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Number 10 has launched the world’s first trial into whether mixing and matching coronavirus vaccines is safe and can enhance protection against the disease. The study of more than 800 patients will look at the effect of giving someone an initial dose of the Oxford University jab, followed by the Pfizer one, and vice versa. Scientists will … Read more
The EU could approve Russia and China’s coronavirus vaccines if their developers ‘show transparency’, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said as the bloc looks desperately for ways to speed up its stuttering jab rollout. Von der Leyen told lawmakers on Tuesday that ‘if the Russian producers, the Chinese producers open their books, … Read more
How Matt Hancock’s obsession with the film Contagion – which sees disease-gripped nations battling for limited vaccine supplies – helped inspire him to prioritise Britain’s jab rollout Former DHSC adviser said Matt Hancock would ‘keep referring to end of the film’ Movie depicted vaccines being handed out using a lottery based on birth dates The … Read more
By Eleanor Hayward Health Correspondent What is the South African variant? It was first found in Nelson Mandela Bay in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province in mid-October. Like the UK’s Kent variant, the mutant strain quickly became dominant and drove a ferocious second wave. There are two key mutations that give it an advantage – these are … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon faces fury as Scottish vaccine rollout slumps to its LOWEST number of daily jabs – as First Minister prepares tries to trump Boris Johnson’s hotel quarantine plan by unveiling tougher rules for self-isolation Nicola Sturgeon will tomorrow announce updated coronavirus rules for Scotland First Minister will set out hotel quarantine plans which will … Read more
Nearly 600,000 coronavirus vaccines have been given out in the past 24 hours in Britain, smashing the previous record of 491,970 jabs in a single day. The total number of people in the UK who have now received at least one dose of the jab, seen as the antidote for our way out of the … Read more
The EU has sensationally backed down over its plans to impose Covid vaccine controls on Northern Ireland after the proposals were met with a strong and united backlash from UK politicians. EU chiefs had been accused of an ‘incredible act of hostility’ after announcing controls on the export of jabs to the UK, including Northern Ireland. … Read more
The EU’s vaccine shambles descended further into chaos today as it emerged the bloc has not yet signed a deal to buy British-made Novavax jabs which passed phase III trials yesterday with a 90% success rate. Ministers from the EU commission only completed ‘exploratory’ talks to buy Novavax, which is being made in a Tesside … Read more
The EU rollout of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has not been linked to any deaths and has had no unexpected side-effects in its first month, the European Medicines Agency said today. The good review of the Pfizer jab comes as the EU battles with rival vaccine provider AstraZeneca about delayed supplies to the bloc – while … Read more
Hungary turns to CHINA for Covid jabs in wake of EU’s vaccine shambles, after already agreeing deal to buy Russia’s Sputnik V Hungary looking at buying vials of China’s Sinopharm vaccine, Viktor Orban says Comes after country purchased 1million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine Hungary, an EU country, has gone elsewhere amid bloc’s shambolic … Read more