There will be enough Pfizer jabs available to vaccinate children, Matt Hancock says 

There will be enough Pfizer jabs available to vaccinate children against Covid, Matt Hancock says There will be enough Pfizer jabs to vaccinate children, Matt Hancock said   A final decision on whether to vaccinate children is yet to be made  There has been debate on the ethics of vaccinating youngsters, who mostly only suffer mild … Read more

There will be enough Pfizer jabs available to vaccinate children, Matt Hancock says 

There will be enough Pfizer jabs available to vaccinate children against Covid, Matt Hancock says There will be enough Pfizer jabs to vaccinate children, Matt Hancock said   A final decision on whether to vaccinate children is yet to be made  There has been debate on the ethics of vaccinating youngsters, who mostly only suffer mild … Read more

Britain will only vaccinate children against Covid ‘if necessary’, says government adviser

The UK has not agreed any plans to vaccinate children against Covid and will only do it ‘if necessary’, a government adviser insisted today. Professor Adam Finn, a child vaccination expert at Bristol University and member of the JCVI advisory group, said ‘no decisions have been made’. Leaked government plans last night suggested ministers want … Read more

Covid vaccine: London boroughs vaccinate 30% fewer over-55s than the Isles of Scilly

London is still lagging behind in the vaccine rollout with some boroughs having inoculated a third fewer people than parts of Staffordshire, where the crucial campaign appears to be roaring ahead. NHS England figures show 79 per cent of over-55s in the country had at least one dose of the vaccine by March 14 — the … Read more

Covid vaccine: London boroughs vaccinate 30% fewer over-55s than the Isles of Scilly

London is still lagging behind in the vaccine rollout with some boroughs having vaccinated a third fewer people than parts of Staffordshire, where the crucial campaign appears to be roaring ahead. NHS England figures show 79 per cent of over-55s in the country had at least one dose of the vaccine by March 14 — the … Read more

Jabs to go! Drive-through anti-Covid injection centres could vaccinate millions a week

The rapid success of drive-through vaccination centres could lead the UK out of lockdown before Boris Johnson’s roadmap suggests.   A trial that delivered 2,300 Covid jabs in just one day at a car park near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was 360 per cent more than an equivalent clinic, The Mirror reports. But whilst the system … Read more

NYC will use J&J’s one-dose shot to vaccinate homebound seniors

New York City will use Johnson & Johnson’s easy to store, single-dose coronavirus shot to vaccinate homebound seniors and others, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.  ‘Let’s talk about how we’re going to reach home-bound seniors,’ the mayor said during a media briefing.  ‘We’re going to use that Johnson & Johnson vaccine to reach homebound, … Read more

How to reopen schools: Academies boss says government must vaccinate staff

An academy chief today cast doubt on ‘optimistic’ plans to get all pupils back into school at the start of March as he warned dates were ‘being pulled out of thin air.’  As the PM faces mounting pressure to send children in England back to school, Downing Street has suggested that all primary and secondary … Read more