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A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce antibody protection from the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE vaccine by two-thirds, and it is not clear if the shot will be effective against the mutation, the companies said on Wednesday. The study found the vaccine was still able to neutralize the virus … Read more
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
Emmerdale’s Jurell Carter has slammed bosses for promoting a coronavirus vaccine storyline. The actor, who plays Nate Robinson in the ITV show, took to Instagram on Monday to accuse producers of ‘pushing people to take the experimental jab’, despite both the Pfizer and Oxford vaccines being ruled safe by UK regulators. Vaccinating the population is crucial … Read more
Two doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is 94 per cent effective at stopping over-55s from falling unwell with the disease, according to a major study in Israel. The data of more than half a million people who received two shots of the jab found patients were also 92 per cent less likely to develop severe … Read more
The first person to administer a Covid-19 vaccination has warned that the virus ‘does not discriminate’, and that it’s a ‘lottery’ how each body will react. Matron at University Hospital Coventry, May Parsons, became the first person to administer a Covid jab to a patient outside of clinical trials after injeting Margaret Keenan, 91, with Pfizer’s vaccine … Read more
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
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
The NHS is on course to reach its target of vaccinating 15million Britons tomorrow. In a major step forward in the battle against coronavirus, 14,012,224 first doses of the Pfizer and Oxford jabs have been administered. The total includes more than 500,000 from Thursday, meaning the 15million target should be hit today – 48 hours … Read more
Canada has been dragged into the EU’s vaccine chaos with Pfizer and Moderna both cutting back deliveries from Europe while Brussels goes to war on jab exports to rescue its own stumbling vaccine roll-out. With no home-grown vaccines in Canada and no jabs being shipped from the United States, the country is reliant on factories … Read more
Britain is on the brink of hitting 15m vaccine target with over-65s now being invited to get their jabs… and even Morph has had his shot! Co-creator Peter Lord tweeted photo of character from TV show Take Hart First doses of vaccines have now been administered to 13,509,108 people UK looks increasingly likely to hit … Read more