Covid UK: Boris Johnson says care home vaccination plan must improve

Boris Johnson has admitted the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines into care homes ‘needs to be stepped up’ after it emerged just one in 10 residents has been jabbed. The Prime Minister — who has pinned all his hopes on being able to vaccinate 13million people by mid-February — also revealed just 14 per cent of care … Read more

Covid UK: Boris Johnson says care home vaccination plan must improve

Boris Johnson has admitted the roll-out of coronavirus vaccines into care homes ‘needs to be stepped up’ after it emerged just one in 10 residents has been jabbed. The Prime Minister — who has pinned all his hopes on being able to vaccinate 13million people by mid-February — also revealed just 14 per cent of care … Read more

Glass vial shortage and delays in approval… is this why the vaccine drive is being held up?

Britain has vaccinated 1.3million people in just under a month… but the target is two million a week. That’s the rate needed to protect the four most vulnerable groups by February 15 – including everyone over 70. Boris Johnson has blamed regulators for the sluggish start, warning that their strict protocols have limited how quickly … Read more

Glass vial shortage and delays in approval… is this why the vaccine drive is being held up?

Britain has vaccinated 1.3million people in just under a month… but the target is two million a week. That’s the rate needed to protect the four most vulnerable groups by February 15 – including everyone over 70. Boris Johnson has blamed regulators for the sluggish start, warning that their strict protocols have limited how quickly … Read more

How Israel has leaped ahead in the vaccine race

Israel has leaped ahead in the global vaccine race by squeezing every last dose out of its vaccine supplies and using its efficient health system to launch a 24/7 immunisation drive with military help – with Benjamin Netanyahu making himself as visible as possible as he bids for re-election in March.  Some 1.4million Israelis have … Read more

How Israel has leaped ahead in the vaccine race

Israel has leaped ahead in the global vaccine race by squeezing every last dose out of its vaccine supplies and using its efficient health system to launch a 24/7 immunisation drive with military help – with Benjamin Netanyahu making himself as visible as possible as he bids for re-election in March.  Some 1.4million Israelis have … Read more

How the Oxford vaccine is made

Today, 82-year-old dialysis patient Brian Pinker became the first person to receive the vaccine created by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.  Getting the jab into a patient’s arm is just the final stage of a complicated manufacturing process beginning with a single cell.  Some 530,000 doses of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine will be available for vulnerable people … Read more

How the Oxford vaccine is made

Today, 82-year-old dialysis patient Brian Pinker became the first person to receive the vaccine created by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.  Getting the jab into a patient’s arm is just the final stage of a complicated manufacturing process beginning with a single cell.  Some 530,000 doses of the Oxford coronavirus vaccine will be available for vulnerable people … Read more

Schools closed, travel banned but outdoor exercise is ok: how the new lockdown might look

Boris Johnson has declared that harsher lockdown restrictions are coming soon as he and his Government struggle to contain the mutant Covid strain. The PM said the government will do ‘everything necessary’ as he put Britons on notice that the situation could drag on for months, despite the optimism sparked by the first Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine … Read more

Market remains up 1.8% by 118 on 6,579 points as gains on morning of Oxford jab rollout are lost

Lockdown gloom stifles FTSE: Market remains up 1.8% by 118 on 6,579 points as gains made on morning of Oxford jab rollout are lost amid fears UK is set for third national lockdown London’s top market gained more than 200 points as it opened this morning Brexit and rollout of Oxford University/ AstraZeneca jab encourages … Read more