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HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I have taken the noble Baroness’s insight on this to the department where it is being plugged into the Vaccine Taskforce and the JCVI. Her championship of this cause is…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I have huge sympathy with those looking at the human rights of those who cannot visit care homes. We have taken a huge hit to our civil liberties in our fight against…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy noble friend makes a key point on the dilemma we face. Do we prioritise the second dose or do we try to get the first dose to those who need it? Our policy is crystal clear:…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I do not have the precise figures that the noble Lord asks for at my fingertips. All I know is that the armed services have performed an enormously important role in the…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy noble friend is right. The story of convalescent plasma is heartbreaking. I had extremely high hopes that it would be a rather wonderful way in which those who had been hit…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am grateful for the reminder from the noble Baroness. The analysis we have done of the Pfizer vaccine, and indeed of all vaccines, is extremely encouraging and the…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Lord is entirely right to raise this issue. There is the awful possibility that the mutant vaccine escape virus could get around the vaccine altogether. We need a plan…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe noble Baroness is entirely right that understanding of the role of aerosols is growing. Frankly, I find it quite terrifying. She is right that we need to look particularly at…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateI am afraid to say that the noble Lord’s point makes no sense to me whatever. We are not going to go around the country asking people whether they refused to take the vaccine. We…04 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMy Lords, I am not sure whether we are completely stepping back from the production of monoclonal antibodies. I am extremely grateful to the noble Lord for the briefing that he…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersMy Lords, matters are evenly balanced. There are 143 confirmed and probable cases of the variant first identified in South Africa. Most of those have been connected with travel to…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersThe noble Lord is entirely right to be concerned about those who travel for essential reasons but who may face some hardship through their journey. We are putting in place special…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersMy Lords, I acknowledge the detailed and perfectly reasonable questions raised by the noble Baroness, but I am unable to answer them all in detail. A Statement will be forthcoming…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersI could not agree with the noble Lord more: the right to live trumps all other rights. It is a sad fact that, while we would normally do everything we could in a liberal democracy…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersThe noble Baroness is completely right to cite Australia, and we take our hat off to its remarkable achievement in using its island status to protect itself against the virus. We…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersMy Lords, the good news to date has been that the vaccines have proved extremely robust. Certainly, the readout on the Kent domestic variant and its mutations are extremely…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersMy Lords, I entirely agree with the noble Lord. He is right that additional vigilance is required. The advent of new variants that could have higher transmissibility or escape the…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersMy Lords, the details of the isolation protocols have not been announced yet. However, I suggest that the amount of time needed to flush out those who have got an infection from…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersThe thrust of the noble Lord’s question is entirely right. We are now living in different circumstances; the variants of concern could emerge as a real threat to the vaccine. This…03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersMy Lords, I share the noble Lord’s pride in that measure and concern that we extend a warm hand of friendship to those from Hong Kong. He raises the point extremely well. I would…03 Feb 2021