EVERY adult in Britain could be given TWO Covid jabs by August ‘or sooner’

EVERY adult in Britain could be given TWO Covid jabs by August ‘or sooner if we need to’ the head of the vaccine taskforce reveals Clive Dix said more vaccines would be approved for use in the ‘very near future’ Would provide enough shots in case of production issues with existing supplier No10 today urged … Read more

Astrazeneca boss Pascal Soriot is the £90m vaccine hero

Astrazeneca boss Pascal Soriot scooped £15.4million in pay last year – taking his earnings to almost £90million since he took the reins at the British drug maker nine years ago. The chief executive’s 2020 package, his biggest yet, is up from £15.3million the previous year. It comes after his decision to join forces with Oxford … Read more

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

Covid vaccines are set to be tested on six-year-old children and ‘even newborns and pregnant women’

Covid vaccines are set to be tested on six-year-old children and ‘even newborns and pregnant women’ as trials are expanded AstraZeneca, which produces the Oxford vaccine, says it is expanding trials Fellow vaccine maker Janssen said it is looking into testing on newborn babies AstraZeneca said a trial will begin this month on 300 volunteers … Read more

British scientists are developing ‘universal Covid jab’ to beat all variants

British scientists are developing a ‘universal Covid-19 vaccine’ that would effectively beat all variants of the virus and could be ready in as little as a year. Researchers at Nottingham University are working on a jab that targets the core of the disease – rather than the spike protein – because it is less likely … Read more

‘I feel SO grateful’: Ruth Langsford receives Covid-19 vaccine

‘I feel SO grateful’: Ruth Langsford receives Covid-19 vaccine as she said the jab ‘took seconds’ and ‘was painless’ By Natasha Hooper For Mailonline Published: 14:28 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 14:29 GMT, 13 February 2021 Ruth Langsford revealed she received the Covid-19 vaccine in Surrey on Saturday.  The TV presenter, 60, admitted she … Read more

European snub Oxford vaccine after EU campaign cast doubts

Now French and Italian doctors shun Oxford vaccine after EU and Macron ‘managed demand’ by casting doubts on its efficacy – despite backing for jab from WHO and multiple studies In France, 149 cases of symptoms were reported by staff with average age of 34 French authorities have not offered jab at all to those … Read more

French and Italian doctors shun Oxford vaccine after suffering ‘high-intensity flu symptoms’

Now French and Italian doctors shun Oxford vaccine after EU cast doubts on its efficacy and Macron ‘managed demand’ by claiming it is less effective in over-60s In France, 149 cases of symptoms were reported by staff with average age of 34 French authorities have not offered jab at all to those over 65 due … Read more

Oxford Covid vaccine will be tested on children as young as six in world-first trial 

Oxford Covid vaccine will be tested on children as young as six in world-first trial Scientists want to see if jab will produce a strong immune response in children The first vaccinations under the clinical trial will take place later this month Up to 240 will receive the vaccine with others receiving a control meningitis … Read more

Dwight Yorke is criticised for being in Dubai as son Harvey was rushed to hospital

Dwight Yorke has been criticised by his followers after he shared a video in Dubai, where he is spending lockdown, as his son Harvey Price was rushed to hospital. The footballer, 49, took to Instagram to share a video that saw him riding an electric scooter around the city, shortly before his estranged son was … Read more