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Britain faces a lack of vaccine manufacturing bases which could hamper research into coronavirus and other diseases, an expert has warned. Professor Adrian Hill, director of Oxford University’s Jenner Institute, says the development of jabs is being held back because the country is ‘very weak’ when it comes to the manufacturing side of vaccines. His … Read more
Germany and France were negotiating with Vladimir Putin to supply Russia’s coronavirus vaccine to the EU. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron were on a video call with the Russian president on Tuesday night. The leaders discussed ‘cooperation’, which would see the Sputnik jab made used in the European Union once regulators give … Read more
Berlin and Munich have banned AstraZeneca jabs for under-60s over blood clot fears a day after Canada also stopped administering the vaccine to under-55s. The suspension was taken as a ‘precautionary measure,’ Berlin’s health minister said, ahead of a meeting later today of 16 state representatives. Earlier the prestigious Charite hospital in Berlin announced it … Read more
Berlin and Munich have banned AstraZeneca jabs for under-60s over blood clot fears a day after Canada also stopped administering the vaccine to under-55s. The suspension was taken as a ‘precautionary measure,’ Berlin’s health minister said, ahead of a meeting later today of 16 state representatives. Earlier the prestigious Charite hospital in Berlin announced it … Read more
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 jabs. But he claimed there had already been ‘huge improvements’ in willingness to … Read more
The Government has agreed a deal with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on the manufacture of up to 60 million doses of the Novavax coronavirus vaccine. Here is what we know: – How does the vaccine work? The Novavax vaccine works like other vaccines by teaching the immune system to make antibodies to the coronavirus spike … Read more
We don’t need EU anyway: Boris Johnson reveals UK has signed deal with drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline to ‘fill and finish’ 60million doses of Novavax’s Covid vaccine in Durham GSK will support manufacturing of the American-made vaccine starting in May Novavax jab shown to be 86% effective against Kent variant of Covid in trials By Connor … Read more
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 first dose by March 11 Nationally, uptake in over-70s was 90.2% when all … Read more
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 first dose by March 11 Nationally, uptake in over-70s was 90.2% when all … Read more
It’s so frustrating being six miles from the UK border but not having the vaccine Ireland New daily cases 569 Number jabbed 515,800; % of population 10.4% Corrinna Maguire thinks Brussels has let all of Europe down Five thousand long-term care residents still haven’t had a jab. Despite hopes of getting 827,000 AstraZeneca doses by … Read more