The UK’s Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on Sunday announced the programme targeted to woo people under the age of 30 years as the country rushes to immunise as many people against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) before the winter sets in, news agency PTI reported. The details of how the scheme would work are still being finalised, however, people can submit a photograph (“selfie”) of themselves at a vaccine centre as a proof to qualify for the sops, PTI further reported, citing UK media.
Companies like Uber, Bolt, Deliveroo and Pizza Pilgrims are among the brands that are offering discounts under the government’s new scheme. The DHSC confirmed that the companies involved in the scheme will not ask or record any of the health data for the incentives.While over 90% of the adult population in the UK have been administered with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the coverage rate for people in the 18 to 30 age group is nearly 60%, the government’s data showed.
The announcement came even as estimates by the Public Health England (PHE) showed that unvaccinated people contributed about 60% of all hospital admissions. Data from the PHE and Cambridge University showed that close to 60,000 deaths, 22 million Covid-19 infections and 52,600 cases of hospital admissions were prevented by the vaccines up to July 23
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