A single-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese firm CanSino Biologics and a team led by Beijing’s top military bio-warfare expert is reported to show 65.7 per cent efficacy in preventing symptomatic cases. The drug also demonstrated a 90.98 per cent success rate in stopping severe disease in an interim analysis of global trials, according to Pakistan‘s health … 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
Sophisticated scammers are exploiting Britain’s mass vaccination programme by sending out bogus emails and text messages purporting to be from the NHS offering a Covid jab. Those targeted are told that they have been chosen, ‘on the basis of family genetics and medical history’ and are given the option to accept or decline the invitation. … Read more
Ministers are facing questions over the vaccination target today as they could claim success with far fewer than 13.9million people given jabs. Boris Johnson has set the target of inoculating the four highest priority groups by February 15, warning that it will be ‘very hard’. But although the PM and other ministers have suggested it … Read more
Boris Johnson is accused of trying to delay May’s local elections until the summer so he can benefit from a ‘vaccine bump’ after jab is rolled out By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 10:04 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 14:19 GMT, 13 January 2021 Boris Johnson has been accused of seeking to … Read more
Boris Johnson is accused of trying to delay May’s local elections until the summer so he can benefit from a ‘vaccine bump’ after jab is rolled out By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 10:04 GMT, 13 January 2021 | Updated: 14:19 GMT, 13 January 2021 Boris Johnson has been accused of seeking to … Read more
A Chinese doctor has caused controversy after calling the country’s COVID-19 vaccine ‘the most unsafe in the world’. Dr Tao Lina, a vaccine expert from Shanghai, pointed out to his 4.8million social media followers on Tuesday that the jab developed by Beijing’s state-run drugmaker Sinopharm had 73 side effects. After his remarks were widely reported … Read more
Embarrassment for Health Secretary Matt Hancock as London GP surgery he visits to promote the launch of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine roll-out reveals it HASN’T GOT ANY Minister visited the Bloomsbury Surgery in central London this morning Said Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine being supplied to GPs across the country But surgery partner said its first delivery had … Read more
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is causing allergic reactions at a rate that is less than ‘what one could expect from’ other shots, says the chief scientific adviser for Operation Warp Speed Dr. Moncef Slaoui said that the last time he was updated on allergic reactions was on Tuesday, when there were six cases ‘That frequency, as … Read more
Pfizer’s Covid vaccine will be rolled out to residents of English care homes with more than 50 beds in next few weeks Vaccine will be rolled out to residents in care homes with more than 50 beds The move was outlined at a meeting on Tuesday and involved NHS England It is understood the vaccine … Read more
Kristen Choi (pictured), an assistant professor in the School of Nursing at UCLA said she experienced several side effects after taking the second of two shots of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine including pain at the injection side, headache, nausea and a fever of 104.9F A nurse who took part in Pfizer Inc’s late-stage coronavirus vaccine trial … Read more
Britons may wear facemasks and use hand sanitiser for years to come, even after a successful coronavirus vaccine becomes available, one of the government’s top medics said today. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam warned that there would not be an opportunity to ‘have a massive party and throw out our masks and hand sanitiser’ in a similar … Read more
‘It’s been good to me and my family through the years’: Dolly Parton praises ‘exciting’ news that her $1m hospital donation helped to fund Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline Published: 11:32 GMT, 18 November 2020 | Updated: 19:02 GMT, 18 November 2020 Dolly Parton has praised the ‘exciting’ news that her $1million hospital … Read more