Thousands of people across Britain have already had their initial Covid-19 jabs as NHS teams use the first 800,000 doses of the revolutionary vaccine. And with a million more soon to be here, the jab campaign is due to pick up pace fast. Crucially, GP surgeries are set to begin work as vaccination centres, while … Read more
Dozens of GP surgeries have decided against taking part in the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine roll-out due to ‘concerns their workloads are already too heavy,’ reports claim today. Around 100,000 Britons will reportedly have to go elsewhere for their Covid-19 inoculations as the second stage of the UK’s mass vaccination programme begins in local GP practices next week. … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the Covid-19 vaccination rollout By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:08 GMT, 9 December 2020 | Updated: 02:08 GMT, 9 December 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share or comment on this article:
48 hours to V-Day: From NHS hubs to how you get a jab, here’s everything you need to know about the Covid-19 vaccine rollout By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 23:09 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 23:09 GMT, 5 December 2020 Advertisement Hailed as the breakthrough that will help reclaim our lives, the vaccine … Read more
Grin and bear it: Scientists claim smiling or grimacing can make an injection feel less painful ahead of rollout of COVID vaccine US researchers recruited 231 students to pull expressions while being injected These included a neutral face, regular smiling, a ‘genuine’ smile and a grimace The latter two expressions lowered the pain felt by … Read more
TikTok is allowing users to upload three minute videos – triple the length of its current clips – in early roll out, but critics fear it’s the first step towards monetizing the app like Facebook TikTok caps videos at 60 seconds, but the app could allow up to three minutes A Twitter user shared an … Read more
Boris names a vaccine tsar: Minister who was furious his Stratford-on-Avon constituency had been plunged into Tier 3 is put in charge of mass-rollout as No 10 furiously tries to quell lockdown rebellion Nadhim Zahawi has been handed the role of deploying the coronavirus vaccine The Stratford-On-Avon MP has been vocal critic of Government’s tiered system … Read more
Britain slipped down the global broadband speed table, going from 34th place in 2019 to 47th this year – a result of a slow pure fibre network rollout, experts say. The Worldwide Broadband Speed League gathers data from more than 570 million speed tests in 221 countries or territories around the world to create a … Read more
Mobile phone giant Vodafone suffers court defeat that could open door to wave of legal challenges by landowners that host 5G phone masts By Jamie Nimmo, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:50 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 29 August 2020 Mobile phone giant Vodafone has suffered a defeat in court that could … Read more
Now smart meters are delayed AGAIN: Deadline for the national rollout of new energy reading devices gets put back to June 2025 Smart meter rollout deadline is put back until June 2025 after repeated delays Just 31 per cent of homes had a functioning device at the end of last month The delays have been … Read more