Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine mastermind professor Sarah Gilbert and former UK Vaccine Task Force Chair Kate Bingham are both honored with awe.
The researchers Andrew Pollard, Peter Horby, Martin Landray, Catherine Green, Teresa Lambe and Adrian Hill will also be honored.
Professor Gilbert becomes a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for her key role in developing the jab that has fallen into the arms of tens of millions of people around the world.
Public Health England estimates that the vaccination program prevented 42,000 hospitalizations and more than 14,000 deaths among older adults in England alone.
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Venture capitalist Ms. Bingham is similarly honored after overseeing the purchase of the millions of doses of vaccine that now give the nation hope that the fight against the virus is won.
She praised the effort to develop jabs as “a triumph of scientific and industrial collaboration”.
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Vallance says the delta variant is increasing in the UK
The government’s chief scientific advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance, would not rely on ministers’ decisions on England’s roadmap, but noted that the “Delta variant is increasing in the UK”.
At a briefing for journalists at the G7 summit, Sir Patrick again suggested that even after the restrictions were relaxed, there would be “lasting” lessons from the pandemic.
“You can think of areas like continuous hand hygiene, testing is still important – and there is an opportunity to think about more regular testing for infectious agents, including applying it to the regular flu and other winter viruses as we expect increased pressure from the winter again Coronavirus.
“Self-isolation with symptoms, really important and will remain so – and I think that’s actually a lesson for all infectious diseases, to be more willing to take time out and isolate yourself in the event of illness.
“And ventilation is clearly important – ventilation in buildings is going to be extremely important.
“I think there are a few things to think about even after having passed the immediate problems that many countries are now facing.”
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Almost 500,000 jabs were handed out on the last day
Government data as of June 11 shows that of the 70,741,984 vaccinations given in the UK to date, 41,291,331 were first doses – an increase of 202,846 from the previous day.
About 29,450,653 were second doses, an increase of 285,513.
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EU President promises 700 million vaccines for other countries by the end of 2021
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has promised 700 million cans by the end of this year – and two billion by the end of 2022.
She pledged the doses to the WHO’s COVAX program, which distributes vaccines to countries that cannot afford them.
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The UK recorded another 12 Covid-19 deaths on Saturday as official figures showed cases had increased more than 50 percent in a week.
On June 12, there were a total of 7,738 new infections.
In the past week, 47,868 people had a confirmed positive test result. This shows an increase of 52.5 percent compared to the last 7 days.
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0 Covid-19 deaths reported in Ireland
Another 431 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Ireland.
On Saturday morning, 58 Covid-positive patients were in the hospital, 22 of them in the intensive care unit.
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Leeds Rhinos announce four more coronavirus cases
Leeds Rhinos’ next Super League game against the Catalans Dragons in the south of France is expected to be canceled after the club announced another four positive Covid-19 cases.
The Rhinos’ ninth round game against St. Helens, due to be played in Headingley on Friday night, was postponed after two players reported positive test results and several others were forced to self-isolate as a result.
Now the total number of positive results has risen to six and another seven players had to isolate themselves after close contact. The multiple case group of the Rugby Football League has announced the closure of the Leeds training ground for five days.
The club will conduct another round of PCR testing on Monday, five days after the last joint training session.
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7,705,141 jabs to Londoners
NHS England data shows a total of 7,705,141 vaccinations were given to humans in London between December 8 and June 11, including 4,700,982 first doses and 3,004,159 second doses.
This compares to 6,436,052 first doses and 4,857,705 second doses given to people in the Midlands for a total of 11,293,757.
The distribution for the other regions is:
– East of England: 4,111,883 first cans and 2,999,288 second cans for a total of 7,111,171
– North East and Yorkshire: 5,353,886 first and 3,953,437 second cans (9,307,323)
– Northwest: 4,352,280 first and 3,160,805 second cans (7,513,085)
– Southeast: 5,613,259 first and 4,094,493 second cans (9,707,752)
– Southwest: 3,642,636 first and 2,818,836 second cans (6,461,472)
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Scotland: Two dead and more than 1,000 new Covid cases
Scotland has recorded two deaths and more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours.
The current daily figures show 1,030 newly reported infections with Covid-19.
However, the Scottish government said it was aware of a delay at the Lighthouse Lab in Glasgow, which could mean fewer tests and cases have been reported in the past 48 hours than in the previous days.
On Saturday, the test positive rate was 4.1 percent.
A total of 3,477,378 people have now received their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and 2,402,700 a second.
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Almost 60 million vaccines administered in England
According to NHS England, there were a total of 59,460,783 Covid-19 vaccinations in England between December 8 and June 11, including the first and second dose, an increase of 428,780 from the previous day.
According to NHS England, 34,499,129 were first doses, an increase of 177,139 from the previous day, while 24,961,654 were a second dose, an increase of 251,641.
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Moscow Mayor is taking days off June 15-19 amid the surge in COVID
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Saturday that June 15-19 would be day off and that all bars, restaurants and venues in the capital should close by 11 p.m. by June 20 as the number of coronavirus cases has soared .
“To stop the rising sick leave and save lives, I signed a decree today providing non-working days from June 15-19, 2021 with pay for employees,” said Mr Sobyanin on his official blog.
He said the decision will have no impact on organizations that maintain the city’s infrastructure and the military.