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FDA says Moderna can fill its vials with 40% more COVID-19 vaccine to increase the number of doses in each from 10 to 14 and ease production bottlenecks FDA regulators told Moderna it can fill its vials with 40% more vaccine on Friday It comes after Moderna asked regulators to allow more overfill to ease … Read more
Air taxis to fill the skies over Florida following the construction of 10 ‘vertiports’ across the state for the aircraft powered by 36 jet engines with 186 mile range German aviation firm Lilium is opening 10 air taxi hubs across Florida The hubs will be built by Ferrovial SE, a Spanish infrastructure company The first … Read more
The amount Britons will be able to spend on contactless cards without entering their Pin could more than double to £100 under new proposals put forward on Wednesday by regulators. The Financial Conduct Authority said it would be ‘seeking views’ on whether to up the contactless limit from £45 currently as part of a consultation … Read more
Last week we brought you the news that JCB has unveiled a specific vehicle designed to fix the nation’s ravaged roads. The PotholePro is a £165,000 heavy-duty model that’s claimed to be able to fill a crater in less than eight minutes and can complete jobs that usually require three different road-repairing machines. Now the … Read more
Scottish seafood companies must now complete up to seven documents just for a single lorry carrying one species to export to the European Union following Brexit, bosses warned today. The papers that must be filled in are an export health certificate, catch certificate, customs export declaration, endangered species permit, common health entry document, storage document … Read more
Desperate relatives of Covid patients in Brazil have been queuing for hours to fill their loved-ones’ oxygen tanks while a new mutant strain of the virus ravages the country. Amozonas state has been inundated with cases of the new variant and doctors at hospitals in Manaus, the rainforest’s largest city, are being forced to decide … Read more
McDonald’s customer slams ‘absolutely disgusting’ scenes as ‘overworked employee close to tears is forced to fill large orders on her own’ Video taken at McDonald’s in Ealing, London shows a worker handling big order Man posted a video to Twitter and slammed ‘multibillion dollar’ fast food chain McDonald’s is only open for drive-thru and delivery during … Read more
Some of the 13 requirements are essential, including evidence of handling and administering the jabs, a criminal background check and proof of employment. But other modules seem less critical, such as ‘safeguarding adults’ and ‘data security’ Concerns are mounting that red tape is still strangling Britain’s coronavirus vaccine scale up, with retired medics still required … Read more
British manufacturer JCB has launched a new vehicle that’s specifically designed to eradicate potholes from our roads in record time. Called the PotholePro, the heavy-duty machine has been revealed ahead of National Pothole Day on Thursday, though it has already been undergoing trials in England for months. JCB says it is the most efficient vehicle … Read more
Retired medics have to fill in 15 forms to join vaccine drive despite Boris Johnson’s pledge to cut red tape to aid the roll-out Boris Johnson promised ‘all obstacles’ to volunteering had been removed The 21 pieces of evidence needed have been cut down by only six forms Liam Fox MP, a doctor who wants … Read more