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Mandatory Covid jabs AXED for NHS and care staff in '11th hour' government U-turn

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Mandatory Covid jabs for NHS and care staff will be axed, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has confirmed. The rule was set to be enforced from April, which meant if staff hadn't had their first dose by February 3, they would not be double vaccinated in time.

The '11th hour' u-turn comes amid fears that the need for healthcare workers to have a jab or potentially face the sack would have lead to a 'major staffing crisis.' READ MOREThe hidden opioid crisis of the pandemic as patients forced to wait years for surgery Previously, front line workers in the sector had been told that they needed to have two vaccinations against Covid-19 by April.

However on Monday, January 31, Health Secretary Sajid Javid told the House of Commons he believed it is “no longer proportionate” to require the vaccination as a condition of deployment under law.

He said it is only right to review the policy, given that the Delta variant, dominant at the time the policy was announced in November, has now been replaced by the less severe Omicron.

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