Professor Sir Andrew Pollard, Oxford Vaccine Group https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-new-lockdown-rules-roadmap-stage-4/ Well at the moment we're not seeing any evidence, that I'm aware of, of any loss of protection over time But we don't know yet whether boosters will be needed or not We also have a virus that's circulating which will cause some mild disease in those who've had two doses, and that will actually boost their immunity as well So we're actually in quite a good place at the moment, we're not seeing any failure over time, waning of that protection I don't think we have the evidence to predict the dates US Cases and deaths decline https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases Vaccinations so far https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccinations Vaccine tracker https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends Delta now VOC in US https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html#Concern VOI VOC VHC Prevention measures or medical countermeasures (MCMs) Demonstrated failure of diagnostics Significantly reduction in vaccine effectiveness High number of vaccine breakthrough cases More severe clinical disease and increased hospitalizations WHO https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/15/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/ G-7’s pledge of a billion doses Dr Tedros This is a big help, but we need more, and we need them faster. Right now, the virus is moving faster than the global distribution of vaccines. 11 billion doses, 70% of people in low-income countries by 2022 UK https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk Cases will rise Prof Graham Medley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, disease modelling Government risks are primarily based upon the healthcare, and whether the healthcare can continue to function. Could return to seeing hundreds of deaths each day? I think that's quite possible it's not a certainty. There is a lot of uncertainty, but I think that's quite possible Over-21s in England Can now book Liz Truss It’s incredibly important that staff in care homes are vaccinated. We have got a hugely vulnerable population in our care homes and making sure that staff are vaccinated is a priority. Vaccinations for children https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-lockdown-rules-second-vaccine-cases/ Professor Calum Semple, (SAGE member) We're talking about vaccinating children here mainly to protect public health and reduce transmission, Teenagers, biologically more like adults (for transmission) But the younger children really are not, they're about a half to a third as likely to acquire the virus. Spare vaccines should be sent to countries who do not have enough doses I'm veering on the not vaccinating children China vaccine rollout https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/coronavirus-news-covid-lockdown-rules-second-vaccine-cases/ First dose, 44% April, 4.8 million doses per day June, 17.3 million doses per day Yesterday, 19.8 million Total doses, 923 million Beijing and Shanghai, majority fully vaccinated Correct technique in China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnmntWg_5RQ