Covid-19 Update

Layla Moran Excerpts
Tuesday 14th September 2021

(2 years, 7 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that commitment. He may also be interested to know that, with the booster announcement today, care home residents will be an absolute priority.

Layla Moran Portrait Layla Moran (Oxford West and Abingdon) (LD)
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Back in June, the Prime Minister committed the UK and other G7 nations to vaccinating the world by the end of 2022 and

“to end this terrible pandemic”.

Can the Secretary of State tell the House how offering a third vaccine to a fully vaccinated, healthy adult in the UK before a first vaccine to a nurse in a lower-income country helps that goal of vaccinating the world by 2022?

Sajid Javid Portrait Sajid Javid
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I do understand the point the hon. Lady makes, but may I suggest that, if she has not yet, she should read the JCVI’s advice on booster vaccines? I think then she might better appreciate the importance of the booster programme.