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Israel has vaccinated more than 20 percent of its population against COVID-19, leaving the rest of the world – including the US and the UK – in its dust. The small nation has deployed its military to help run mass vaccination sites 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As a result, it has … Read more
The new lockdown in England at a glance England will be put into a full national lockdown that will last until the February half term. According to the new rules: All primary and secondary schools will close with immediate effect Classes will remain only for vulnerable pupils and the children of key workers. The plan … Read more
Palau, the Pacific Island paradise which is home to 18,000 people, and could become the first country to be vaccinated against Covid-19 Republic of Palau could be among first countries to vaccinate entire population The island nation has not recorded a single case of the virus, according to WHO On Saturday, the country received its … Read more
Health chiefs in Israel say TWO MILLION people in country will have received Covid jab by end of January with up to one million already given first dose of vaccine Two million people will have received Covid jab by end of January in Israel ‘We are breaking all the records,’ Netanyahu said on Friday Israel … Read more
When panic surrounded the polio vaccine in the 1950s, the Queen helped turn public opinion by confirming Prince Charles and Princess Anne would get the jab. Now, however, the Palace refuses to say if Her Majesty or Prince Philip have been given the Covid vaccine, insisting that it’s a ‘private’ matter. But some of the Queen’s … Read more
Oxford University professor pays tribute to elderly mother who died from Covid just days before she was due to be vaccinated as she told medics to give her ventilator to someone else Professor Trisha Greenhalgh revealed her mother died days before vaccination The expert in primary care has been one of the UK’s leading Covid … Read more
All Britons over the age of 50 could be vaccinated by spring, the head of the NHS has claimed, adding that medics are ‘in the eye of the storm’ as hospitalisations and cases pass first wave peaks. NHS England data shows 20,426 hospital beds were occupied by patients who had tested positive for coronavirus as … Read more
Only eight per cent of Britons would definitely refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus despite fears of rising ‘anti-vaxxer’ propaganda, a poll has revealed The Government has said it is not planning to make Covid-19 vaccine mandatory The propaganda could threaten target of vaccinating 70 per cent of population In a survey of more than 17,000 … Read more
More than 350,000 people have been vaccinated by the Pfizer/BioNTech jab in Britain, it was confirmed today, as hopes rise that Oxford University’s inoculation could be approved by the New Year. Boris Johnson announced the figure at a Downing Street briefing, where the Government also confirmed London and swathes of the South East will be placed … Read more
The White House coronavirus testing czar says Americans will have to still follow mitigation measures after receiving coronavirus vaccines. Adm Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, warned that people will need to wear face coverings and practice social distancing for a while longer. ‘Although we’re very … Read more