Fewer than 60% of black Britons over the age of 70 have had their Covid vaccine – while rate is 91% in white adults, official data shows Office for National Statistics found just 58% of black African Brits over 70 had received first dose by March 11 Nationally, uptake in over-70s was 90.2% when all … Read more
When the Government roadmap out of lockdown was announced last month, we saw an immediate spike in activity on our website as people searched for flights to Europe and beyond, writes British Airways boss Sean Doyle Britain’s inoculation programme is an example to the world. The NHS has bought millions of doses of the Covid-19 … Read more
Sitting on my terrace in Tangier with a breakfast croissant while being watched by some pert little sparrows, thoughts turn to the opening of the world’s borders. Right now, with no ferries and no planes, Tangier is eerily quiet for a usually bustling port town. I have been locked down in Morocco for more than … Read more
One in 25 Britons hospitalised with Covid since December were vaccinated, No10’s scientific advisers have found. Analysis by SAGE shows 1,800 out of 43,000 patients admitted with the virus since December 8 had received at least one dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca’s jab. The vast majority caught the coronavirus shortly before their appointment or … Read more
One in 25 Britons hospitalised with Covid since December were vaccinated, No10’s scientific advisers have found. Analysis by SAGE shows 1,800 out of 43,000 patients admitted with the virus since December 8 had received at least one dose of either Pfizer or AstraZeneca’s jab. The vast majority caught the coronavirus shortly before their appointment or … Read more
Sellers are advertising Covid-19 date stamps and badges for sale on Amazon which could help people falsely claim they have had their vaccination. Some 28million Britons have so far received their first dose of the jab, and everyone who is vaccinated receives a card stating the name, date and batch number of the inoculation they … Read more
India has banned AstraZeneca exports in a fresh blow to Britain’s supply chain woes after the EU last night threatened an embargo until deliveries are met. A second wave is gripping the country and there is increased demand for the doses made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s biggest vaccine-maker. The SII has … Read more
Oxford University to trial giving AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as a nasal spray with the hope it will trigger a better and faster immune response in the lungs Oxford university is looking for 30 adults to receive vaccine through nasal spray Trials could begin next week and are expected to last four months Trial follows announcements that … Read more
Oxford University to trial giving AstraZeneca Covid vaccine as a nasal spray with the hope it will trigger a better and faster immune response in the lungs Oxford university is looking for 30 adults to receive vaccine through nasal spray Trials could begin next week and are expected to last four months Trial follows announcements that … Read more
AstraZeneca REVISES its COVID-19 vaccine data: Drug giant now says the shot is 76 per cent effective in preventing infection – instead of 79 per cent – after backlash from NIH over ‘outdated data’ from its US trial The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases accused AstraZeneca of using outdated trial data In a … Read more