{"id":1278,"date":"2021-09-14T01:03:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T01:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2021-09-14T01:03:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T01:03:43","slug":"uk-pm-johnson-to-set-out-covid-19-booster-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1278","title":{"rendered":"UK PM Johnson to set out Covid-19 booster strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/446263\/covid-19-most-rules-set-to-end-in-england-says-pm-boris-johnson\">Prime Minister Boris Johnson<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday will unveil how Britain will roll out Covid-19 booster shots for the most vulnerable and elderly as part of his coronavirus strategy for the winter months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news_crops\/130082\/eight_col_000_9MD9PE.jpg?1631577280\" alt=\"Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (C), Britain's Health Secretary Sajid Javid (L) and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak attend a press conference inside the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on September 7, 2021. \" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre, and Health Minister Sajid Javid, on the left.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0AFP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s government has already indicated it will scrap plans for vaccine passports to be required to get into nightclubs, end some of its emergency Covid powers and use lockdowns only as a last resort.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Johnson will lean on vaccines and testing to try and contain Covid-19 heading into autumn and winter, including a booster programme.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pandemic is far from over, but thanks to our phenomenal vaccine programme, new treatments and testing we are able to live with the virus without significant restrictions on our freedoms,&#8221; Johnson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today I will set out a clear plan for the autumn and winter, when the virus has a natural advantage, to protect the gains we have made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson scrapped the last coronavirus restrictions in England in July, citing the more favourable conditions of the school summer holidays as he eyed what he characterised as a &#8220;return to normal&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s office said the government had now received final advice from the JCVI on the booster programme and Johnson, along with Javid, would set out how the booster programme would be rolled out to the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some leading scientists, including from the US Food and Drug Administration and World Health Organisation, in an article in\u00a0<i>The Lancet\u00a0<\/i>medical journal on Monday said Covid-19 boosters are not yet needed for the general population.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>&#8211; Reuters<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Boris Johnson\u00a0on Tuesday will unveil how Britain will roll out Covid-19 booster shots for the most vulnerable and elderly as part of his coronavirus strategy for the winter months. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, centre, and Health Minister Sajid Javid, on the left.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0AFP Johnson&#8217;s government has already indicated it will scrap plans for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,222,177],"tags":[198,59,212],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-covid-19","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-covid-19","tag-featured","tag-world"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1280,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions\/1280"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}