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A Covid-19 jab centre has been pictured lying empty with ‘vaccinators sitting idle’ as a volunteer slams the NHS system that only allows over-70s to book jabs meaning just one patient is being seen every half an hour. Sahar Hashemi, co-founder of the coffee chain Coffee Republic and brand Skinny Candy, shared a picture of … Read more
A ‘beautiful’, ‘kind’ and ‘passionate’ charity worker died of coronavirus on her 25th birthday, with well-wishers raising more than £10,000 in her memory for charity. Claudia Marsh, who had suffered with an undisclosed eating disorder, died at the Royal University Hospital in Wirral, Merseyside. Announcing her death, her heartbroken family set up a JustGiving page … Read more
How to escape Covid: Thousands are set to apply for volunteer posts on idyllic virus-free Lundy Island (but the only pub is still under Tier 2 rules) Lundy is advertising for five volunteers to assist the warden with conservation Promises ‘breath-taking land and seascapes, interesting and thoughtful people’ Not a singular case of Covid-19 has … Read more
Countess of cookery! Sophie Wessex dons an apron and face mask as she’s joined by Prince Edward to help community centre volunteers prepare meals Prince Edward, 56 and Sophie Wessex, 55, prepared charity meals in Woking Royals took part in cooking effort by FoodWise at Moorcroft Community Centre They put aprons on and chopped carrots … Read more
A volunteer in Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine trial has revealed she felt a ‘tiny sense of pride’ at taking part in research that could finally beat the virus. Sarah Hurst, 47, from South Oxfordshire, said it was a ‘great feeling’ after hearing today that the vaccine could trigger an immune response in up to 90 … Read more
How you may get your Covid-19 jab from a charity volunteer: Helpers with no medical experience are being recruited in roll-out of coronavirus vaccine St John Ambulance offering teaching for non first aiders on how to do injections The vaccination volunteers are only required to have two or more A-levels The charity usually provides first … Read more
Brazil has suspended clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine after an ‘adverse incident’ involving a volunteer recipient. The setback for CoronaVac, developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech, came as US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said its own vaccine candidate had shown 90 per cent effectiveness – sending global markets soaring and raising hopes of an end … Read more
A speeding driver who had taken cocaine and ended up killing a church-going volunteer in a 60mph crash ‘goaded’ by another motorist, has been jailed. Stephen Milligan lost control of his Nissan 350z while he chased after an Audi in front which kept slowing down and speeding up. When the Audi accelerated around a bend, … Read more
BAME communities urged to volunteer for Covid-19 vaccine trials as figures show they account for less than 5% of participants UK Vaccine Taskforce was launched in April to ‘drive forward, expedite and co-ordinate efforts to research and then produce a coronavirus vaccine’ While over 250,000 Britons have taken part in trials since then, 93% are … Read more
Dr João Pedro R. Feitosa (pictured), a 28-year-old from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, was confirmed to be the volunteer who died in the Brazilian arm of AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine trial A volunteer in the Brazilian arm of AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford’s coronavirus vaccine trial has died, the country’s health … Read more