➡️ Doctors call for England's Covid Plan B to start ➡️ Pandemic could drag into 2022, WHO warns ➡️ The Covid-free remote island Thursday morning's coronavirus update
Here are five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday morning. We'll have another update for you this evening.There are no plans to introduce tougher measures, or Plan B, in England despite daily coronavirus cases staying above 40,000 and a warning they could reach 100,000. This has been
met with criticism from doctors who say ministers should trigger Plan B for the pandemic this winter, doctors say. The British Medical Association, which describes the rate of Covid infections as "unacceptable", accuses ministers of being "wilfully negligent" for not re-imposing rules. Health Secretary Sajid Javid has rejected fresh restrictions right now and urged people to get booster vaccines and wear face coverings in crowded places, or Plan A.
In order to tackle this, Dr Bruce Aylward, senior leader at the organisation, appealed to wealthy countries to let pharmaceutical companies prioritise the lowest-income countries over theirs. So far fewer than 5% of Africa's population have been vaccinated, compared to 40% on most other continents. The UK is among those which have pledged vaccines to countries in need.
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