Regulators prohibit Pfizer vaccine for people with ‘significant’ allergies after two NHS staff suffer reactions December 9, 2020 Two NHS staff members who received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on the first day of Britain’s mass vaccination programme yesterday suffered an allergic reaction, NHS England has confirmed. UK regulators have now issued a warning that people who have a history of “significant” allergic reactions should not currently receive the Pfizer vaccine. This applies to people [...]
Astrazeneca vaccine ‘safe and effective’, study finds December 8, 2020 The Astrazeneca/Oxford University vaccine is safe and effective in vaccinating people against coronavirus, independent analysis has confirmed.
‘Step forward for your country’: Matt Hancock urges Brits to get coronavirus vaccine December 8, 2020 Matt Hancock has told Britons to “step forward for your country” and get the coronavirus vaccine, as the NHS today started the largest vaccination programme in British history. “Today marks the start of the fight back against our common enemy coronavirus,” said the health secretary told the Commons this afternoon. “And while today’s the day [...]
V-Day: All your vaccine questions answered December 8, 2020 Ninety-year-old Margaret Keenan this morning became the first person in the world to receive a coronavirus vaccine outside of a trial, marking the start of Britain’s largest vaccination programme in history. Jabs of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine will be administered at dozens of hospital hubs across the country from today, dubbed V-Day by health secretary Matt [...]
Pfizer vaccine ‘arrives in UK’ for distribution December 4, 2020 The Pfizer/Biontech coronavirus vaccine has arrived in the UK ready for distribution to the public, marking a major step in the global fight against the pandemic. Freight deliveries from Belgium have hit UK shores and will now transport the vaccine at -70C across the devolved nations. The UK on Wednesday became the first country in [...]
Hackers target vaccine supply chain in suspected state-led cyber attack December 3, 2020 The international Covid vaccine supply chain has been targeted by a suspected state-led cyber attack, according to IBM. An alert issued by the US government showed IBM tracked a campaign aimed at the delivery “cold chain” used to keep vaccines at the correct temperature during transit. Hackers targeted a range of organisations including within the [...]
Positive coronavirus tests fall 28 per cent as England’s lockdown makes its mark December 3, 2020 Positive Covid cases dropped more than a quarter in England last week, according to the latest Test and Trace figures, as the country begins to feel the effects of the nationwide lockdown. Figures from the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) found that just over 110,000 people in England tested positive for coronavirus in [...]
Dr Fauci joins EU leaders in slamming Britain for swift vaccine approval December 3, 2020 American chief medical adviser has joined the EU in slamming Britain’s swift approval of the Pfizer/Biontech coronavirus vaccine. “If you go quickly and you do it superficially, people are not going to want to get vaccinated,” America’s top immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci told Fox News. “We have the gold standard of a regulatory approach with [...]
Pfizer vaccine to be rolled out across 50 hospital hubs from next week December 2, 2020 Around 50 hospital hubs around England will start offering the Pfizer vaccine to patients and staff in care homes from next week, the chief executive of the NHS has announced. Speaking at this evening’s Downing Street press conference, Simon Stephens said the NHS would also start sending letters out next week inviting vulnerable members of [...]
Pfizer vaccine: Matt Hancock green-lights 800,000 doses for rollout next week December 2, 2020 The NHS will start vaccinating the most vulnerable next week, after 800,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine passed batch testing this morning, the health secretary has said. Announcing the UK’s approval of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine in the Commons this morning, Matt Hancock said: “I can confirm that batch testing has been completed this morning for [...]