 77 cases of a new variant linked to a increase in Covid-19 cases in India found in UK, as the government seeks to strengthen its defenses against strains that could escape existing vaccines. The cases were reported by the government on Thursday evening, along with 56 new cases of the variant first identified in South Africa.
The number of EU citizens arriving in the UK before the pandemic has been revised upwards by the official statistical agency. On Friday, the Office for National Statistics said that in the nine years leading up to March 2020, before the first lockdown, net migration from the EU was on average 216,000 people per year, 76% higher than the previous figures.
Moderna has warned that he will deliver less than expected vaccines in the UK, Canada and some other countries, after a production deficit in its European supply chain. The Boston-based biotech company said on Friday it would reduce the number of doses it sends to the UK from April.
Apple has temporarily closed its stores in Michigan, which has become the latest coronavirus hotspot in the United States. “Due to the current Covid-19 conditions, we are temporarily closing our stores in Michigan. We are taking this step with great caution as we monitor the situation closely, ”the company said on Friday.
Santander told UK mortgage brokers that when assessing an independent borrower’s mortgage application, he put aside the 2020-2021 accounting period if their activity had been affected by the coronavirus crisis. From Monday, Santander will base its assessment on the income of the two tax years before the pandemic.
The general manager of the cooperative group receive a bonus over £ 1million this year despite mutual choice not to forgo business rate relief. Steve Murrells will receive £ 1.35million, an increase of £ 735,000 from 2019 results, taking his total salary at £ 2.2m. More than half of this year’s bonus is a deferred award from 2018.
