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An elderly man collapsed and died in New York City on Sunday morning shortly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, officials revealed Monday. The man, who was in his 70s, fell as he left Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Convention Center just 25 minutes after receiving his shot, New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker said in … Read more
Matt Hancock today said all over-70s in England who haven’t yet had a Covid vaccine no longer need to wait to be invited and can book their own jabs online. The Health Secretary held a Downing Street press conference tonight to trumpet the success of the rollout so far, confirming the NHS is on track … Read more
Ursula von der Leyen has taken a barbed swipe at Boris Johnson over his ‘space race’ approach to vaccines as she faces a huge backlash over the EU shambles. The European Commission president complained that some countries saw the drive to inoculate populations as a Cold War style ‘confrontation’. The comments, as she addressed students attending … Read more
Britain is at the ‘forefront’ of developing vaccines to fight new Covid variants by ‘second guessing’ future mutations, the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce boss says, amid plans to offer jabs to all adults by May – not just the over-50s. Clive Dix told BBC Radio 4’s Today it was ‘absolutely’ possible to produce a vaccine that … Read more
Almost all adults in Britain could receive their first vaccine dose by the end of May, a Downing Street official has suggested in a leaked letter to Boris Johnson. No10 adviser Samuel Kasumu appeared to inadvertently reveal a private target to jab nearly every over-18 by summer in his resignation statement today. The letter, which was later … Read more
Vaccine nationalism? Many Britons say they would not feel safe taking Chinese or Russian jabs even if they are approved for use by UK regulators – but a huge 90% back the Oxford version Poll shows some 73 per cent of people say it does not matter which jab they get But the survey found … Read more
Covid survivors are almost twice as likely to suffer side effects from Pfizer’s vaccine compared to those who have never contracted the virus, data suggests. Figures from a symptom-tracking app show 33 per cent of people who had already been struck down the virus endured at least one mild side effect — such as fatigue … Read more
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
Switzerland has refused to approve the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine amid concerns over insufficient data and regulators said ‘new studies’ were needed. It comes after France, Sweden and Germany advised against administering the jab to those over 65 and Emmanuel Macron claimed it was ‘almost ineffective’ for the age bracket. The Swissmedic regulatory authority said it … Read more
Britain today hit the major milestone of vaccinating 10million people against coronavirus — but critics have demanded No10 gets a grip on the ‘lackadaisical approach’ to dishing out jabs on Sundays. Despite the lockdown-ending inoculation drive being a success, a trend has emerged showing a sharp drop-off in uptake on Sundays. For example last Sunday … Read more