A new study carried out in the United States has reported that the Pfizer Covid vaccine is “100 percent effective and well-tolerated” in children aged 12 to 15. The results open the way for the pharmaceutical giant’s jab to be used to
Pfizer has slammed the extended powers allowing the EU to block exports of its vaccines and claims the move has ’caused a significant administrative burden’ to the rollout of the vaccine. The drug company’s vice-president for global supply, Danny Hendrikse, described how the EU’s export
Thousands of healthcare workers in Queensland remain unvaccinated despite 40,000 coronavirus jabs stockpiled in the state. Queensland’s vaccine rollout has been slammed following the state’s latest Covid outbreak in Greater Brisbane after it was revealed a doctor and nurse who contracted the
Britain ‘has made great strides’ in reaching out to coronavirus vaccine sceptics and boosting uptake among black people, a cabinet minister said today. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng blamed ‘misinformation’ and ‘people sharing things on social media’ for some getting scared of having
The U.S. Surgeon General has played down speculation that the Moderna and Pfizer vaccinations against COVID-19 may have 80 per cent efficacy with just one dose, saying that for now people should plan on having both shots, as drive-through mass vaccination sites
Pfizer plans to drastically ramp up its vaccine production capacity and is prepared to drop German firm that it partnered with on Covid jabs Pharmaceutical giant plans to use gene-based tech harnessed by BioNTech Pfizer said it no longer ‘needs’ BioNTech after their collaboration
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
Fewer than 60% of black Britons over the age of 70 have had their Covid vaccine – while rate is 91% in white adults, official data shows Office for National Statistics found just 58% of black African Brits over 70 had received
More than 30million Britons have now received Covid jab as infections fall by nearly a THIRD in week
Thirty million Brits have now been vaccinated in just over three months as ministers as infections fall by nearly a third in a week to 3,862 and deaths drop by 42 per cent to 19. A total of 30,151,287 people had their
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