[News] The Coronavirus Good News thread

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

I know it is hard to believe many things than come out of Matt Hancock's mouth but this is encouraging:

The UK has "increasing confidence" that Covid-19 vaccines work against the Indian variant of the virus, the health secretary has said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57134181

 

[LamieRobertson]

���� 56,677,012 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered in the United Kingdom.

+628,577 doses in the latest 24hr period.
36,573,354 people have received their first dose, with �� 20,103,658 OF THOSE HAVING A SECOND DOSE �� (fully vaccinated).

https://twitter.com/ukcovid19stats/status/1393946223875432455?s=21

 

[Mellotron]

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[Marshy]

Still only 1 patient in Hospital at PRH and RSCH. Must be up to a month now where we have had no more than 1.

 

[Yoda]

More than 6000 first jabs in Bolton alone the other day including many of those eligible for their first that hadn't previously come forward.

https://twitter.com/PaddyMcGuinness/status/1393850655593353218
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[Bakero]

It's been suggested in Spain that the rules on masks outdoors are going to be relaxed in the coming days. After a year of needing to put it on every time you step outside, that's fantastic news for me.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

'96% of Britons develop antibodies after one Covid jab, study finds'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...op-antibodies-after-one-covid-jab-study-finds

 

[Frutos]

First vaccine dose for my fiancé and I tomorrow - another hurdle crossed before our planned wedding this Summer.

Definitely good news as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Bakero]

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/18/long-covid-symptoms-ease-after-vaccination-survey-finds

Vaccines easing symptoms of long Covid.

 

[Hotchilidog]

'96% of Britons develop antibodies after one Covid jab, study finds'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...op-antibodies-after-one-covid-jab-study-finds

This is seriously good news and should only further encourage people to get their jabs. Not only are vaccines working, they are working better than we had hoped for.

 

[Yoda]

Time to bounce this from Page three with some more potential good news.

Indian variant not spreading as fast as feared in UK – expert

Britain’s Indian variant of Covid does not appear to be spreading at the most alarming rate that could have sparked a huge third wave of Covid-19 in Britain, a leading expert said today.

Professor Neil Ferguson said the B1.617.2 mutation would have a “significant growth advantage” over other coronavirus variants, but that “the magnitude appears to have declined a bit.”

https://www.uktimenews.com/indian-variant-not-spreading-as-fast-as-feared-in-uk-expert/

 

[Driver8]

Only one death from COVID in Wales in the last week.

Covid: How many people have died in Wales? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56335555

 

[Postman Pat]

There is "increasing confidence" that Covid-19 vaccines are effective against all variants, including the Indian one, Boris Johnson has said.

At Prime Minister's Questions, he said fresh data had been reviewed earlier on Wednesday.

He also thanked people in Indian variant hotspots Bolton and Blackburn for getting a jab "in record numbers".

The spread of the Indian variant has cast doubt on plans to ease remaining restrictions in England next month.

On Tuesday, the prime minister said there was "nothing conclusive" in current data that meant England "would have to deviate from the roadmap" out of lockdown. This means legal limits on social contact could still end on 21 June.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57172139

 

[Rodney Thomas]

First vaccine dose for my fiancé and I tomorrow - another hurdle crossed before our planned wedding this Summer.

Definitely good news as far as I'm concerned.

Excellent news.

I had my first vaccine (AZ) yesterday. Another hurdle crossed for me to attend my brothers wedding this summer

 

[dazzer6666]

Worth a periodic numbers update perhaps given all the concern about Indian variants etc. Infections, death and admissions all DOWN week on week. Less than 1,000 in hospital.

Infections - 2,412 - rolling 7 day down 2.6%
Deaths - 7 - rolling 7 day down 27.9% (62)
Admissions - 116 - rolling 7 day down 2.1%
Jabs - 174k/324k, cumulative 37m/20.9m
In hospital - 939

 

[nwgull]

Worth a periodic numbers update perhaps given all the concern about Indian variants etc. Infections, death and admissions all DOWN week on week. Less than 1,000 in hospital.

Infections - 2,412 - rolling 7 day down 2.6%
Deaths - 7 - rolling 7 day down 27.9% (62)
Admissions - 116 - rolling 7 day down 2.1%
Jabs - 174k/324k, cumulative 37m/20.9m
In hospital - 939

Those are yesterday's stats on Deaths and Infections, aren't they?

 

[dazzer6666]

Those are yesterday's stats on Deaths and Infections, aren't they?

Looks like it - website has been updated again. Doesn't really matter - weekly trend hasn't changed much (updated numbers for deaths and admissions are even lower)

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

JVT seems to suggest that it’s not 50 percent more transmissible and the vaccine works.

 

[atomised]

Plenty of news items this evening about the Indian variant not being anywhere near as transmissible as feared and unlikely to delay June 21st.
Also telegraph reporting a plan to get all adults first jab by the end of June

 

[Richy_Seagull]

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