Low vaccine uptake fuels variant fear: Only one in four London cases involved people who had travelled back from India… fuelling fears of widespread transmission here because of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ Low vaccine uptake could be driving the Indian variant’s spread, data shows London has the highest levels of the Indian variant – with 400 cases recorded … Read more
Low vaccine uptake fuels variant fear: Only one in four London cases involved people who had travelled back from India… fuelling fears of widespread transmission here because of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ Low vaccine uptake could be driving the Indian variant’s spread, data shows London has the highest levels of the Indian variant – with 400 cases recorded … Read more
An ambitious CIA plot to snare Osama Bin Laden by harvesting his children’s DNA through a fake inoculation drive has fuelled vaccine hesitancy in Pakistan, experts have claimed. A Warwick University study has claimed the 2011 operation led to a decline in overall vaccine rates by up to 40 per cent the following year. The ruse … Read more
The UK deciding not to give AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine to under-30s has not put people off getting vaccinated, a survey has suggested. Regulators said concerns about extremely rare blood clots being triggered by the jab meant it would be safer to give young adults a different one where possible. In Europe clotting fears spooked some … Read more
Vaccine hesitancy could lead to 20,000 extra coronavirus deaths over the next two years, a study has suggested. Researchers warned that if a significant number of people turn the jab down, it may allow the virus to spread in high numbers when lockdowns are eased, posing a constant threat to the elderly and ill. The … Read more
Vaccine hesitancy could lead to 20,000 extra coronavirus deaths over the next two years, a study has suggested. Researchers warned that if a significant number of people turn the jab down, it may allow the virus to spread in high numbers when lockdowns are eased, posing a constant threat to the elderly and ill. The … Read more
Misinformation about fertility and coronavirus jabs is driving vaccine hesitancy in Britain, Nadhim Zahawi warned today. The UK’s vaccine minister said focus groups and polling had shown much of the wariness toward the jabs centered around ‘issues of fertility’. Speaking to the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee, he added the problem was ‘proving to … Read more
Nearly half of black people in the UK are still hesitant about receiving a coronavirus vaccine, according to a survey. The Office for National Statistics found that the people most worried about the jabs are ethnic minorities, under-30s and people on low incomes. While 44 per cent of black or black British people in the … Read more
Nearly half of black people in the UK say they are still hesitant about receiving a coronavirus vaccine, according to a survey. The Office for National Statistics found that the people most worried about the jabs are ethnic minorities, under-30s and people on low incomes. While 44 per cent of black or black British people … Read more
The NHS has unveiled a ‘blueprint’ to improve coronavirus vaccine uptake among ethnic minority groups. Local faith and community leaders will team up with doctors to host online virtual events where they will answer questions and address concerns people have about the jabs. They will also distribute leaflets in 20 different languages — including Arabic, … Read more