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5PM Health Secretary Hancock MP is Live

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[Cherie]

whats Matty Hanny going to tell us now

[Nicky91]

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/0...es-nationwide/

summary on last night, nationwide illegal parties were ended by riot police


In Amsterdam, some 50 people were arrested and riot police were brought in to restore order in Amsterdam’s Jordaan district. ‘It was as if coronavirus did not exist,’ the council warden union BOA Bond said.

Earlier in the day, officials had closed parks in the capital and various other cities, as youngsters carrying coolboxes of beer and snacks poured in. Amsterdam’s canals were packed with pleasure boats, while huge groups of partying youngsters danced on the bridges.

Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema asked the city’s supermarkets and cafes to stop selling alcohol an hour before the 8pm deadline in an effort to encourage people to return home. Shortly before the last night of the curfew, the city was relatively quiet, although tonnes of rubbish left on the streets was testament to the day’s events.

The regional safety council said on Tuesday evening that most people had followed instructions to stay home, despite the problems in the bigger cities. ‘It makes sense that people miss events and a party… but it only by keeping to the rules that we can relax them,’ chairman Hubert Bruls said. ‘The speed at which we can phase out the measures, is largely up to us.’

In Breda, the Valkenberg park was closed because of the crowds and riot police moved in later in the afternoon to force everyone to move elsewhere. Over 100 fines were issued and two people were arrested.

Alcohol sales

In Groningen, council officials urged people to stay away from the Noorderplantsoen park because it was too busy and in Haarlem police told people to leave the city centre. The council also closed cafes and bars and urged supermarkets to stop selling alcohol.

In Eindhoven too, the council appealed to people to stay home and in Tilburg officials limited numbers who could enter the Spoorpark

In Leeuwarden, riot police were brought in to deal with a group of youngsters who were throwing bottles, and seven people were arrested at a party in woods near the Frisian village of Oudemirdum.

In Arnhem too, there were arrests after hundreds of people gathered in the Sonsbeek park for a spontaneous party.

Epidemiologist Alma Tostmann from the Radboudumc hospital in Nijmegen, said on Twitter that the videos of partying youngsters gave her ‘stomach ache’.

She urged people who have been in busy places to avoid contact with others this week as a ‘sort of quarantine’.

Worrying

And virologist Marion Koopmans urged people to remember that ‘we are not there yet’.

The spontaneous parties are ‘understandable’ given that everyone wants to be able to do more, she said. ‘But the situation is still worrying and we cannot allow ourselves to do too much.’

If there is a surge in coronavirus infections stemming from the King’s Day festivities, they will start to become apparent after seven days or so.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Cherie

whats Matty Hanny going to tell us now

The Travel Updates (May 17th)
could be among what he is talking about.

[bitontheslide]

i would imagine it will be all about encouraging the take up of the vaccine in younger age groups. There will be less and less people willing to get vaccinated as the age threshold drops

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

i would imagine it will be all about encouraging the take up of the vaccine in younger age groups. There will be less and less people willing to get vaccinated as the age threshold drops

ummm just the younger people who are in a risk group to be vaccinated i think


i mean if you got all adults, elderly, everyone in risk group the jab, you can get 'herd immunity'

and repeat the same procedure each year, this will make virus slow down, numbers to go down massively

[Vanessa]

It could be about the vaccine passport.

[bitontheslide]

Sainsbury's has slumped to a £261m loss despite bumper food and Argos sales during the coronavirus pandemic.

The supermarket giant said that in the year to 6 March Covid costs "to help keep our colleagues and customers safe" had been "high".

However, it said it expected profits to bounce back in the coming year.

Rival Tesco reported a sharp fall in profits earlier this month after spending nearly £900m to carry on trading during the pandemic.

Sainsbury's said it had spent £485m on Covid-related costs, including paying colleagues that were required to shield or needed to self-isolate.

It also paid back business rates relief on its stores in line with rivals.

Sainsbury's £261m pre-tax loss for the year was despite like-for-like sales rising 8.1%.

Argos did especially well, with total sales rising almost 11% as digital sales boomed.

However, Argos standalone stores, rather than those inside the supermarkets, were closed for much of the year during lockdowns.

Sainsbury's online sales rose as coronavirus restrictions accelerated internet shopping. Online jumped from 8% of grocery sales to 17% during the year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56912064

[Cherie]

Pointless Marching about Vaccine passports if other countries request them, same with any jab you need for travel, you either have it or stay at home

Although I heard this morning that Denmark are using vaccine passports for restaurants

[Nicky91]

Netherlands todays numbers

8.713 new cases 3.371 more than yesterday (and as expected yesterday was a technical malfunction so some of that being added up today)

2.611 total hospitalisations increase of 14 compared to yesterday (232 new hospitalisations decrease of 103 compared to day before)

814 total ICU patients decrease of 6 compared to yesterday (42 new ICU patients decrease of 15 compared to day before)

11 new deaths 20 less than yesterday

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Pointless Marching about Vaccine passports if other countries request them, same with any jab you need for travel, you either have it or stay at home

Although I heard this morning that Denmark are using vaccine passports for restaurants

That’s a fabulous point !!

I wonder if all those protesters have thought this through properly


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[arista]

Hancock is now Live all media

[arista]

With him Prof Van Tam & Dr. Kanani

[LeatherTrumpet]

He makes my skin creep

[arista]

Wednesday 2/4/21

29 have Died
2,166 have caught Covid-19

Patients in hospital
Latest available
1,634


Patients on ventilation
Latest available
227


127,480 Total UK Deaths


https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

[bitontheslide]

purchasing a further 60 million doses of pfizer for the autumn booster ... but Boris doesn't care

[arista]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

purchasing a further 60 million doses of pfizer for the autumn booster ... but Boris doesn't care

Yes good news.

[arista]

Rachel in Derby (First Recorded Video)

When can she take her mum out of the home
without Isolation?

Hancock: Hopes he can soon change the rules.

[bitontheslide]

tomorrow is the last day that Asda will leave your groceries in bags at your doorstep. From now on, its back to pre covid procedures

[arista]

BBC Laura:
wasted her Question
"Should The PM Resign"

Hancock left her and went straight to Ch4news.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

tomorrow is the last day that Asda will leave your groceries in bags at your doorstep. From now on, its back to pre covid procedures

crikey

[Nicky91]

Netherlands: FieldLab has said about outdoor events, football matches can be with 1/2 of allowed audiences in stadiums under strict procedures, 50 or 75% of stadium capacity

only in current corona scenario it is a compulsory to wear a face mask

also testing paperwork with you, wether you are vaccinated or not


today was only about outdoor events, tomorrow they continue regarding indoor events which were still some uncertainties about for people, such as eurovision song contest if there can be a audience (and if so how, needs to be explained properly to the public overall)



regarding eurovision, maybe few doctors to oversee the testing at the pavillion, that everything goes the correct way

[Cherie]

JVT and Dr Kanani

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

purchasing a further 60 million doses of pfizer for the autumn booster ... but Boris doesn't care

So won’t the Autumn booster jab ( the third one we have ) have to be genetically modified or altered to cope with the new variants ?


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[bitontheslide]

Originally Posted by Zizu

So won’t the Autumn booster jab ( the third one we have ) have to be genetically modified or altered to cope with the new variants ?


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there is no evidence yet that the current vaccines are not effective