Malawi has burned almost 20,000 doses of expired coronavirus vaccines, despite assurances from health organisations that they were still safe to use. The 19,610 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine expired 18 days after arriving in Malawi, but both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union (AU) said the jabs were safe until mid-July. … Read more
Teenagers as young as 17 in Bolton have been given the Covid vaccine as 6,000 people rushed to have the jab over the weekend after an outbreak of the Indian variant. The town in Greater Manchester was identified as one of the UK’s hotspots as areas within the BL3 postcode registered a small number of … Read more
A total of 2,323 cases of the Indian Covid variant have now been found in England, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced today and figures show it now accounts for at least one in five infections. Mr Hancock said in a statement to Parliament today that 483 of the cases were in Bolton and Blackburn and … Read more
A preservative in AstraZeneca‘s Covid vaccine may trigger a rare overreaction from the immune system that causes blood clots, a scientist has claimed. Tiny numbers of people given the jab or the one made by Johnson & Johnson have developed a clotting condition that spooked some countries into turning their backs on it. The reasons for this … Read more
A rash that appears on the arms of some people who receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is harmless, a new study suggests. Researchers looked at data from 16 Americans who developed so-called ‘Covid arm,’ in which people experience itchy and swollen skin, sometimes accompanied by red lumps or hives. They found that the reaction is … Read more
Britain’s Covid cases rose slightly for the seventh day in a row today, amid fears the rapid spread of the Indian variant could jeopardise lockdown-easing plans. Department of Health bosses recorded 2,284 positive tests — up 6.5 per cent in the space of a week. But deaths are continuing to fall. Officials posted only 11 … Read more
The coronavirus vaccine programme in England will open up to people under the age of 40 for the first time tomorrow. An NHS Digital bulletin showed those aged 38 and 39 will be invited to come forward for their jab from Thursday morning. They will be offered either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine on the … Read more
The Indian Covid variant that is surging in Britain could spread up to 60 per cent faster than the dominant Kent strain, a scientist has claimed. Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said on Twitter he had analysed how the two strains compared and found the Indian … Read more
Putin claims Russia’s controversial Covid jabs are ‘as simple and reliable as a Kalashnikov assault rifle’ President Putin was welcoming the country’s fourth vaccine, Sputnik Light He said that Western nations have developed vaccines which were ‘innovative’ But he said the Russian jabs were simple and reliable like a Kalashnikov rifle By Ross Ibbetson For Mailonline … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle today urged vaccine manufacturers to ‘temporarily suspend’ intellectual property rights in order to help those in developing countries gain access to jabs – as they marked Archie’s second birthday by asking for $5 donations to aid global distribution. The Duke, 36, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, shared an emotive letter to the … Read more