Valneva, which has a deal with Britain to make its shot in Scotland, slammed needless EU bureaucracy before breaking off negotiations. The firm’s announcement is a significant setback for the European Commission’s joint jabs buy-up. Top eurocrat Ursula von der Leyen has
A beautician mother-of-two nearly killed by a ‘one in a million’ blood clot from her AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has urged others to keep getting the jabs. Lauren Briggs, from Connah’s Quay, North Wales, suffered a range of symptoms within days of getting her
Denmark is looking to swap its unwanted AstraZeneca jabs for other coronavirus vaccines owned by other countries after ditching it entirely over blood clot fears. Meanwhile, it was announced by the Swedish Health Agency on Tuesday that Swedes under 65 who have had
The enormous advert emblazoned on a red London bus was eye-catching. It showed a man in a yellow suit calling himself a prophet, catchily named Bishop Climate, and inviting new worshippers to his Kingdom Church near the Thames. The publicity drum roll
More than 50 arrived in Moscow late last week on a special tour organised by a firm hoping to cash in on growing frustrations over the European Union’s snail-paced jabs rollout. The vaccine tourists, who paid around £2,000 for the trip, received
Teenagers as young as 15 were given the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after their ages were not verified by qualified medical staff. Despite having no Covid-19 vaccines even being approved for children in Australia, the jab were given to 13 children aged between 15
Denmark said on Thursday it had not yet decided what to do with leftover AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after a senior figure from the World Health Organisation suggested the Nordic country would share them with other nations. Denmark this week became the first
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross said the First Minister should thank Boris Johnson for ignoring SNP demands to sign up to the bloc’s vaccine programme. Ms Sturgeon, 50, is expected to receive her first COVID-19 jab on Thursday. On the same day, the
Australia’s bungle-riddled coronavirus rollout has hit another hurdle with delays in the distribution of syringes needed to administer the jab. GP clinics across Sydney have finally received their long-awaited doses to vaccinate patients but are being forced to use their own supply
China admits its Covid jabs are not very effective against the virus in major blow to global health battle The Director of the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Gao Fu has said the vaccines don’t have high protection rates against