UK drugs regulator reassures public allergic reactions after vaccines are ‘very rare’

Britain’s medicines regulator sought to dampen fears over the coronavirus vaccine after two people with severe allergies had reactions after being among the first to receive the jab yesterday. The reactions in the two NHS workers provoked the Medicines and Healthcare products Agency (MHRA) to stop offering the jab to people with a history of … Read more

UK woman, 91, first to get Covid vaccine, urges others to comply

A 90-year-old grandmother who became the first person in the world to have Pfizer’s coronavirus jab has urged sceptics to get the vaccine after being discharged from hospital. V-Day hero Margaret Keenan, from Coventry, made history on Tuesday by becoming the first person to receive the injection outside of medical trials. Mrs Keenan hailed it as a … Read more

European politicians can’t help sniping while Britain leads the world with Covid vaccine roll-out

Britain yesterday began mass vaccination of the public with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the ‘end in sight’ to pandemic lockdown rules. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get it first, how much it costs and where people will be vaccinated. What could the logistical challenges of delivering it be? … Read more

Pfizer works on Covid vaccine that won’t need ultra-cold storage

Pfizer Inc said it is working on a new form of its experimental coronavirus vaccine that can be stored in the refrigerator. Currently, the vials, which use messenger RNA – or part of the virus’s genetic code – have to be stored between -94F (-70C) and -112F (-80C). In an event held by the International Federation … Read more

GMB viewers ‘cringe’ as Matt Hancock CRIES at first vaccinations

Good Morning Britain viewers were left cringing on their sofas as they watched Matt Hancock break down in tears after the first coronavirus vaccinations were given out.  The Health Secretary started sobbing after a 90-year-old grandmother from Coventry and a Warwickshire pensioner called William Shakespeare became the first people in the world to get an … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Britain is the envy of the world as Covid vaccine is rolled out

Britain today began mass vaccination of the public with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the ‘end in sight’ to pandemic lockdown rules. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get it first, how much it costs and where people will be vaccinated. What could the logistical challenges of delivering it be? … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Britain is the envy of the world as Covid vaccine is rolled out

Britain today began mass vaccination of the public with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the ‘end in sight’ to pandemic lockdown rules. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get it first, how much it costs and where people will be vaccinated. What could the logistical challenges of delivering it be? … Read more

GMB viewers hide their eyes and ‘cringe’ as Matt Hancock CRIES live on GMB after vaccinations begin

Good Morning Britain viewers were left cringing on their sofas as they watched Matt Hancock break down in tears after the first coronavirus vaccinations were given out.  The Health Secretary started sobbing after a 90-year-old grandmother from Coventry and a Warwickshire pensioner called William Shakespeare became the first people in the world to get an … Read more

States will get FAR fewer covid jab doses than estimated, official warns

States will likely receive far fewer doses of coronavirus vaccines than they told their residents to expect this month, a new report suggests.  The projected number of shots that states including New York and Nevada said they’d be able to give in the first round of the vaccine rollout, expected to begin next week, was … Read more

Russia starts its vaccine drive: Nurses in Moscow give Sputnik V jabs to those most at risk

Moscow on Saturday began vaccinating workers at high risk of becoming infected with the coronavirus at newly opened clinics across the city. Health officials said they had opened 70 coronavirus vaccine centres in the Russian capital that would initially offer jabs for health, education and social workers.   The Russian vaccine being used – Sputnik V … Read more