Bullish: Virgin Voyages chief executive Tom McAlpin with Sir Richard Branson He’s very excited, he’s been waiting a long time to launch this business,’ says Tom McAlpin, chief executive of the new Virgin Voyages cruise line. McAlpin is referring to Sir Richard Branson,
The European Union’s 19-nation single currency bloc is expected to shrink having been hit by continuous lockdowns over recent months. Performance data for the first quarter is expected to show its economy contracted by around 0.8 percent before any sign of recovery.
A dementia sufferer received two coronavirus vaccines just five days apart, after a mix-up at her London clinic. The 74-year-old got her first AstraZeneca jab on January 23 after she was booked in at Woolwich Late Night Pharmacy by her daughter. But
Sturgeon hits out at Ross for ‘disgraceful’ vaccine criticism Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the stockpile will “keep us safe and free” from a potential virus surge in the autumn. The new order of Pfizer/BioNTech doses means the NHS will have enough supplies to
Corona jabs turbocharge UK business: Goldman Sachs says Britain will be the fastest growing major economy in the developed world this year By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 17:05 EDT, 26 April 2021 | Updated: 17:12 EDT, 26 April 2021
The London mayor candidate also questioned whether it was “elitist” to prioritise Brits over those in the developing world. Mr Fox, who is known for his controversial opinions about vaccines, took to Twitter and said: “Wouldn’t it be better to send the
The UK used the current deadlock between Brussels chiefs and AstraZeneca over supplies to seize the moment. This inaction reportedly engaged French vaccine manufacturer Valneva – which put the UK at the head of the queue for their jabs too. Leaked internal
Britain is winning its war against Covid and the success of the vaccination campaign would have been ‘unthinkable’ a year ago, the Oxford vaccine chief said yesterday. Professor Andrew Pollard predicted jabs to tackle new variants of the virus could be ready
Britain accepting its delayed order of five million Indian-made doses of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine would now be ‘ethically dubious’, a scientist said today. Vaccines ordered by the UK from the Serum Institute of India were blocked from leaving the country in
The EU has bitterly decided not to take up the option to buy 100 million extra AstraZeneca vaccines and was considering suing the firm over not delivering contracted doses. Brussels claimed the deadline to exercise that clause in its current supply contract