Europe’s vaccine chaos is set to continue into the spring with as many as 90million doses missing from AstraZeneca shipments in the second quarter of 2021. An EU official involved in talks with the firm says the company has warned that it may deliver only half of its promised 180million doses from April to June. … Read more
Gavin Williamson has claimed there are no coronavirus vaccine supply issues, despite Britain’s roll-out suffering its worst slump in a month. The Education Secretary insisted today there was ‘no problem’ with deliveries of doses and said ‘there will always be some days’ when uptake dips lower. Figures show just 150,000 Covid vaccines jabs were dished … Read more
Step One Part One: March 8 From March 8, all pupils and students will return to schools and colleges across England. So-called wrap-around childcare will also be allowed to resume, paving the way for after and before school clubs to reopen. People will be allowed to meet one other person outside for recreation, for example, … Read more
MPs blast ‘send jabs abroad’ demand after the new head of the World Trade Organisation called for rich countries to send vaccines to poorer nations ‘now’ WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said: ‘I don’t think we should wait to get surplus’ MPs reacted by arguing that Government’s first duty is to protect its own people Boris … Read more
Israel has opened a Covid vaccination centre in a bar and is offering a free drink to anyone who gets a shot to encourage young people to get vaccinated. Tel Aviv’s Jenia gastropub, which has been closed for long period during the pandemic, opened its doors to serve punters a different type of shot on … Read more
Only half of appointments for coronavirus vaccines are being used at Manchester’s mass vaccination centre, it was revealed today, as Andy Burnham called for the rollout to be expanded to stop doses going to waste. The mayor of Greater Manchester said the jabs are just ‘sitting in fridges’ at the Etihad stadium’s hub, and warned … Read more
Pfizer has not delivered ten million vaccine jabs to the EU that were due in December in latest blow to the bloc following AstraZeneca row with UK Pfizer has not delivered 10million vaccine doses to the EU due back in December So far the EU has received around 28million two-dose vaccines from Pfizer This is … Read more
EVERY adult in Britain could be given TWO Covid jabs by August ‘or sooner if we need to’ the head of the vaccine taskforce reveals Clive Dix said more vaccines would be approved for use in the ‘very near future’ Would provide enough shots in case of production issues with existing supplier No10 today urged … Read more
Hundreds of frail and elderly people are forced to queue in the freezing cold to receive Covid jabs at Plymouth Argyle football stadium as relatives blast ‘absolute shambles’ Queue compared to match day-style crowds, with some waiting up 90 minutes Storm Darcy has brought snow and freezing temperatures across the UK today Relatives of those … Read more
Vaccine nationalism? Many Britons say they would not feel safe taking Chinese or Russian jabs even if they are approved for use by UK regulators – but a huge 90% back the Oxford version Poll shows some 73 per cent of people say it does not matter which jab they get But the survey found … Read more