Current Affairs Coronavirus Thread - Serious stuff !!!

[peteblue]

U.K. vaccines...only 369 K doses given for a slow Easter weekend.....total first doses 31,581,623.....total 2nd doses 5,432,126.... giving an overall total of 37,013,749......

 

[BlueStevie35]

Hospital figures - 23 deaths were announced today, up 8 on yesterday and up 2 on last Monday. 15 deaths were in English hospitals, the same total as yesterday and 3 down on last week. The 7 day rolling average rises slightly to 39.57

All settings - for the 28 day cut off, 26 deaths were announced today, up 16 on yesterday and up 3 on last Monday. The 7 day rolling average rises slightly to 35.29

For the 60 day cut off, 31 deaths were announced today, up 13 on yesterday and down 9 on last Monday. The 7 day rolling average falls to 82.29

 

[PaulPowersTash]

I think they've sent a formal letter outlining concerns, which would amount to the first step in conflict resolution. And would be expected by courts before any other legal action.

You think they sent a 'formal letter'?
Is that the best they can do? Yes it is. Because the contracts the EU have signed and have are hardly worth the paper they are written on.
The contracts they have are based on 'Best Endeavours' which mean no guaranteed supply at all. Thats what the EU agreed and signed with AZ.
If not (and the answer Bruce is desperately trying to avoid admitting) is that yet again, the great and the good of the almighty EU cocked up
and they would have gone legal on AZ in an instant without a shadow of a doubt if they could. But they can't.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

A traveller whose reason for coming to the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic was to "visit Big Ben" is among thousands of holidaymakers pouring into the country every day, it has been reported.

Of the roughly 20,000 people arriving at the UK's borders each day, around 40 per cent - or 8,000 - are tourists, according to Border Force estimates shared with The Times.


Hundreds are granted holiday visas issued by the Home Office, the Border Face added.

The Home Office says it does not recognise the figures and insists "tough health measures" are being enforced at Britain's airports, train stations and ports.


The revelation comes as Britons face stricter rules on travelling abroad, with those caught breaking the rules to go on holiday liable for fines of up to £5,000.

8,000 foreign tourists believed to be coming into UK every day

Hundreds arriving on Home Office issued holiday visas, according to Border Force staff member

www.independent.co.uk

Someone should have told him not to bother

 

[PaulPowersTash]

I'd expect that of the human garbage we churn out here by the hundreds of thousands, but I had thought the Germans would act with a bit more discipline.

Why?
Do the Germans not have thick, selfish irresponsible people also - or is that just the English?

 

[peteblue]

For gods sake don’t tell Davek....

 

[COYBL25]

I'd expect that of the human garbage we churn out here by the hundreds of thousands, but I had thought the Germans would act with a bit more discipline.

Sausage Republic.

 

[peteblue]

Sausage Republic.

Bratwurst Republic......

 

[davek]

Hello Ian Duncan smith.

You are such a tory.

It's a call for working class self discipline....not to be mistaken with applauding a load of lumpen proles apeing their Bullingdon Club betters, as you would have us do.

 

[davek]

Why?
Do the Germans not have thick, selfish irresponsible people also - or is that just the English?

Not as many as us. The Germans dont call this country Gross Britannien for nothing.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

A traveller whose reason for coming to the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic was to "visit Big Ben" is among thousands of holidaymakers pouring into the country every day, it has been reported.

Of the roughly 20,000 people arriving at the UK's borders each day, around 40 per cent - or 8,000 - are tourists, according to Border Force estimates shared with The Times.


Hundreds are granted holiday visas issued by the Home Office, the Border Face added.

The Home Office says it does not recognise the figures and insists "tough health measures" are being enforced at Britain's airports, train stations and ports.


The revelation comes as Britons face stricter rules on travelling abroad, with those caught breaking the rules to go on holiday liable for fines of up to £5,000.

8,000 foreign tourists believed to be coming into UK every day

Hundreds arriving on Home Office issued holiday visas, according to Border Force staff member

www.independent.co.uk

Just heard this on the news - absolutely shambolic management of the situation.

It is almost funny because of how ridiculous this is.

 

[davek]

For gods sake don’t tell Davek....

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I'm more offended at the sight of that old nazi boiler.

 

[Kurt.]

Why?
Do the Germans not have thick, selfish irresponsible people also - or is that just the English?

Just the english

 

[spectateur]

BBC:
“Several thousand German tourists flew to the Spanish island of Majorca ahead of the Easter weekend, despite the German government advising against travel”

wtf is this about Merkel?

The Spanish said they could go. Now they'll have to worry if Germany will let them return home.
Stupid holiday obsessed people, do you think Merkel could stop them from leaving?

 

[Goat]

Thrombosis experts have reacted furiously to the government’s decision to again stop using the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine because of a possible risk of developing blood clots, saying they have not been consulted. The decision, they argue, has been taken on the basis of incomplete information and without any input from experts in the disease. ‘If you ignore the experts, you are verging on arrogance,’ professor Hugo ten Cate told the Volkskrant. ‘I am becoming increasingly angry about how this has happened.’ ‘All my colleagues are baffled,’ thrombosis expert Saskia Middeldorp told broadcaster NOS. ‘It is as if the people who decide this don’t realize the implications for our vaccination programme.’



The health ministry said on Friday it is again suspending use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine following reports of serious thrombosis-related side effects pending a further review. The decision led the 25 regional health boards to say they would stop administering the vaccine altogether to stop wastage. Only 700 appointments have been planned in for the over-60s in the coming days, split between the 70 to 80 vaccination locations. The news is yet another blow for the Netherlands vaccination strategy, which only started in January and has been beset by problems since then. Side effects The decision to again halt the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine follows a report by side effects monitoring group Lareb on Friday, which said that one Dutch woman has died after being given the jab although no link has yet been shown with her symptoms. In total, Lareb has had five reports of thrombosis seven to 10 days after the AstraZeneca injection, all involving women aged 25 to 65.



Some 400,000 people were given the AstraZeneca vaccine during the period the problems were reported. Similar reports have been made elsewhere in Europe, and European scientists suggest the vaccine could result in a severe reaction by the immune system.The decision to stop using the vaccine must be a political one, specialist Frits Rosendaal told the VK. Vascular medicine specialist Pieter Willem Kamphuisen said the move had been based on emotion, rather than science. ‘It is such a complex picture,’ he said. ‘You need experts to be able to judge what has happened. You first have to analyse the information and then draw conclusions.’ The European Medicines Agency is due to give its position on Wednesday. ‘And if it gives the green light, how are doctors going to explain that the vaccine is safe after all?’ Kamphuisen said. The Netherlands also stopped using the vaccine for a period last month when there were earlier concerns about thrombosis, but started using it again when the European Medicines Agency said the vaccine is both safe and effective.