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China administered around 9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine on July 10, taking the total to 1.374 billion doses, data from the National Health Commission showed on Sunday.
A growing cross-party group of MPs and peers is demanding an urgent overhaul of the services offered to sufferers of long Covid amid warnings that thousands of new cases will emerge every day as coronavirus restrictions are lifted this summer, write my colleagues Michael Savage and James Tapper.
The group states that lifting restrictions when case numbers are rising and the impact of the vaccine on long covid is not known “risks placing a large and unsustainable burden on the health service”. In a letter to England’s health secretary Savid Javid they write:
We are concerned that the government’s decision to lift most remaining coronavirus public health measures from 19 July risks exposing many more people to long covid, including younger age groups who aren’t yet fully vaccinated,” writes the group. “This condition leaves many unable to work or carry out their regular daily activities, with severe consequences for our NHS and economy.
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