Pfizer and Moderna vaccine supply limits pace of jab rollout June 30, 2021 There are not enough Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being supplied to reduce the eight week interval between doses, according to analysts. “It appears from the data available that Pfizer and Moderna supplies are the pace-limiting factor,” Matt Linley, an analyst at Airfinity, a data company tracking the vaccine rollout, told The Times. Last month, the [...]
Unexplained sneezing: Covid symptoms different for fully vaccinated June 29, 2021 Data from the world’s largest ongoing Covid study suggests Covid symptoms may be different for those fully vaccinated, with unexplained sneezing more likely to be an indicator. Research from the ZOE Covid symptom study app, a not-for-profit initiative led by King’s College London, suggests sneezing may be a more common sign of infection for those with [...]
Covid update: ‘Stronger border’ could have curbed Delta variant in UK June 27, 2021 A leading government coronavirus adviser said that the Delta Covid variant could have been stopped in its tracks if the UK had enforced stricter border measures. The chair of the UK’s advisory group for new and emerging respiratory virus threats (Netvag) said that “stronger border measures may have delayed […] even have prevented” the Delta [...]
Changes to UK amber list travel rules will be “later this summer” June 24, 2021 Travel to the UK’s amber list countries will be quarantine-free on return for fully vaccinated Brits “later this summer,” under government plans still being decided. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the government is still considering plans and will set out further details on amber list travel in July, delaying what the travel industry had hoped [...]
JP Morgan may mandate all US staff to get Covid vaccine June 24, 2021 JP Morgan Chase also ordered all US employees to disclose their vaccine status by the end of June. America’s largest bank has sent a memo to all US staff “strongly urging” them to get a Covid vaccine before a planned return to the office in July – and dangled the possibility of mandatory vaccination. “We [...]
UK researchers identify level of antibodies needed to prevent symptomatic Covid-19 June 24, 2021 Scientists at the University of Oxford said the results of their research could help speed up new vaccine development. Oxford-based medical researchers have today released a new study indentifying the level of antibodies required to prevent symptomatic Covid – referred to as the “correlates of protection”. Their findings could serve as a huge breakthrough in [...]
US health agency says ‘likely association’ between heart inflammation and Covid vaccine June 23, 2021 The US national health agency said there was a “likely association” between a rare inflammatory heart condition and the Covid vaccine in teenagers and young adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said there was “a “likely association of myocarditis with mRNA vaccination” in young people, mostly after they’ve received their second vaccine. [...]
London vaccine race: Mass events send new boroughs to the front June 23, 2021 Haringey has shot to the front of the vaccine race after a mass vaccination event took place at Tottenham Hotspur stadium at the weekend. Almost 4,200 Pfizer vaccinations were received at the stadium on Sunday, according to the latest NHS vaccine data. Haringey, the borough that hosted the stadium event, administered 2,445 first doses of [...]
Three in five adults in the UK have now received two vaccine doses June 23, 2021 More than 60 per cent of adults in the UK have now received two doses of the Covid vaccine, as the rollout continues with pace. The milestone follows last week’s extension of the vaccine invite to all over-18s in the UK. 75m doses of the Covid vaccines have now been administered in the UK, the [...]
41 cases of ‘Delta plus’ Covid strain found in UK June 23, 2021 41 cases of a mutation of the Delta variant of coronavirus, being labelled “Delta plus”, have been found in England. Public Health England (PHE) confirmed it is monitoring 41 cases of Delta-AY.1 – a mutation of the Delta “variant of concern” that originated in India. The first cases of the Delta strain in England were [...]