AstraZeneca vaccine is approved in Australia

AstraZeneca vaccine is approved in Australia as government prepares to administer the first jabs on Monday AstraZeneca vaccine joins Pfizer vaccine in being approved in Australia  The government will make doses at the CSL factory in Melbourne  The Pfizer jab will hit arms on Monday after 142,000 doses arrived in Sydney By Charlie Moore, Political … Read more

Undersea tunnel between Britain and Northern Ireland could be approved within weeks

An undersea tunnel connecting Britain with Northern Ireland could get the go ahead within weeks amid hopes the project, dubbed ‘Boris’ Burrow’, could ease post-Brexit tensions.  It is hoped the tunnel will help facilitate trade between Northern Ireland and the UK following a series of stumbling blocks as a result of Brexit.  The tunnel, which … Read more

Dr. Fauci says one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine will be approved in two weeks

Dr. Anthony Fauci says that the United States is ‘real close’ to approving a third COVID-19 vaccine – and the first single-dose jab – as the latest coronavirus data shows declining rates of hospitalizations as well as lower rates of infection in 44 states. According to the most recent figures released on Friday evening by … Read more

Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle approved designer Simone Rocha announces collaboration with H&M 

One of Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle’s favourite designers Simone Rocha has unveiled a collaboration with high street store H&M.  The label, which was launched by 2010 by the Irish designer, who lives in London, is famed for delicate tulle dresses, tartan tailoring and sparkling jewellery with pearl embellishments in a poetic colour palette of … Read more

Coronavirus: Why HASN’T UK approved Moderna’s Covid vaccine?

Europe’s drug regulator today approved Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and could get supplies within weeks because of a deal it struck in summer last year. But Britain will miss out on early access to the vaccine because it officially left the EU last week and did not place its own order early enough to get an … Read more

Coronavirus: Why HASN’T Britain approved Moderna’s Covid jab?

Europe’s drug regulator today approved Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and could get supplies within weeks because of a deal it struck in summer last year. But Britain will miss out on early access to the vaccine because it officially left the EU last week and did not place its own order early enough to get an … Read more

Coronavirus: Why HASN’T Britain approved Moderna’s Covid jab?

Europe’s drug regulator today approved Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine and could get supplies within weeks because of a deal it struck in summer last year. But Britain will miss out on early access to the vaccine because it officially left the EU last week and did not place its own order early enough to get an … Read more

Mortgages reach a 13-year high: More than 100,000 loans for house purchases approved in November

Mortgages reach a 13-year high: More than 100,000 loans for house purchases got the go-ahead in November, marking highest monthly figure for more than three years Some 105,000 loans for house purchases got the go ahead, the BoE said This was up from 98,300 in October and marked the highest monthly figure since August 2007 … Read more

China has approved use of first Covid vaccine reported to be 79 per cent effective 

China approved its first Covid-19 vaccine for general public use, developed by state-owned drug maker Sinopharm.   The pharmaceutical giant announced on Thursday that the vaccine, which is said to be 79 per cent effective, had been approved. The efficacy rate is based on interim analysis of Phase III clinical trials of the drug, developed by the … Read more

Covid vaccine from Oxford University and Astrazeneca is APPROVED

Britain could vaccinate 24million people against coronavirus by Easter after the game-changing Oxford University/ AstraZeneca jab was approved this morning and its makers promised to deliver 2million doses a week. In a massive boost to ending the pandemic within months, the UK medical regulator green-lit the vaccine, which is cheap, easy to transport to care homes … Read more