Coronavirus UK: Nadhim Zahawi says NHS vaccine speed will double in March

Britain’s Covid vaccine rollout will go at twice its speed so far over the next three months potentially doubling the number of people immunised by June as well as dishing out second doses, the UK’s vaccine minister says. Nadhim Zahawi said today that March will be a ‘very big month’ for the programme. February saw … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Nadhim Zahawi says NHS vaccine speed will double in March

Britain’s Covid vaccine rollout will go at twice its speed so far over the next three months potentially doubling the number of people immunised by June as well as dishing out second doses, the UK’s vaccine minister says. Nadhim Zahawi said today that March will be a ‘very big month’ for the programme. February saw … Read more

Nadhim Zahawi says ‘the evidence looks good’ that vaccines DO lower Covid transmission

Britain’s coronavirus vaccine drive is working, with the first published real-world data showing both jabs currently being deployed cut the risk of being hospitalised by the illness by up to 95 per cent. Researchers examined coronavirus hospital admissions in Scotland among people who had had their first jab and compared them with those who had … Read more

Nadhim Zahawi says ‘the evidence looks good’ that vaccines DO lower Covid transmission

Britain’s coronavirus vaccine drive is working, with the first published real-world data showing both jabs currently being deployed cut the risk of being hospitalised by the illness by up to 95 per cent. Researchers examined coronavirus hospital admissions in Scotland among people who had had their first jab and compared them with those who had … Read more

Almost 4,000 Covid variants exist around the world, vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi says

Oxford University and AstraZeneca plan to have a new Covid vaccine ready by the autumn to tackle new variants of the coronavirus, they confirmed yesterday.   Growing evidence suggests that a mutation first found in the South African variant of the virus, and now cropping up elsewhere, can reduce how well current vaccines work because it … Read more

Tearful Nadhim Zahawi reveals his uncle was killed by coronavirus before he could receive vaccine

‘It’s closer to home than you think’: Tearful Nadhim Zahawi reveals his uncle was killed by coronavirus before he could receive vaccine as he promises to get jab to Britain’s most vulnerable in emotional GMB interview Vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain today He told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid the … Read more

Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi denies jabs have been diverted from the North

Covid vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi denies jabs have been diverted from the North to areas lagging behind in over-80s rollout – after NHS figures reveal huge postcode lottery Nadhim Zahawi blasted claims stocks were being diverted from Yorkshire He said they would still be receiving their 13 per cent allocation of supplies  But he admitted … Read more

Vaccines tsar Nadhim Zahawi admits vaccine target is ‘stretching’

Pharmacists have begged the Government to let small chains dish out coronavirus vaccinations to help Boris Johnson fulfill his ambitious promise of immunising 13million people and ending the national lockdown by March. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society said today there were thousands of high street pharmacies ‘ready, willing and able’ to assist in the rollout of the … Read more

Vaccines tsar Nadhim Zahawi admits vaccine target is ‘stretching’

The government’s vaccines tsar today admitted that the NHS will need to be giving around three million vaccine doses a week by February to meet the PM’s target.     Nadhim Zahawi said goal of covering more than 13million of the most vulnerable within seven weeks was ‘very stretching’ – but can be delivered. Boris Johnson … Read more

Vaccines Minister NADHIM ZAHAWI: How YOU can help roll out the Covid-19 inoculation

How YOU can help roll out the Covid-19 inoculation: Vaccines Minister NADHIM ZAHAWI urges every Briton to play their part to make us safe again By Nadhim Zahawi Mp, Vaccines Minister For The Daily Mail Published: 22:13 GMT, 5 January 2021 | Updated: 02:13 GMT, 6 January 2021 As we begin the New Year we … Read more