NHS trusts in Covid hotspot areas to get first vaccine deliveries

The Sun, he explained: 'When Azaylia needed a donor the amount of people who came together straight away to order test kits, do the tests and then send them back, was crazy.  'The DKMS and Anthony Nolan probably get around 30,000 to 40,000 registers a year.

Sign up to the weekly West Lothian Courier newsletter for the latest West Lothian news and sport.The general public could begin to receive the Covid-19 vaccine from next week onwards, with residents over 80 years-old first in line for the new Oxford/AstraZeneca jab.Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said this morning that first doses of the Oxford vaccine will be administered in Scotland from Monday (January 4) onwards.The Courier understands that 1,800 health and social care staff in priority groups were the first to receive the vaccine in West Lothian.Currently, the vaccination programme is being extended to care home residents and any care home staff who have not been vaccinated at local clinics in the county.Now, that the Oxford/AstraZeneca

A convicted murderer and rapist who survived an attempt to execute him by lethal injection more than a decade ago died Monday in an Ohio prison of possible coronavirus complications, officials said. Romell Broom, 64, was placed on the "COVID probable list," though his official cause of death is pending a death certificate, the state prison system said Tuesday.

direct to your inboxHealthcare workers at greater risk must be prioritised for Covid-19 vaccinations, a union boss has warned.The British Medical Association (BMA) has made repeated calls for the most vulnerable healthcare workers to be urgently given the jab.While the Royal College of Physicians says the pandemic is bringing the NHS “to its knees” and frontline NHS and care staff must be vaccinated in the next couple of weeks “as a priority”.BMA council chairman, Chaand Nagpaul, says it is “imperative” that frontline staff are protected from the virus so they are available to treat patients.“With doctors and their colleagues “in the eye of the storm” there can be no delay,” he wrote in a letter to NHS England chief executive Sir Simon

coronavirus as a second Covid-19 vaccine was approved by the regulator for use in the UK.

French DJ David Guetta said he hoped everybody would get vaccinated against COVID-19, shortly before recording a charity concert outside the Louvre Museum in Paris that will be streamed on New Year’s Eve.

Zoom video chats are helping Elton John stay sober.

Louisiana Republican Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, who was scheduled to be sworn in on Sunday, died Tuesday evening from complications related to COVID-19. The incoming representative for Louisiana's 5th Congressional District, 41, was first admitted to a hospital on Dec.

Mindy Kaling shared the surprising pregnancy perks she experienced during the coronavirus pandemic.“I hate to say it but, in terms of giving birth and having a newborn, this has not been the worst time for me,” the Office alum, 41, told Health on Tuesday, December 29. “When I was pregnant with my daughter it was on camera.

California's regional stay-at-home orderhas been extended as COVID cases continue to spike in the state, it was announced Tuesday. California Gov.

Sophie Kasaei has been accused of breaking lockdown rules when she appeared to mix at least three households during her Christmas celebrations.

Sinead Kennedy is having a very happy Christmas indeed as the star has announced that she’s pregnant with her first child.

REAL Housewives of Cheshire's Dawn Ward escaped tier four restrictions on a First Class flight to Dubai with her family for New Year's Eve. The reality star, 47, looked happy as she jetted off with her girls and husband Ashley Ward, 50.

Covid restrictions, it has been reported.Boris Johnson will make the announcement at 5pm, it has been announced, after Health Secretary Matt Hancock talks with the House of Commons.Mr Hancock is expected to place more of England into Tier 4, the strictest restrictions, which much of the south and east of England are currently in. Prior to the tier changes, Secretary Gavin Williamson is expected to make an announcement delaying the reopening of schools in January.

Nirvana‘s first ever UK gigs.Richard Davis attended the band’s show at Manchester Polytechnic Students Union on Tuesday, October 24, 1989.

2020 was a historic year politically. With record voter turnout for the 2020 presidential election, upcoming runoff elections, and beyond, the political action of this year will certainly go down in history.

direct to your inboxThe government has updated its coronavirus vaccine advice for pregnant and breastfeeding women and people with allergies following the approval of the Oxford University and AstraZeneca vaccine today.The initial advice had stated that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine - the first jab to be approved in the UK - was "not recommended" for women who are breastfeeding or pregnant.However, the revised guidance issued at a Downing Street briefing today says the vaccine can now be given to pregnant and breastfeeding women following a discussion of the benefits and risks.The Oxford vaccine may also be taken by pregnant women, heath bosses say.But both jabs should only be considered for use in pregnancy when the benefits

direct to your inboxCare home residents have been getting on their bikes, in the comfort of their front room.Bowfell House care home in Urmston has had a delivery of a specially adapted Motitech exercise bike and people living there there have been putting it to good use.Norwegian company Motitech supplies exercise bikes that link up to TV monitors.

direct to your inboxA massive new funding boost has brought huge plans for Stretford town centre one step closer. Trafford council chiefs are celebrating an exciting £17.6m windfall to regenerate and transform Stretford town centre.

Boris Johnson will give a Downing Street press conference at 5pm today.

A doctor helping in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on the front line has shared an urgent plea to the public, amid a surge in daily cases and hospitalisations.