Walgreens under fire for giving second Pfizer Covid shot doses late

Walgreens gave hundreds of thousands of Americans their second doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine a week late, flouting U.S. guidelines and confusing customers, the New York Times has revealed.   Pfizer’s vaccine is authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be given in two doses, spread three weeks apart, while Moderna’s is given three … Read more

UK dishes out record 400,000 second doses of Covid vaccines

UK dishes out record 400,000 second doses of Covid vaccines as figures show England has now reached 87% of all over-50s By Connor Boyd Assistant Health Editor For Mailonline Published: 16:39 BST, 1 April 2021 | Updated: 16:39 BST, 1 April 2021 Britain administered a record 400,000 second coronavirus vaccine doses on Wednesday, latest official … Read more

15 million doses of J&J vaccine ruined by ingredient mix-up

BREAKING NEWS: Shipments of 15 MILLION doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one dose Covid vaccine will be halted after ingredient mix-up at Baltimore plant Workers at an Emergent BioSolutions plant swapped two ingredients in Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine  The mix-up happened about two weeks ago but does not affect shipments that went out this … Read more

Israel gives two vaccine doses to more than half its population

More than half of Israel’s population has been fully vaccinated with two doses of protection against Covid-19, the country’s health minister announced today.  Israel’s rapid progress means more than 4.6million people have had two jabs and are eligible for a so-called ‘green pass’ in a scheme being closely watched by other countries.  Around 60 per … Read more

Britain’s Covid vaccine drives hits record daily high of 660,000 doses

Britain’s Covid vaccine drive hit a record high today after 660,000 doses were dished out in 24 hours, official figures revealed today. Some 26.2million Britons have now received their first dose, or half the adult population of 52million. And 2million have got their second dose as the drive continues at pace. Department of Health figures … Read more

Tokyo 2020: Chinese Olympic Committee offers vaccine doses to athletes competing at Games

BREAKING NEWS: Tokyo Olympics bosses agree deal to buy Covid vaccines from China to get all 30,000 athletes jabbed and make sure the Games go ahead, despite hosts Japan lagging behind on vaccinations for the public The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics are due to get underway on July 23 The IOC has urged countries to … Read more

Chinese Olympic Committee offers vaccine doses to athletes competing at Tokyo 2020

BREAKING NEWS: Tokyo Olympics bosses agree deal to buy Covid vaccines from China to get all 30,000 athletes jabbed and make sure the Games go ahead, despite hosts Japan lagging behind on vaccinations for the public The rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympics are due to get underway on July 23 The IOC has urged countries to … Read more

EU BLOCKS shipment of 250k doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Italy to Australia

The EU has blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines from leaving Italy for Australia using controversial export laws for the first time. Authorities in Italy refused to grant a licence for 250,000 doses manufactured in the country to be exported, meaning the shipment could not leave Thursday as planned. Officials in Rome had informed the … Read more

More than two-thirds of people aged between 65 and 69 have had their first vaccine doses

More than two-thirds of people aged between 65 and 69 have had their first vaccine doses – just a week after invitations went out, health bosses say NHS chief said the vaccine could be leading to a fall in Covid hospitalisation Now a further 460,000 people aged 64 will be called to receive their jabs … Read more

US has a ‘backlog’ of SIX MILLION coronavirus vaccines doses

The U.S. has a ‘backlog’ of six million coronavirus vaccine doses due to the massive winter storms that have swept the Midwest and Texas, the Biden administration revealed on Friday.    Andy Slavitt, the White House senior advisor for COVID-19 response, said during a press briefing that the logjam is three days’ worth of shipments that … Read more