Britain records biggest number of second Covid-19 jabs in a day as 450,000 are administered

Britain has recorded a record number of second doses of Covid-19 vaccine in a single day, with the total number of jabs rising to more than 39million in the country. Government data up to Friday shows the total number who have received at least one dose is now 39,001,554 in the UK. Of those 32,010,244 … Read more

717,000 AstraZeneca jabs have been sent from Britain to Australia after the EU blocked exports

Hundreds of thousands of doses of AstraZeneca vaccine have been secretly flown to Australia from Britain after the EU blocked exports to the country. A total of 717,000 doses have been sent, but the source of the shipments was kept quiet to avoid any controversy in the United Kingdom, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on … Read more

717,000 AstraZeneca jabs have been sent from Britain to Australia after the EU blocked exports

Hundreds of thousands of doses of AstraZeneca vaccine have been secretly flown to Australia from Britain after the EU blocked exports to the country. A total of 717,000 doses have been sent, but the source of the shipments was kept quiet to avoid any controversy in the United Kingdom, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on … Read more

Vaccine squads to go door-to-door to offer covid jabs to ethnic-minority families amid low uptake

Vaccine squads will go door-to-door to offer Covid-19 jabs to ethnic-minority families in large households amid low uptake after pilot inoculated hundreds Ministers plan to roll out the scheme to increase covid vaccination uptake A successful pilot targeting multi-generation homes in Luton and Bradford has resulted in hundreds of adults being vaccinated in the past … Read more

Vaccine squads to go door-to-door to offer covid jabs to ethnic-minority families amid low uptake

Vaccine squads will go door-to-door to offer Covid-19 jabs to ethnic-minority families in large households amid low uptake after pilot inoculated hundreds Ministers plan to roll out the scheme to increase covid vaccination uptake A successful pilot targeting multi-generation homes in Luton and Bradford has resulted in hundreds of adults being vaccinated in the past … Read more

PM’s efficiency drive over Oxford vaccine factory pays off as site can make an extra 5m jabs a year

As a keen student of military history, Boris Johnson is well aware of Lord Beaverbrook and his influence on changing the course of the Second World War. For the Prime Minister, however, it is jabs in the arms rather than planes in the air that have changed the course of his battle with coronavirus. Just … Read more

PM’s efficiency drive over Oxford vaccine factory pays off as site can make an extra 5m jabs a year

As a keen student of military history, Boris Johnson is well aware of Lord Beaverbrook and his influence on changing the course of the Second World War. For the Prime Minister, however, it is jabs in the arms rather than planes in the air that have changed the course of his battle with coronavirus. Just … Read more

‘There is no negotiation’: EU stokes vaccine war warning ‘zero’ jabs will be exported to the UK

A senior EU official has threatened to block all AstraZeneca supplies from entering Britain until the drugmaker ups its deliveries to the bloc, as the EU ramps up its rhetoric over coronavirus vaccines again. Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, said ‘zero’ AstraZeneca jabs made on the continent would be shipped across the Channel until … Read more

Children may only get Covid jabs if schools face the threat of closing again, says adviser

Professor Adam Finn, from Bristol University, said the decision hinged on whether children would be benefitted by the vaccine British children may only be asked to get Covid vaccines if the spread of the virus threatens to shut schools once again, a Government vaccine adviser said today.  Professor Adam Finn, who sits on the advisory … Read more

Children may only get Covid jabs if schools face the threat of closing again, says adviser

Professor Adam Finn, from Bristol University, said the decision hinged on whether children would be benefitted by the vaccine British children may only be asked to get Covid vaccines if the spread of the virus threatens to shut schools once again, a Government vaccine adviser said today.  Professor Adam Finn, who sits on the advisory … Read more