SAGE warns life WON’T return to normal after ‘the great unlocking’ on June 21 and it could take until next YEAR because Covid vaccines aren’t good enough – as Boris prepares to unveil next stage out of restrictions tonight All legal limits on social contact were to be abolished by June 21 as part of … Read more
Relatives have told of their agony after their loved ones died from Covid weeks before they would become eligible for vaccines – with one Air Force veteran being invited for her vaccination just before she died. More than 247,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the U.S. since vaccines first became available mid-December. Officials had … Read more
UK dishes out record 400,000 second doses of Covid vaccines as figures show England has now reached 87% of all over-50s 404,922 people given second shot on Wednesday, up from 270,000 day prior NHS also administered 241,000 first doses, taking total jabs deployed to 35.6m Marks the second day in a row more follow-up shots … Read more
Britain faces a lack of vaccine manufacturing bases which could hamper research into coronavirus and other diseases, an expert has warned. Professor Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, says the development of jabs is being held back because the country is ‘very weak’ when it comes to the manufacturing side of vaccines. His … Read more
Two-thirds of disease experts believe coronavirus variants will render vaccines ineffective within one year, a new survey finds. Conducted by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, about 66 percent of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists say they think that within 12 months, the virus will mutate to such a degree that first-generation vaccines will be useless … Read more
Two-thirds of disease experts believe coronavirus variants will render vaccines ineffective within one year, a new survey finds. Conducted by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, about 66 percent of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists say they think that within 12 months, the virus will mutate to such a degree that first-generation vaccines will be useless … Read more
UN chief criticises wealthy countries for stockpiling Covid-19 vaccines as poor countries go without The UN health agency chief said stockpiling of vaccines was a ‘moral outrage’ At least 36 countries are yet to receive any vaccines through the Covax initiative £435 million is needed to support vaccine delivery around the world By Lauren Lewis For … Read more
Downing Street today played down the prospects of spare coronavirus vaccines being handed to Ireland before July. The PM’s spokesman stressed that the ‘first priority’ is still to cover all UK adults, despite claims that 3.7million doses have been earmarked for gifting in a ‘poke in the eye’ for the EU’s slow rollout. The comments … Read more
Number of Covid shielders leaving home rose in February with 81% venturing outdoors at least once a week as infection rates fell and vaccine rollout steamed ahead, ONS finds Office for National Statistics found 81 per cent left home once at end of February This was up from the 76 per cent who stepped out … Read more
The UK could send millions of coronavirus vaccines to Ireland after Easter in a ‘poke in the eye’ to the EU, it was claimed today. Some 3.7million doses could be handed to the Republic amid concerns that its slow rollout could prevent lockdown being eased in Northern Ireland. Cabinet ministers are said to view the … Read more