Meanwhile, England's Covid vaccination drive has opened to people aged 21 and 22, as ministers race to get every adult jabbed by the country's new 'Freedom Day' on July 19. Jabs for care home staff WILL be compulsory Care home staff will be forced to have Covid vaccinations, ministers will announce this week. Ministers are concerned about low take-up of the coronavirus vaccine among care workers, who include care home staff plus home helps. Latest figures show that, as of June 6, 89 per cent of NHS staff had had their first dose of Covid vaccine and 82 per cent had had both. If the UK Government does push on for a vaccine roll-out for children, it will most likely use the Pfizer vaccine.

Source: The Nation June 16, 2021 10:52 UTC