Labour slams No10’s ‘propaganda’ documentary about the vaccine roll out

Labour has slammed Downing Street for spending taxpayers’ money for a ‘propaganda’ documentary about the vaccine roll out.  No10 shared a dramatic trailer for the official documentary on Britain’s race for a Covid-19 jab, titled A Beacon of Hope: The UK Vaccine Story.  Set to intense music, the 50-second advert features clips from interviews with … Read more

Covid: Blood test developed in London may find patients at high risk of dying

Scientists have developed a blood test that can spot people at high risk of getting critically ill or dying of Covid. Imperial College London experts say they have made a test that can detect proteins which appears directly linked to the risk of death or severe illness. The protein, named GM-CSF, is thought to be … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘tells Irish PM no spare Covid vaccines until whole UK inoculated’

Boris Johnson ‘tells Irish PM Micheal Martin that Britain will NOT send coronavirus vaccines to Ireland until people in the UK have had the jab’ Micheal Martin said PM had told him UK not in position to send jabs to Ireland Mr Martin said Mr Johnson’s first priority is to vaccinate people living in UK … Read more

Australia takes a swipe at ‘desperate’ EU after Italy’s vaccine block

Australia has taken a swipe at the ‘desperate’ EU for not being in ‘a good position like us’ as the bloc’s vaccine shambles continued. Italy imposed the first EU-sanctioned export ban on vaccines on Thursday when it blocked 250,000 AstraZeneca jabs from heading to Australia – which was due to start inoculations with the vaccine … Read more

Italian PM threatens to ‘suffocate’ AstraZeneca as EU says jab contracts ‘MUST be honoured’

The Italian prime minister has urged the EU to ‘suffocate’ vaccine makers who fail to deliver on their contractual obligations amid a row over supplies from AstraZeneca. Italy imposed the first EU-sanctioned export ban on vaccines yesterday when it blocked 250,000 AstraZeneca jabs from heading to Australia – which was due to start inoculations with … Read more

Italian PM threatens to ‘suffocate’ AstraZeneca as EU says jab contracts ‘MUST be honoured’

The Italian prime minister has urged the EU to ‘suffocate’ vaccine makers who fail to deliver on their contractual obligations amid a row over supplies from AstraZeneca. Italy imposed the first EU-sanctioned export ban on vaccines yesterday when it blocked 250,000 AstraZeneca jabs from heading to Australia – which was due to start inoculations with … Read more

COVID-19 US: Great apes at San Diego Zoo receive vaccine

Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo have become the first non-humans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.  Four orangutans and five bonobos at the California zoo were given doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed specifically for animals last month.  One of those orangutans, whose name is Karen, was the first in the world to undergo … Read more

EU BLOCKS shipment of 250k doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Italy to Australia

The EU has blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines from leaving Italy for Australia using controversial export laws for the first time. Authorities in Italy refused to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported, meaning the shipment could not leave Thursday as planned. Officials in Rome had informed the … Read more

EU BLOCKS shipment of 250k doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Italy to Australia

The EU has blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines from leaving Italy for Australia using controversial export laws for the first time. Authorities in Italy refused to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported, meaning the shipment could not leave Thursday as planned. Officials in Rome had informed the … Read more

COVID-19 US: Great apes at San Diego Zoo receive vaccine

Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo have become the first non-humans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.  Four orangutans and five bonobos at the California zoo were given doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed specifically for animals last month.  One of those orangutans, whose name is Karen, was the first in the world to undergo … Read more