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Rollout of US COVID-19 vaccines is ‘on track’ to get 20 million Americans vaccinated by the end of the year with shots delivered to 636 locations in all 50 states and 7.9 million doses are coming next week – if Moderna jab is approved The U.S. has delivered coronavirus vaccines to all 50 states since … Read more
Fauci says 85% of Americans will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for the U.S. to reach ‘herd immunity’ Dr Anthony Fauci said 85% of Americans will need to get coronavirus vaccines for the U.S. to achieve ‘herd immunity’ This occurs when enough of the population is immunized or has recovered from the illness so … Read more
A Government minister has today revealed almost 140,000 Britons have been vaccinated against coronavirus, in the country’s largest vaccination programme. Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi said today 137,897 people have received the Pfizer jab so far, including 108,000 in England, 18,000 in Scotland, 7,897 in Wales and 4,000 in Northern Ireland. He said it was a … Read more
‘Pretty sure the Nazis did something similar with yellow stars’: Former Facebook exec comes under fire for saying everyone vaccinated should wear a certain color mask to let others know they have had a Covid jab Chamath Palihapitiya has come under fire on Twitter over coronavirus vaccines Ex-Facebook exec said everyone with a vaccine should … Read more
Coronavirus vaccines will be rolled out in care homes before Christmas, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has promised. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) put care home residents at the top of its priority list for the jabs. But they were not among the 5,000 or so Britons who were vaccinated today as the … Read more
People in Wales will get ID-style card to show they have been vaccinated for coronavirus, health minister says By James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 10:36 GMT, 2 December 2020 | Updated: 10:36 GMT, 2 December 2020 People in Wales are to receive an ID-style card to prove they have been vaccinated for … Read more
Operation Warp Speed head says first Americans could be given Pfizer vaccine on December 11 – and life could go back to normal by May if citizens get the vaccine COVID-19 vaccine program head Dr. Moncef Slaoui said the first Americans to receive the coronavirus vaccine could get it as soon as December 11 Psizer … Read more
Britons could be required to show QR codes on their phones to attend football matches, the theatre and other events, it was suggested today. The unique codes would only be given to those who have been vaccinated against coronavirus, under plans being considered by ministers, to signal they can attend large gatherings currently considered to … Read more
University of Oxford Oxford University academics began developing the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine in January. It is now named AZD1222, after the researchers signed a manufacturing partnership with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. Human trials started on April 23 and they are now in the final phase, with trials being carried out in the UK, Brazil and South … Read more
The head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund has claimed that he and his figure skater wife have already been vaccinated against coronavirus using an ‘experimental’ shot developed in Moscow. Kirill Dmitriev, 45-year-old manager of the $10billion Russian Direct Investment Fund, said that he, wife Natalia Popova and their family developed ‘double the antibodies’ of a … Read more