UK SAGE, Emergency meeting over rapid spread of Indian variant
17th May
21st June
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/12/rapid-spread-indian-covid-variant-prompts-emergency-sage-meeting/
UK, 45 days first discovered
Cases, = 727
About 3 times quicker than SA variant
Bolton, epicentre, cases doubled in past week
Blackburn, Bedford, South Northamptonshire, Sefton, Tynemouth, Glasgow
MP for Bolton, Yasmin Quareshi
Residents had been slow to get vaccinated
React study, Imperial College London
Infections are spreading more rapidly amongst the Asian community, and in some of the other groups in the population
Andy Burnham
Requested Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, all over-16s in Bolton, and Greater Manchestee
to mitigate the risks of spread in those communities where we are seeing more transmission
Cases inked to international travel
Prof James Naismith, Rosalind Franklin Institute
We should view it as a country-wide problem
Localised restrictions unlikely to work
but maybe Sage already have that data
before we continue to unlock
Goa and ivermectin prophylaxis
https://www.firstpost.com/health/goa-prescribes-ivermectin-for-all-above-18-to-fight-covid-19-as-experts-flag-concern-all-you-need-to-know-9611751.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2021/05/11/indian-state-will-offer-ivermectin-to-entire-adult-population—even-as-who-warns-against-its-use-as-covid-19-treatment/
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/ivermectin-to-all-above-18-goa-approves-new-covid-19-treatment-protocol/755160
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ivermectin-goa-world-health-organisation-covid-7310664/
For all those above the age of 18
Irrespective of Covid-19 symptoms
12 mg of ivermectin for five days
State Health Minister Vishwajit Rane
Goa would be the first state in the country to administer, to its adult citizens
as a step towards protecting lives
State government, drug will be given to the people through its chain of health centres
There have been studies in journals of therapeutics,
there have been studies in the US, UK, Japan, Germany
that when this is administered in advance
when the entire population is administered this treatment
their mortality rate fell and effects of Covid-19 on that individual were also less
All our doctors and experts, the chief minister have unanimously decided to go ahead with this
We should go ahead and give it to the population
It’s a must
Dr Vinayak Buvaji, Goa chapter, Indian Medical Association
Treatment should not be given for a short period of five days
but should ideally be continued till the pandemic is brought under control
The ideal regimen of ivermectin is to administer it on the first, third and seventh day
and then continue it once a week till the pandemic is brought under control
Giving the tablets only for five days will not be impactful
The people weighing below 60 kg should be given the 12 mg dose of ivermectin
while those above 60 kg should be given the 18 mg dose
Dr Buvaji writing to state Health Department to change the proposed ivermectin dose protocol
Chief Scientist, World Health Organization, Dr Soumya Swaminathan
Safety and efficacy are important when using any drug for a new indication
WHO recommends against the use of ivermectin for #COVID19 except within clinical trials
Merck Statement on Ivermectin use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Merck Statement on Ivermectin use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
No scientific basis for a potential therapeutic effect against COVID-19 from pre-clinical studies
No meaningful evidence for clinical activity or clinical efficacy in patients with COVID-19 disease
A concerning lack of safety data in the majority of studies
Next UK vaccination group
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/12/covid-jabs-under-40s-tomorrow/
Appointments open to 38 and 39 year olds
Forty something, 75%
Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, offered Phizer or Moderna
Likewise for pregnant women
Text messages
Nepal
Cases, + 9,000
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-57069295
Oxygen shortage, 16 deaths
Hospitals in Lumbini province
India restricted exports
Europe
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-57069295
Hungary
Vaccinations to 16-18-year-olds this morning
Needed for bars or music festivals
Germany
High demand for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
All allowed
Appointments have had to be cancelled
BDK police union, Sebastian Fiedler, forged vaccination passports
Span and Portugal
Mass sporting attendance from 19th May
30% per stadium in low prevalence areas
Fátima, 7,500 pilgrims
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