Covid: Call to delay mandatory jabs for NHS staff and Scotland to lift rules

COVID news latest - live updates: Daily coronavirus figures revealed as Raab urges NHS staff to get jab before deadline

Coronavirus latest as Deputy PM Dominic Raab advises NHS workers to get a COVID jab before the deadline; Royal College of GPs urges delay to compulsory vaccines for NHS staff; Jacinda Ardern postpones wedding as she places NZ under strict COVID rules.

Raab urges NHS staff to get mandatory jabs amid calls for deadline delay

Dominic Raab played down suggestions the April 1 deadline could be postponed while NHS trusts have raised concerns over consequent staff shortages.

Mandatory Covid jabs policy divides NHS leaders in England as deadline nears

Trust chiefs hold conflicting views over compulsory vaccinations, which look set to put staffing of health service under even more pressure

Covid: Call to delay mandatory jabs for NHS staff and Scotland to lift rules

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Sunday.

COVID Breaking News: Live Updates: Daily coronavirus figures revealed as Raab urges NHS staff to take a jab before deadline

A further 75 people have died within 28 days of testing positive for the virus – bringing the total to 153,862. However, separate figures published by the

Raab urges NHS staff to get mandatory jabs amid calls for deadline delay

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has urged NHS staff in England who have not had their mandatory Covid-19 vaccines to do so amid calls for the deadline to be delayed.