The Health Secretary announced at a televised Downing Street briefing Britain is already taking steps to bolster the UK’s protection against coronavirus ahead of an anticipated winter surge. Work is already underway to adapt the vaccines currently being administered to ensure they
Angela Merkel: German citizen slams COVID-19 rule ‘chaos’ Precious vaccine doses are being thrown in the bin in Germany because of the limitations on the number of vaccination units approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) per container. With the vaccine, a
The call came in the opening hearing of the European Commission’s legal case in Brussels against the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker over supply delays. AstraZeneca has missed delivery targets to both Britain and the EU, delaying the bloc’s immunisation campaign in particular, and stoking
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle today announced themselves ‘campaign chairs’ of an A-list event called ‘VaxLive’, where they will demand world leaders including Joe Biden and Boris Johnson ‘share’ vaccines’, especially with India. ‘Vax Live’: The Concert to Reunite the World, organised
Just one in four people suffer mild side effects after taking a coronavirus vaccine, real-world data has shown. Data from the ZOE Covid Symptom Tracking Study — a surveillance tool that tracks Britain’s outbreak — showed headaches, fatigue and fever were more
Jonathan Van-Tam cries in a new ‘behind-the-scenes’ film about the development of Covid vaccines as he talks about the speed of the project Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jonathan Van-Tam got emotional during new film He teared up when speaking about the speed
Pregnant women should be fast-tracked for Covid vaccines because the virus greatly increases their risk of health problems, leading expert says in surprise U-turn Oxford expert found virus raises risk of serious maternal complications by 50% Doubles risk of premature birth and
Leading scientists are calling on the Government to remove all coronavirus restrictions and allow people to ‘take back control of their own lives’ when the ‘roadmap’ to freedom ends in June. With real-world data showing vaccines reduce the risk of death by
The EU chief said the club of nations “takes pride” in its performance on the vaccine front despite its rollout across member states being sluggish and patently uncertain. She tweeted a snap of herself carefully placing an EU flag sticker on a
England’s R rate is ‘unlikely’ to drop below one even after all adults have been fully vaccinated, official modelling suggests. Public Health England estimated the rate of spread when daily activity returns to ‘normal levels’ and remaining restrictions are dropped. In papers