LONDON: The independent body that advises the British government on the rollout of coronavirus vaccines will likely decide on Monday whether to expand it. booster program For younger age groups after discovering new omicron type.
Joint Committee on Immunization and Immunization, or JCVI, has been asked by the British Government to consider the merits of expanding the booster program to millions more people under the age of 40 and reducing the time period by a third of the jab.
Professor Anthony Harden, deputy chairperson of the JCVI, told the BBC that it is “really important that we get the immunity level in the population” if the Omicron variant is more transmissible or the protection from vaccines is reduced.
The expected announcement came after the Scottish Government announced that six cases of the Omicron variant had been identified in Scotland, taking the UK total to nine.
It said on Monday it has asked public health officials to increase contacts in all cases.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said not all cases were linked to travel to countries in southern Africa, where the new variant was first identified.
“This suggests that there may already be some community transmission of this version in Scotland,” she told a press briefing.
Over the weekend, health officials found three cases of the variant in England, prompting the British government to tighten rules wearing a mask and test arrival in the country.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that it was necessary to take “targeted and precautionary measures” in England.
More stringent rules have been implemented in other UK countries after most lockdown restrictions were lifted over the past few months. Sturgeon said she and her Welsh counterpart, Mark Drakeford, had written to Johnson asking everyone arriving in the UK to self-isolate for at least eight days. Johnson has said that arrivals will need to undergo a high-standard PCR test by the end of their second day in the country and self-isolate until a negative result is obtained.
New rules for England, which will make wearing masks mandatory in shops and public transport on Tuesday, though not in pubs and restaurants, are expected to be reviewed in three weeks. High school students in England are also being advised to wear masks in communal areas, such as corridors, but not in classrooms.
Britain has also called an important meeting group of seven health ministers To discuss the edition on Monday. The G-7 is made up of the major industrialized economies – Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
Joint Committee on Immunization and Immunization, or JCVI, has been asked by the British Government to consider the merits of expanding the booster program to millions more people under the age of 40 and reducing the time period by a third of the jab.
Professor Anthony Harden, deputy chairperson of the JCVI, told the BBC that it is “really important that we get the immunity level in the population” if the Omicron variant is more transmissible or the protection from vaccines is reduced.
The expected announcement came after the Scottish Government announced that six cases of the Omicron variant had been identified in Scotland, taking the UK total to nine.
It said on Monday it has asked public health officials to increase contacts in all cases.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said not all cases were linked to travel to countries in southern Africa, where the new variant was first identified.
“This suggests that there may already be some community transmission of this version in Scotland,” she told a press briefing.
Over the weekend, health officials found three cases of the variant in England, prompting the British government to tighten rules wearing a mask and test arrival in the country.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday that it was necessary to take “targeted and precautionary measures” in England.
More stringent rules have been implemented in other UK countries after most lockdown restrictions were lifted over the past few months. Sturgeon said she and her Welsh counterpart, Mark Drakeford, had written to Johnson asking everyone arriving in the UK to self-isolate for at least eight days. Johnson has said that arrivals will need to undergo a high-standard PCR test by the end of their second day in the country and self-isolate until a negative result is obtained.
New rules for England, which will make wearing masks mandatory in shops and public transport on Tuesday, though not in pubs and restaurants, are expected to be reviewed in three weeks. High school students in England are also being advised to wear masks in communal areas, such as corridors, but not in classrooms.
Britain has also called an important meeting group of seven health ministers To discuss the edition on Monday. The G-7 is made up of the major industrialized economies – Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States.
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