Taiwan reported 343 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, up from 511 reported the day before.

the we announced on Sunday that it would give the East Asian country 750,000 doses of the vaccine.

Phillips asks if we could give more vaccines to other countries before the G7 summit next week.

Hancock says: “My first duty is to protect the British people, and that is to reduce transmission. The way we are helping the rest of the world is to distribute the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine at cost and that means that of the 2 billion doses delivered worldwide, 500 million doses are the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine. 70% of these doses are in low- and middle-income countries.

“The reason we were able to do this is because we made it available at cost, with no IP fees up front. I am delighted that there is a debate, around the G7 table about how to vaccinate the world, but this country has done more than any other in ensuring that the Oxford / AstraZeneca vaccine is available at cost.

Answer the question of whether the government will react to Blair call earlier (see 8.19), for global vaccine passports, as well as national relaxations for people who have had the vaccine.

Hancock says, “This debate has been going on for months and we have done the job in government, and we will be releasing our responses on this soon.”

“We know it’s going to be necessary internationally, nationally, it’s Michael Gove’s business.”

Phillips asks if the government will want to immunize all children.

The UK regulator, the Joint Committee on Immunization and Immunization, approved the Pfizer vaccine for use on children aged 12 to 15 earlier this week.

Hancock does not exclude it and says, “We have a few weeks before we develop a plan on how and if we are going to get things done.

“We know the vaccine protects you and helps prevent its transmission, and I want to protect education as much as anyone. Making sure we don’t have those whole bubbles coming home and isolation has big educational benefits. “

Those under 30 are invited to receive their jabs this week, Hancock adds, as he says the link between infection and serious illness has been “cut but not broken” by the vaccine.

Phillips asks if there will be a roadmap change, like lifting the lockdown but still asking people to work from home.

“There are a series of things at the moment that we have said will be part of step four, which include the rule of six and the fact that there are still businesses that are closed.

“We have four exams on international travel, certification, and social distancing, and we’re wrapping up those exams and doing it at the same time.”

Hancock urges people to go for their second dose to try and stop the damage from the Indian variant, which is 40% more transmissible.

“It is more difficult to manage this virus with the new variant. But after two doses of the vaccine, we are confident that you get the same protection as with the old variant.

“The vaccine works just as well, and everyone should get their second vaccine, however, because the first one alone is not as effective.”

The health secretary Matt hancock is on Sky News’s Trevor Phillips Sunday, as part of a morning broadcast tour.

He asks Hancock if there will be a delay in easing restrictions on June 21.

“It’s too early to make a final decision on this,” Hancock begins. “The Prime Minister and the team will be looking at all the data this week and we have said that we will give people enough time before June 21, when it will be written, that next step.”

He says it will depend on the four tests; cases, hospitalizations, vaccine deployment and the impact of new variants. Hancock admits there was a significant impact from the Delta variant.

Boris Johnson will urge G7 leaders to ‘defeat Covid’ by vaccinating the world by the end of next year.

The Prime Minister will highlight the importance of the program when he meets with leaders on Friday in Cornwall for the first face-to-face meeting of the G7 since the start of the pandemic.

The United States, France, Germany, Italy and Japan have all indicated the number of doses they will give to the global immunization program, Covax. However, the UK and Canada have yet to announce how much they will contribute.

Johnson will also call for a global surveillance system to detect new variants before they spread further.

Johnson said: “I call on my fellow G7 leaders to join us in ending this terrible pandemic and I promise that we will never allow the devastation caused by the coronavirus again. ”

Head of the UK Vaccines Working Group Kate bingham is to be given lady status, the Telegraph reported, after gaining UK access to millions of doses of six different jabs.

Her expected honor is part of next week’s Queen’s birthday honors dedicated to the “heroes” of the pandemic.

Bingham was appointed to this post in May last year and left at the end of 2020.

People who have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine should have relaxed restrictions for them, according to former Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Blair’s think tank, the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, explains how the country should remain open if the virus persists in the population. The report, Less Risk, More Freedom, says the NHS app – which is currently used for contact tracing – should be replaced with a global health pass system.

“The health pass must be usable by both national border authorities and other organizations within countries. It should also include the ability to demonstrate time-limited testing status for those who cannot be vaccinated.

“With this ability to safely prove vaccine status, we can move beyond blunt and catch-all tools and align with other countries by removing some restrictions for fully vaccinated people – allowing us to reopen sustainably the economy, ”the report says.

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