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Emily Morgan
4 years
Pfizer confirms their vaccine will only be supplied to the NHS for use...there are no plans to supply it to the private sector for the foreseeable future
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Patients tell me of the horrors of Covid at St Georges hospital in London. Watch at 10pm on @itvnews 👇👇
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ITV News
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'I've got to stay strong, I've got family, I've got grandkids... it's just devastating.' This is the powerful moment a Covid patient in intensive care stresses the severity of the virus and the need to take rules seriously. Watch @emilymorganitv 's full report on ITV at 6.30pm
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4 years
And here is William Shakespeare (you couldn’t write this stuff).. the second person to get the vaccine.. he says it feels groundbreaking
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3 years
What’s so sad about reaching the 100,000 Covid deaths milestone is that it doesn’t stop there..many thousands more will die in the next few weeks because we’re only just beginning to hear of patients dying who caught it in late December
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3 years
Every adult with a learning disability will now be given covid vaccine as part of group 6.. HUGE victory for those who felt forgotten & adds 150,000 vulnerable people to list..Prof Anthony Harnden, from JCVI, tells committee of MPs
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2 years
Gvt announces free tests for asymptomatic cases will continue for NHS staff and patients when prevalence is high
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4 years
Here she is.. 90 year old Margaret Keenan who’s just become the first person in the western world to be vaccinated against coronavirus
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4 years
The two main ways to beat coronavirus is a vaccine & testing.. we don’t have the former and the crucial question is do we have enough of the latter to make the PM’s plan for England a success? I’m not sure we do #coronavirus
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4 years
Interesting detail on who Moderna tested vaccine on... 42% were over 65 or were high risk (5,000 had diabetes or obesity or heart probs) 37% were from BAME communities. Really significant such large numbers were were in these categories
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4 years
What’s also good about Moderna’s vaccine is it only needs to be kept at -20c, will last for 30 days in a fridge after defrosting and many of the volunteers they tested it on were high risk or elderly..
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3 years
Health authorities have tracked down the 6th person in the UK with the concerning Brazilian Covid variant P1..their contacts are now being traced - PHE
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4 years
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Discrimination’ on frontline of coronavirus outbreak may be factor in disproportionate BAME deaths among NHS staff.. watch my report on @itvnews at 630pm and 10pm
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4 years
NHS England tells me it is looking into changing NHS111 protocols &is considering giving out oxygen level monitors to suspected covid patients at home-cases of those with ‘happy hypoxia’ obvs concerning them #coronavirus
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4 years
This is extraordinary and particularly patronising... it’s a line from the SAGE documents on how to plan for a Covid Christmas👇
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7 years
George Osborne says there'll be a huge post mortem about why the election was called #GE2017
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3 years
June 21st: the date when most, if not all restrictions will be lifted.. and is also the longest day of the year. It will certainly be celebrated this year
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3 years
UK Chief Medical Officers have moved alert level down to 4 after patient numbers decline & threat of NHS being overwhelmed within 21 days recedes
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3 years
Almost precisely a year after the UK confirmed the very first cases here, we’ve now seen 100,000 people die from Covid. Here are my thoughts on the terrible loss of life 👇
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3 years
As covid patient numbers rise in hospitals I visited the Preston Royal to speak to staff & patients about what they’re seeing.. my report on ITV News @ Ten 👇
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ITV News
3 years
'Never been this ill in my life': Inside a Covid hospital ward where patient urges others to get jab | By @emilymorganitv
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4 years
Figures for the number of vaccinations given have finally been published... minister for Vaccine deployment says 137,897 people in UK have had their first jab. This will have to significantly ramp up to get to the millions promised by end of year!
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7 years
Labour hold Wrexham. So much for a top Tory target #GE2017
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5 years
Nice to see so much support and praise for Dr Shanbhag who told me his story about being racially abused by patients @itvnews
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Catherine Russell
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I am so shocked that the racist patient was listened to & given a "white doctor." FFS.
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7 years
Police are telling us to stay away from the windows and stay in our offices at Westminster
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4 years
Prelim results show Moderna’s vaccine is 94.5% effective... hugely significant, we now have two v effective vaccines going forward for approval
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4 years
Here’s the clarity: pregnant women, over 70s and those with chronic illness very strongly advised to avoid gatherings, pubs, cinema, try to work from home. Those with serious conditions, 1.2 million people, must be shielded and mustn’t go out from Friday #coronavirusuk
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5 years
Victory for teenage campaigner @AmikaGeorge today after the Chancellor says the government will fund free sanitary products in schools and colleges. About time too.
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Emily Morgan
3 years
NHS waiting lists have risen again… 5.3 million people were waiting for treatment in May, up from 5.1 the month before!
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2 years
To clarify.. that’s staff in patient-facing roles, staff in adult social care and staff in hospices
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3 years
Watch my report on the toll Covid is taking on cancer patients 👇 tonight at 630 & 10pm @itvnews
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ITV News
3 years
@emilymorganitv 'I just don't want to carry on, I can't take anymore of this pain' 73-year-old Peter is a victim of the Covid crisis having never contracted the virus. He has suspected pancreatic cancer but cannot get a diagnosis because of the pandemic
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Emily Morgan
9 years
Uh-oh tuition fees. Bet Clegg's not looking forward to this one.. #leadersdebate
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Emily Morgan
4 years
Scottish Health Secretary Jeane Freeman confirms nationwide Covid vaccines will start on Tuesday 8th December
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4 years
Pfizer says the vaccine has been tested on those with HIV, Hep B and Hep C which is hugely important but not pregnant women.. so pregnant women will be advised not to have it
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3 years
Extra testing is now being done in Croydon and Hancock praised test & trace team for tracking person down... despite it taking a whole week
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3 years
Shocking number of patients waiting to start NHS treatment in March.. gone up to 5 million, 436,000 waiting more than a year & only 64% started within 18 wk target...this is the sad legacy of COVID and just adds more pressure on NHS staff
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7 years
Conservative source “This may be Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto – but the costings behind it are pure Diane Abbott.” #GE2017
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3 years
My brilliant, talented friend & producer @SophieAlex1 won at the Women of the Future Awards last night.. with people like her in the world I know my daughters will be fine 😍
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5 years
Worst ever NHS performance figures for December. Only 79.8% patients dealt within 4 hours, way below the 95% target #itvnews
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4 years
All non urgent surgery will be cancelled from 15th April to free up beds 30,000 beds in NHS #coronavirus
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4 years
In short..PM says exercise as much as you like outside, work if you need to, some primary school kids back to school by June 1st, July restaurants might open, passengers coming in/back to UK will have to quarantine #coronavirus
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1 year
Tonight I report on the huge numbers of patients turning their backs on the NHS and going private. We speak to people in so much pain they’re raising funds to even fly abroad for treatment #ITVTonight But Back Your Health? NHS vs Private 8.30pm
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4 years
All school, colleges and childcare facilities will close in Ireland from Friday.. UK about to move to delay phase but unlikely schools will close just yet #coronavirusuk
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Emily Morgan
3 years
Hairdressers to open from 12th April, sleepovers at friends from mid May and all social restrictions lifted by the Summer Solstice.. IF and only if we all keep to current restrictions
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4 years
I understand one reason UK didn’t pre order Moderna’s vaccine is coz its European operation is not scaled up &Gvt wanted to focus on firms that could get vaccine to arm quickest.. also Pfizer’s vaccine based on same platform as Moderna..discussions are now ongoing w. Moderna
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4 years
Hancock has just announced that a new variant of the virus discovered by scientists might explain the surge in cases in London and the SE
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Emily Morgan
5 years
Hugely significant pledge from Instagram & surely something Molly Russell’s family will see as a step in the right direction
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ITV News
5 years
Instagram has pledged to remove all graphic images of self-harm from its social media platform
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5 years
Amidst all the noise of Brexit, I’ve written about the success of a trial for a monthly injection to treat HIV. It’s a stunnning leap forward & could change HIV treatment forever.
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Emily Morgan
3 years
The Queen has granted Sir Simon a peerage for life, so he’ll have a seat in the Lords after he steps down
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Emily Morgan
4 years
PHE medical director says 98% of first 386 Covid-19 deaths were in people with underlying health conditions #coronavirus
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Emily Morgan
7 years
The injured being treated in New Palace Yard at Westminster Palace
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3 years
BREAKING: Sir Simon Stevens, who’s been Chief Executive of the NHS for seven years, is standing down in July
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Emily Morgan
3 years
Susan Hopkins from PHE confirms the 6th person with Brazilian variant was found in Croydon, no evidence it has spread & household had recently returned from Brazil
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Emily Morgan
7 years
For clarity, I didn't collaborate with Downing St to agree the question I would ask the PM #GE2017
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Michael Crick
7 years
What shocks me is reporters collaborate with May press team by agreeing to reveal their questions to them in advance
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2 years
This is extraordinarily good news
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7 years
It appears two men have been shot by police at Westminster palace
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4 years
Prof Calum Semple @TweedieChap tells me we should be concerned about teachers spreading the virus to one another & kids in school not the other way round.. says social distancing on staff rooms is crucial to avoid spikes in Sept #coronavirus
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7 years
Nuttall stands down & new leader will be in place by their conference. Not much of a surprise for a party that was decimated last night
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Emily Morgan
4 years
If a national circuit breaker of two weeks could take us back 28 days in the pandemic it would mean cases would go back to around 3,000 a day..Gvt advisors today said it’s not too late to have one over half term..sounds like a good option to me
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1 year
'I'm buying back my life': Desperate NHS patients forced to seek private healthcare Read my article on how the waiting list is driving people away 👇👇
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Emily Morgan
5 years
I met the Braun family as they struggle to get medicinal cannabis on the NHS for their son Eddie despite it being legal - my blog on their fight 👇
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ITV News
5 years
Eddie's family have difficulty getting cannabis oil to treat his severe epilepsy on the NHS, despite a law change which should make it easier. Instead they have to buy it privately - costing £2,000 a month. More:
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Emily Morgan
7 years
So Theresa May's 'relaunch' was not a relaunch, she was described as a 'glumbucket' & Philip was there to support -highlights of event today
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Emily Morgan
7 years
Conservative source: 'Early days. This is a projection, not a result. Last time the exit poll said we would get 314 & we got more than that'
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4 years
The moment it happened which ended in spontaneous applause 👏
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3 years
I spoke to one of the most inspiring men I’ve ever met today. He’s Jonathan Blake, diagnosed with HIV in 1982 & after a few years told he had three months to live. He’s now 71. He hopes an HIV vaccine will mean young people won’t have to go through what he did; fear and stigma
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@emilymorganitv 'It's extraordinary. When I was diagnosed there was nothing' Jonathan Blake was diagnosed with HIV in 1982, he says a potential vaccine is 'amazing'
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7 years
PM: police and security services believe they know the identity of attacker but won't be confirming it now #Manchester
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4 years
At moment there are around 570 people in ITU in London with Covid19 and there are 100s more beds available throughout country #coronavirus
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7 years
Osborne 'what are we doing losing seats like Battersea?'. He's gone from gleeful to exasperated #GE2017
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4 years
I’ve been speaking to NHS nurses who feel so emotionally and financially wrecked they want to leave.. and 30% of their profession agree - watch my EXCLUSIVE report on the @itvnews at 6.30 & 10
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7 years
PM tells us she's feeling great, doesn't regret calling election & has enjoyed campaign. This time it looked like she meant it #GE2017
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4 years
I love the simplicity of Nicola Sturgeon’s message..’life should not feel normal for you right now, if it does you are not doing the right things’... UK gvt should take this message on #coronavirusuk
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3 years
BREAKING: Gvt IS planning for a revaccination programme in the autumn / winter because there’s not enough research on how long protection lasts - will be single booster
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4 years
I also understand that if / when Gvt does order Moderna vaccine we won’t get it until Spring 2021.. but can we transport/distribute / store/supply large quantities of the Pfizer vaccine at -70c before christmas? 🤔
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Balls: We will scrap the 'bedroom tax' the moment we're in government
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2 years
Chancellor increases NHS funding by £3.7b… well short of the £7b that is said to be needed to cover inflationary costs
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3 years
New data from Uni of Bristol shows remarkable effectiveness in just ONE dose of either Pfizer or AZ vaccine at reducing hospitalisation&serious disease in over 80s.. reduction of 71.4% and 80.4% respectively
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So this is good news.. Matt Hancock has written to all health &care staff in NHS telling them NOT to tolerate racist abuse in the service.. we take a ‘zero tolerance’ approach he says.. ‘If a patient asks to be treated by a white doctor, the answer is “no”.’ @itvnews
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7 years
Theresa May confirms that there will be no Scottish Indy ref 2 until after Brexit process is complete
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4 years
NHS staff will finally start to get tested for Covid-19 from next week - massive victory for them #coronavirus
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4 years
Our news report on the frontline with staff and patients at Bournemouth Hospital is recognised by @pressgazette three other brilliant tv reports also highlighted for journalism excellence #Corona
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Press Gazette
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Well done @emilymorganitv @itvnews news for "Inside the ‘red-zone’ intensive care unit where NHS staff and patients are battling coronavirus" - highlighted in @pressgazette #journalismatters survey of Excellence in Reporting Coronavirus
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3 years
Are you KIDDING ME? We’ve just had USBs installed all over the house! Bye bye Apple 👋
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Chris Ship
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The whole world has USB charging points ⚡️ Why would @Apple do this? Why? 🤷🏼
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Tim Farron says his MPs and Peers will block Tory plans to sell off social housing. Cameron doesn't have maj in Lords, could be interesting
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David Cameron tells me he won the election fairly & squarely & is happy with Conservative party statement on the issue of election spending
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All those who are extremely clinically vulnerable will get a letter informing them shielding will end on 31st March
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Margaret celebrated with a cup of tea after the jab and encouraged everyone to get vaccinated
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PM describes attack as cold & calculated, she went on..it was a sickening act of cowardice, deliberately targeting children #Manchester
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Tory supporters here in Edinburgh being told to clap and cheer loudly when PM arrives, or it'll look like no one's here... hmmm #GE2017
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3 years
Trade secrets...
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Chris Ship
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This is what we do in the newsroom every night when the bulletin starts. Nice of #tiktok to copy us 😆 😆 (Thanks to @KtieWong for sharing this 👇) @itvnews
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The chief medical officers of four nations have recommended 12-15 year olds should be offered one dose of the Covid19 vaccine
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Racist abuse recorded against NHS staff has increased by 145% in last 5 years.. watch my exclusive report on racism on ITV News at 6.30 & News at Ten @itvnews
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Prof Doyle: aim to test 12,000 people by end of March and 25,000 by end of April #coronavirus
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PM knocks on doors in Southampton and not only are residents in but they all liked her. Very much. May is having a good day #GE2017
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Those northern areas and cities in NW and NE that have longed to leave tier 3, will remain in the higher tier
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Air ambulance landing at Westminster Palace to treat injured
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More data on Pfizer’s vaccine is v promising... 94% effective in over 65s as well as all races & ethnicities 👍👍
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And if you're not clear, consultation on a cap for social care costs was not in the manifesto #GE2017
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Steve Walsh, the first British man to contract the Coronavirus is being released from hospital today
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I understand the Health Secretary has been ‘moved’ by the Ockenden Report and will not shy away from holding people to account
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PM insists record levels of funding are going into the NHS. Says strong economy is crucial for that to continue. Think some might disagree
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Fascinating insight into #bbcpay for all the wrong reasons @clarebalding £199,000 @GaryLineker £1.7m. Says it all.
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Here’s my blog on a new trial to find an HIV vaccine 👇
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ITV News
3 years
How the Covid jab paved the way for a promising new HIV vaccine trial | writes @emilymorganitv
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Such a poignant moment this.. so many patients were clapped out of ICU in the first wave now they’re being clapped out of the vaccination clinic.
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'I can’t thank May and the NHS staff enough who have looked after me tremendously, and my advice to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it — if I can have it at 90 then you can have it too!'
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