Britain’s High Street pharmacies won’t start dishing out coronavirus vaccines until Thursday, it was revealed today amid mounting pressure on Boris Johnson to launch round-the-clock inoculations. Superdrug and Boots will only have one site ready to dish out vaccines when the roll-out is finally expanded later this week, with dozens more sites on standby to ramp … Read more
Britain dished out another 165,000 Covid vaccines yesterday, according to official figures that come amid mounting pressure on No10 to adopt a 24/7 roll-out. With the successful roll-out of a jab the Government’s only hope of ever easing the endless cycle of lockdowns, pressure is mounting on Boris Johnson to pull out all the stops … Read more
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are given Covid vaccine: 94-year-old Monarch and Prince Philip, 99, are inoculated at Windsor Castle By Faith Ridler For Mailonline Published: 15:02 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 15:09 GMT, 9 January 2021 The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have received their Covid-19 vaccinations, joining more than a million … Read more
GPs are being urged to ‘stand down’ routine appointments so they can prioritise Covid vaccinations, it was claimed last night. Guidance sent to doctors says the jabs should be their top priority – with other ‘non-essential’ activities postponed, potentially for weeks. NHS England has already advised surgeries to focus on the delivery of the vaccine … Read more
The number of vaccines Britain gives out before lockdown rules can start to be loosened will depend on the ‘risk appetite’ of the Government and how well they work in real life, scientists say. There are around 31.7million people on the official waiting list for a jab, which includes everyone over the age of 50, … Read more
The number of vaccines Britain gives out before lockdown rules can start to be loosened will depend on the ‘risk appetite’ of the Government and how well they work in real life, scientists say. There are around 31.7million people on the official waiting list for a jab, which includes everyone over the age of 50, … Read more
France warns a third national lockdown is possible if Covid cases keep rising – as nation launches its vaccination campaign amid fears of a post-Christmas spike Health Minister Olivier Veran said he ‘will never exclude’ measures necessary to protect the public His comments came on Sunday as France launched its vaccination campaign France reported just … Read more
The NHS has already given 11 per cent of over-80s in England their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and has given out jabs to a total 521,594 people, data shows. Health service bosses today revealed 366,715 people aged 80 or older – the group most at risk of dying from Covid-19 – were vaccinated between … Read more
NHS vaccinates 11% of over-80s in first two weeks: A total of 366,715 people in the highest Covid risk group received first jab doses by December 20, data shows Office for National Statistics estimates there are 3.4million over-80s in England A total of 521,594 received their first dose of a Covid vaccine by December 20 … Read more
‘Thank God I live here’: Veteran entertainer Lionel Blair, 92, receives the first of two COVID-19 jabs at his local vaccination centre in Epsom Since the vaccine was rolled out last week, the highest risk groups have been given the jabs and on Wednesday Lionel received the vaccination The Surrey-based star revealed he is set … Read more