{"id":1761,"date":"2021-06-07T11:43:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T09:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/07\/cupids-needle-uk-under-30s-wooed-with-dating-app-vaccine-bonus\/"},"modified":"2021-06-07T11:43:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T09:43:52","slug":"cupids-needle-uk-under-30s-wooed-with-dating-app-vaccine-bonus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/07\/cupids-needle-uk-under-30s-wooed-with-dating-app-vaccine-bonus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cupid\u2019s needle? UK under-30s wooed with dating app vaccine bonus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apps such as Hinge and Bumble will offer benefits to vaccinated users amid fears of low take-up <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/series\/coronavirus-live\/latest\">Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/coronavirus-outbreak\">See all our coronavirus coverage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>First came the idea of making Covid vaccinations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2021\/apr\/06\/pubs-and-clubs-attack-uk-covid-passport-scheme\">mandatory to go to the pub<\/a>, while Israel offered free pizza and beer with a shot. Now UK officials have hit on what they hope is an even more persuasive reason for young people to get their jab: more chance of getting a date.<\/p>\n<p>In an eye-catching policy coinciding with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/video\/2021\/jun\/06\/matt-hancock-urges-adults-to-get-covid-vaccine-as-under-30s-to-be-offered-jab-in-days-video\">rollout of vaccinations for the under-30s <\/a>beginning this week, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has teamed up with popular dating apps to encourage take-up of the programme.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jun\/07\/cupid-needle-uk-under-30s-courted-dating-app-vaccine-bonus\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/cbafac87e8271f20b339df96bc3d50f99c5b7de5\/475_214_4874_2925\/master\/4874.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=91302513581b275fe115a442ab755a53\" title=\"Cupid\u2019s needle? UK under-30s wooed with dating app vaccine bonus\" \/>Apps such as Hinge and Bumble will offer benefits to vaccinated users amid fears of low take-up <\/p>\n<p>Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates<br \/>\nSee all our coronavirus coverage<\/p>\n<p>First came the idea of making Covid vaccinations mandatory to go to the pub, while Israel offered free pizza and beer with a shot. Now UK officials have hit on what they hope is an even more persuasive reason for young people to get their jab: more chance of getting a date.<br \/>\nIn an eye-catching policy coinciding with the rollout of vaccinations for the under-30s beginning this week, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has teamed up with popular dating apps to encourage take-up of the programme. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apps such as Hinge and Bumble will offer benefits to vaccinated users amid fears of low take-up Coronavirus \u2013 latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage First came the idea of making Covid vaccinations mandatory to go to the pub, while Israel offered free pizza and beer with a shot. Now UK officials have hit &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/07\/cupids-needle-uk-under-30s-wooed-with-dating-app-vaccine-bonus\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cupid\u2019s needle? UK under-30s wooed with dating app vaccine bonus<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}