Trust in AstraZeneca’s Covid jab falls across the EU after leaders halted the rollout last week amid blood clot fears Confidence in AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine has plunged across Europe European leaders paused rollout of jab last week over fears it caused blood clots European Medicines Agency said vaccine was not associated with clotting risk By … Read more
The matter is settled – at least for now. After 13 European countries halted use of the AztraZeneca Covid vaccine amid claims it caused a rare type of fatal blood clot, EU regulators have investigated and declared it ‘safe and effective’. According to the overwhelming majority of medical experts commenting publicly over the past week, … Read more
Britain’s jab drive reaches the half-way stage: Matt Hancock hails ‘national success story’ as he announces 50% of UK adults have received their first dose of Covid vaccine By James Gant For Mailonline Published: 11:26 GMT, 20 March 2021 | Updated: 11:33 GMT, 20 March 2021 Half of all Britons have had their first dose … Read more
Boris Johnson today joined the millions of Britons to be vaccinated after receiving his first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab. The Prime Minister, 56, was pictured having his injection at St Thomas’ in central London – the same hospital he was admitted to when struck down with Covid in April last year. It came as … Read more
Sinitta received her first coronavirus vaccine live on social media on Friday in an attempt to persuade her ‘hesitant’ mother Miquel Brown, 76, to have the jab. The singer, 52, hosted a special social media event in Fulham, London, where she received the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab from medical professionals, who were also on hand to answer questions from … Read more
Put away your worry beads, people. Keep cool, stay calm, no need to panic! Boris Johnson was in Red Adair mode at yesterday’s Downing Street briefing, dampening flames and putting out fires caused by the latest hullaballoo over the vaccine roll out. These stories about the AstraZeneca jab causing people to conk out due to … Read more
Britain’s medical regulator today revealed that a handful people vaccinated with the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab developed a rare type of blood clot in the brain. The MHRA said five out of 11million Britons given the injection went on to develop cerebral sinus vein thrombosis (CSVT). The cases were all men aged between 19 and 59 and … Read more
More than 25MILLION Brits have now received their first Covid jab just 100 days after first shot was dished out, Government announces Milestone means almost half of adults in Britain have been jabbed at least once Latest figures up to March 16 show 25,273,226 Brits have received first injection Of them, 1,759,445 have had both doses … Read more
This was the week that the EU utterly lost its head. To the incredulity of its health chiefs, and the horror of its friends overseas, it has dragged its vaccine policy to the level of the Kindergarten. On the one hand, we’ve seen member states ban the export of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and threatening legal … Read more
The Duchess of Cornwall today revealed she was given the AstraZeneca jab but said ‘it didn’t matter’ to her as she proclaimed: ‘You take what you are given.’ During a visit with Prince Charles, 72, to a pop-up jab centre at Finsbury Park Mosque in London, Camilla, 73, said: ‘I don’t even ask because I hate … Read more