French drugs firm ‘days away’ from making 60million doses of Britain’s FOURTH coronavirus vaccine… before it’s even struck a deal with the EU Valneva is just ‘days away’ from kick-starting manufacture of its jab on British soil Britain has secured supply of 60m doses at a cost of €470 million (£418 million) French-headquartered firm’s jab is … Read more
Covid vaccine manufacturer Pfizer is shrinking and delaying its deliveries to Europe while it expands its factory in Belgium. The company makes one of just two vaccines that are being given to the public in the UK and confirmed that Britain would be affected in late January and February. Concerns about vaccine deliveries in the … Read more
Tens of thousands of doses of Oxford University/AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine may be binned because of confusion over which bureaucratic rules to follow, doctors fear. As part of the mission to vaccinate 13million of the most vulnerable by mid-February and get the UK out of the endless cycle of lockdowns, medics will visit the homes of … Read more
Medics are using narrower NEEDLES to squeeze extra doses of coronavirus vaccines out of vials of five, eight or 10 jabs, experts say Needles contain 20 per cent less ‘dead space’ where fluid gets stuck inside them This means extra Britons could be innoculated with deliveries, boosting supplies Dr Mary Ramsay, at Public Health England, … Read more
The Mayor of London has complained that only a tenth of vaccines distributed across the UK have been given to people in the capital. Sadiq Khan said he is ‘hugely concerned’ about the amount of Londoners who have been given the vaccine despite making up 13% of UK population. He called on vaccine minister Nadhim … Read more
Britain’s Covid vaccine minister was grilled and branded ‘very annoying’ by MPs today for refusing to say how many doses the UK has available and would get in the next week as the immunisation programme ramps up. Nadhim Zahawi, the Government’s minister for Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment, and bosses of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca said they couldn’t … Read more
Smart cannabis vape device promises the ‘perfect high’ by allowing users to customizes doses via an app and notifying them through vibrations when they should stop inhaling Mode showcased its flagship product at the Consumer Electronics Show It is a smart cannabis dosing system to help regulate cannabis intake The vape has sensors to know … Read more
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has asked the federal government if the state can go to Pfizer Inc and directly buy 100,000 more doses more of the coronavirus vaccine. On Monday, Whitmer sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar requesting permission to purchase doses straight from the pharmaceutical company. ‘This direct purchase … Read more
Pensioners arriving to be vaccinated at London’s ExCel Centre today complained they had been left ‘breathless’ by tackling ‘gruelling’ ramps and queuing for 20 minutes in bitterly cold temperatures. Patients were forced to climb banks of stairs or negotiate their way up steep ramps to reach the entrance of the vaccination centre. One man had to … Read more
Britain’s coronavirus vaccination drive was hit by yet more chaos today after it was claimed that doctors are having to throw away doses meant for patients who didn’t turn up. And elderly patients have been forced to queue outdoors in the freezing cold for their jabs because the NHS’s IT systems keep crashing. It comes … Read more