What IS behind Britain’s Covid vaccine slowdown?

Britain’s vaccine rollout has slowed down over the past month, with ministers and manufacturers pointing the finger at each other for the hold-up. With a successful immunisation drive crucial to Britain’s hopes of restrictions getting eased drastically over the next few months, critics say it is vital the programme picks up speed to avoid Boris … Read more

Britain manages 220,000 coronavirus vaccines in Sunday slowdown, early figures show

Britain managed to dish out 220,000 coronavirus vaccinations on Sunday, as the pace of the drive slackened.  Early figures show England vaccinated 199,202 yesterday, while a further 11,519 were done in Scotland and 6,838 in Wales. There was no data for Northern Ireland.   These numbers are preliminary and will be updated by the Department of … Read more

Britain manages 220,000 coronavirus vaccines in Sunday slowdown, early figures show

Britain managed to dish out 220,000 coronavirus vaccinations on Sunday, as the pace of the drive slackened.  Early figures show England vaccinated 199,202 yesterday, while a further 11,519 were done in Scotland and 6,838 in Wales. There was no data for Northern Ireland.   These numbers are preliminary and will be updated by the Department of … Read more

Priti Patel blames AstraZeneca and Pfizer supply issues for vaccine slowdown

Priti Patel today blamed AstraZeneca and Pfizer for an alarming slowdown in the UK’s vaccine rollout – amid warnings the target of giving jabs to the 14million most vulnerable people by mid-February is now ‘very tight’. The Home Secretary pointed the finger at the firms after the daily rate fell for a third consecutive day, … Read more

Priti Patel blames AstraZeneca and Pfizer supply issues for vaccine slowdown

Priti Patel today blamed AstraZeneca and Pfizer for an alarming slowdown in the UK’s vaccine rollout – amid warnings the target of giving jabs to the 14million most vulnerable people by mid-February is now ‘very tight’. The Home Secretary pointed the finger at the firms after the daily rate fell for a third consecutive day, … Read more

London ‘at risk of Tier Three’ because of the slowdown in the fall in coronavirus cases

London is ‘at risk’ of being plunged into Tier Three because the drop in its coronavirus case numbers appears to be stalling, its head of public health has claimed. Professor Kevin Fenton sought to pour cold water on the capital’s re-surging economy and public life as he warned the ‘promising reductions’ they were seeing have … Read more

London ‘at risk of Tier Three’ because of the slowdown in the fall in coronavirus cases

London ‘at risk’ of Tier Three ahead of Christmas because capital’s Covid outbreak isn’t shrinking as quickly as it was, public health chief warns (even though infections have dropped in all but five boroughs) Professor Kevin Fenton claimed the ‘promising reductions’ were ‘slowing’ But Public Health England data shows more than four fifths saw infections … Read more

Scientists worldwide to investigate how animal behaviours have been affected by human slowdown

Wildlife scientists around the world are planning to investigate how animal behaviours have been affected by the slowdown in human activity during lockdown. They will gather data from sources including GPS, sensors and surveys to assess how more than a hundred terrestrial and marine species responded to the lockdown – or ‘Anthropause’. At least two … Read more

Persimmon suffers ‘material’ slowdown in sales during lockdown

Housebuilder Persimmon has got back to work on its construction sites this week, amid a ‘phased process’ of reopening. The group, which is holding its annual general meeting today, said customer inquiries had remained at ‘good levels’, even during the lockdown period.  But, after a ‘robust’ start to the year, the company admitted that social … Read more