Vaccine vs variant: Promising data in Israel’s race to…

Israel´s swift vaccination rollout has made it the largest real-world study of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine. Results are trickling in, and they are promising. More than half of eligible Israelis – about 3.5 million people – have now been fully or partially vaccinated. Older and at-risk groups, the first to be inoculated, are seeing a … Read more

Save your unused mobile data in a ‘piggybank’ and gift it to family

Save your unused mobile data in a ‘piggybank’ and gift it to family or friends who need it more By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 9 February 2021 Sky Mobile customers can now share spare internet data with family and friends who need it … Read more

Pfizer Covid jab offers two-thirds protection against virus after one dose, new data is set to show

The Pfizer and Oxford Covid jabs offer two-thirds protection against the virus after just one injection, new data is set to reveal. The Pfizer vaccine starts to immunise in as little as two weeks and is just as effective in the elderly as it is in the young, official findings will reveal in the coming … Read more

Covid England and Wales: ONS data shows where second wave hit hardest

More than half of local authorities in England and Wales were hit harder by the pandemic in January than at the peak of the first wave, official figures reveal.  Office for National Statistics (ONS) data shows 54 per cent – 182 out of 336 – registered more deaths from Covid in the first four weeks … Read more

Delaying second dose of the Coronavirus vaccine saves lives, says data set to be published

Real life data shows the vaccine IS saving lives in the UK: Real-world data shows inoculations ARE reducing infections and deaths, top advisor reveals Data set to be published by Public Health England ‘justifies’ delay of second jab Those already given the injection are experiencing high levels of protection  Professor hails results, calling the scheme’s … Read more

Test and Trace data shows Covid cases in England have plunged 41% in a fortnight

Covid cases in England have plummeted by 41 per cent in the last fortnight, according to Test and Trace figures as pressure on NHS intensive care units has started to ease for the first time since the second wave took off.  The contact tracing programme reported 196,257 positive tests in the week up to January 27, down … Read more

Covid survivors are TWICE as likely to suffer side effects from Pfizer’s vaccine, data shows 

Covid survivors are almost twice as likely to suffer side effects from Pfizer’s vaccine compared to those who have never contracted the virus, data suggests.  Figures from a symptom-tracking app show 33 per cent of people who had already been struck down the virus endured at least one mild side effect — such as fatigue … Read more

New data shows UK has fared better through pandemic than thought

Why Britain is NOT the sick man of Europe: New data shows UK economy has fared better through the pandemic than initially thought By Mark Shapland For The Daily Mail Published: 22:07 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 22:14 GMT, 1 February 2021 Throughout the pandemic, the UK has been mocked as the sick man … Read more

The drugs DO work: Vaccination is already easing UK’s Covid pandemic, early data shows

Vaccination is already easing the UK’s Covid-19 pandemic and is definitely reducing cases, early data has shown. Professor Anthony Harnden, the deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said preliminary research suggested the first dose of the vaccine is helping to protect young adults and over-80s. He added that the data, … Read more

The drugs DO work: Vaccination is already easing UK’s Covid pandemic, early data shows

Vaccination is already easing the UK’s Covid-19 pandemic and is definitely reducing cases, early data has shown. Professor Anthony Harnden, the deputy chairman of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), said preliminary research suggested the first dose of the vaccine is helping to protect young adults and over-80s. He added that the data, … Read more