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Here’s some more detail on the comments from England’s chief medical officer, who has said it would be “foolish” to plan for winter on the basis of having a coronavirus vaccine.
He warned that going into winter there would be “real problems” with Covid-19 and said the country should plan on the basis of no vaccine being available. Whitty added: “I would obviously be delighted if it came earlier, but I’d be quite surprised if we had a highly effective vaccine ready for mass use in a large percentage of the population before the end of winter, certainly before this side of Christmas.
A lot of people are doing a huge amount scientifically, logistically to make sure that’s a pessimistic statement, to try and see if we can get a vaccine at extraordinarily fast speed, but we have to check it works and we have to make sure it’s safe.
So I think if we look forward a year, the chances are much greater than if we look forward six months.
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Queensland’s premier Annastacia Palaszczuk warned on Sunday morning the state was “not out of the woods yet” despite reporting only two new cases of Covid-19 linked to an outbreak at a youth detention centre.
Both cases – a woman in her 30s and an infant boy – were from the same family as a known case and had been already quarantining at their home west of Brisbane.
On Saturday morning, the state introduced new rules restricting the numbers of people who could gather in homes and outside to 10 people, but businesses and organisations with Covid plans in place could continue to operate as they had been.
Continue reading…Victoria reports 17 deaths, Queensland reports two cases; Mexico passes 60,000 deaths; Italy records worst infections since lockdown. Follow the latestChildren over 12 should wear face masks to combat Covid, says WHOAustralia: State closure rules border on the ridiculous for farmers and familiesSee all our coronavirus coverageWHO says world could rein in pandemic in less than two yearsSouth Korea tightens social distancing rules as Covid cases rise 2.01am BSTHere’s some more detail on the comments from England’s chief medical officer, who has said it would be “foolish” to plan for winter on the basis of having a coronavirus vaccine.He warned that going into winter there would be “real problems” with Covid-19 and said the country should plan on the basis of no vaccine being available. Whitty added: “I would obviously be delighted if it came earlier, but I’d be quite surprised if we had a highly effective vaccine ready for mass use in a large percentage of the population before the end of winter, certainly before this side of Christmas.A lot of people are doing a huge amount scientifically, logistically to make sure that’s a pessimistic statement, to try and see if we can get a vaccine at extraordinarily fast speed, but we have to check it works and we have to make sure it’s safe.So I think if we look forward a year, the chances are much greater than if we look forward six months. Related: Whitty says it would be foolish to count on having Covid jab by winter 1.24am BSTQueensland’s premier Annastacia Palaszczuk warned on Sunday morning the state was “not out of the woods yet” despite reporting only two new cases of Covid-19 linked to an outbreak at a youth detention centre.Both cases – a woman in her 30s and an infant boy – were from the same family as a known case and had been already quarantining at their home west of Brisbane.On Saturday morning, the state introduced new rules restricting the numbers of people who could gather in homes and outside to 10 people, but businesses and organisations with Covid plans in place could continue to operate as they had been. Continue reading…