Worldometer has last weeks (27th) cases at 2685..

I know this has been done to death on here but waiting another two weeks for reopen further seems utterly futile. Is there really any likelihood of some surge as a result of the last reopening? And then it’ll be the same story next month despite constant failed predictions of post opening spikes. Not going to change though so almost pointless to moan at this point

I have checked with a friend who is organising resources at Wembley mass vaccine centre, and based on what they say they only have AZ vaccine, jabbers are only AZ trained, and have never had anything else.

My brother in Cardiff is 32 and got the AstraZeneca vaccine 2 weeks ago - they've already given a first dose of vaccine to over 60% of 30-40 year olds and are now giving Pfizer appointments to those aged 28-30, with those aged 25-28 coming in 2 weeks. Letters and texts are going out with automatic bookings so no-one has to faff around trying to book online. Much more efficient than England!

Online was an absolute breeze here. No faff at all, certainly in my case. Letters, calls, and texts worked well too for most people, as did 119. Larger country so is going to be slower vaccinating the population methinks. Anyhow, walked past a vaccination centre last night and for their walk-ins they are doing people 30 and over at the moment. There were defiintely people in their 30s that had appointments going in too and the number of no shows is decreasing too it seems. I felt as though I was being a sad covid inquisitor so just thanked them for their work and foxtrot oscar'd.

Automatic booking sounds mightily inconvenient for those that work or have commitments. Online booking process in England is super simple and easy. As for calling people...it’s not 1985 anymore 😉

I have a bit technophobic colleague, no mobile, no email etc. Even landline is to be used in extreme cases only lol. So letters still have their purpose.
Speaking of him, it's 11 weeks now he had his first jab (Pfizer) and hasn't been contacted about second one. He says nobody answers the phone in his GP surgery and offices were closed when he dropped by. I advised him to call 119 which he's reluctant to do or drop by a vaccination centre. Is there any other options for him to make sure he won't go over 12 weeks?

Can you go online and book him in?

I thought that you can't do that for Pfizer? Or did I misunderstand?

I have no actual experience (and am probably wrong) but assumed that having put his NHS number in the system would work out what was required.

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Guess he has to keep trying to reach his GP or 119

As far as I'm aware 119 use the same website that you've already tried, so they will probably direct them back to their GP.

Daily data:

Cases 2,144 (2,166 last Wednesday)
Deaths 27 (29)
Patients admitted 108 (169 on the 21st)
Patients in hospital 1,285 (1,634 on the 26th)
Patients on ventilator 181 (214 on the 27th)
People vaccinated up to and including 4 May 2021:
First dose: 34,795,074
Second dose: 15,887,493

The rolling seven day daily average for cases is now down 12.1% on the previous week and the same measure for deaths is down 41.2%. The hospital data is updated and maintains its improvement.

This is merely a function of supply. HMG distributes the doses amongst the different countries. Where I am in London the constraint is purely supply.

[MENTION=266886]HB7[/MENTION]. The vaccination hub at the Mile End Leisure centre is definitely doing Pfizer, I got my second jab of Pfizer there today. However, I believe this hub is organised by a number of GP practices in the East End of London. The booking process was triggered by a text from my GP surgery -a very efficient web booking service (but it's not the main NHS booking page). If by chance you're based in the east end this may be useful, but otherwise I don't think it'll be an option for you.

It could well be that his surgery has attempted to contact and hasn’t been able to. Chances are, if his landline is registered with his GP and not his mobile, that is what they will be trying to use. He needs to answer his phone more often!
I would imagine 119 will tell him to phone his GP. He needs to keep trying to phone them. Second option would be to turn up at the GP clinic on a Pfizer day. We’ve had people do this when they are 11+ weeks from their first Pfizer jab. We do try to fit them in. The best time is three quarters way through their clinic time, that way there should have been some no shows and before they get panicking about not having enough doses. I appreciate that knowing what time that would be could be difficult. If they really can’t fit him in that day, chances are they could book him in for their next Pfizer clinic.