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

82-year-old dialysis patient becomes first Brit to get Oxford’s Covid jab

Britain today started to dish out Oxford’s game-changing Covid vaccine in what has been called a ‘pivotal moment’ in the fight against the pandemic, with an 82-year-old dialysis patient becoming the first person to receive the jab.  Brian Pinker, a retired maintenance manager who describes himself as Oxford born and bred, said he was ‘so … Read more

82-year-old dialysis patient becomes first Brit to get Oxford’s Covid jab

Britain today started to dish out Oxford’s game-changing Covid vaccine in what has been called a ‘pivotal moment’ in the fight against the pandemic, with an 82-year-old dialysis patient becoming the first person to receive the jab.  Brian Pinker, a retired maintenance manager who describes himself as Oxford born and bred, said he was ‘so … Read more

India approves TWO Covid vaccines after giving green light to Oxford Astra Zeneca jab

India has formally approved two Covid vaccines after giving the green light to the Oxford Astra Zeneca jab and another made by Indian firm Bharat Biotech.  The move paves the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second most populous country. The country’s drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for … Read more

Tesco offers to help aid Covid jab rollout by providing use of its distribution arm

Tesco offers to help aid Covid jab rollout by providing use of its distribution arm while Boots says it will open vaccination sites in Halifax, Huddersfield and Gloucester Tesco offered its distribution arm to help with rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca  Boots to open vaccine sites in Halifax, Huddersfield and Gloucester, this month  Boris Johnson said there … Read more

India approves TWO Covid vaccines after giving green light to Oxford Astra Zeneca jab

India has formally approved two Covid vaccines after giving the green light to the Oxford Astra Zeneca jab and another made by Indian firm Bharat Biotech.  The move paves the way for a huge inoculation program to stem the coronavirus pandemic in the world’s second most populous country. The country’s drugs regulator gave emergency authorization for … Read more

Boris vows ‘tens of millions’ of Covid vaccine doses by March

Boris vows ‘tens of millions’ of Covid vaccine doses will be given by March as he admits ministers must axe ‘absurd’ red tape stopping retired medics from joining effort Boris Johnson refused to give exact figures for vaccinating people from Covid PM said ‘tens of millions’ of doses should be given over the next three … Read more

Boris vows ‘tens of millions’ of Covid vaccine doses by March

Boris vows ‘tens of millions’ of Covid vaccine doses will be given by March as he admits ministers must axe ‘absurd’ red tape stopping retired medics from joining effort Boris Johnson refused to give exact figures for vaccinating people from Covid PM said ‘tens of millions’ of doses should be given over the next three … Read more