The UK is coming under pressure to follow the US and EU lead to call for Covid vaccine patents to be ditched so companies can make cheaper versions to send to poor countries. Jab-makers currently own the rights to their vaccine recipes – known as intellectual property rights or IP rights – and other firms … Read more
Only tiny numbers of people are being hospitalised with coronavirus after their first vaccine dose has kicked in, NHS data has revealed. Numbers analysed by SAGE showed that around one per cent of people hospitalised with the virus in the second wave were three weeks post-vaccine, by which time they are expected to have protection. … Read more
The UK today confirmed another 2,685 coronavirus cases and 17 deaths as the numbers continue to fall but Boris Johnson cautioned the country is ‘not out of the woods yet’. Positive tests were up very slightly on last Tuesday’s 2,524, a 6.8 per cent increase, while deaths fell by half from 33 a week ago. … Read more
A quarter of British adults are now fully vaccinated against Covid, as the UK passed the 13.2million mark for second doses today. Department of Health data shows 33.8million people have now had a first dose, with 47million vaccines now dished out. Health chiefs have praised the significant step and called for more people to take … Read more
The EU SUES AstraZeneca for ‘failing to honour its contract’ after Brussels’ disastrous vaccine roll-out put it months behind US and UK By Chris Pleasance for MailOnline and Reuters Published: 13:11 BST, 26 April 2021 | Updated: 13:27 BST, 26 April 2021 The EU is suing AstraZeneca over shortfalls in Covid vaccines which it blames … Read more
You WON’T need a Covid passport to visit the pub: Boris Johnson shelves plans to bring in controversial ‘certification scheme’ Boris Johnson has shifted focus of Covid passport scheme away from hospitality Officials ordered to concentrate on devising system to enable foreign travel Follows backlash from Tory MPs and hospitality industry about Covid passports By … Read more
More than half of UK population has received first dose of Covid vaccine after figures showed 33.4m people have had jab Of 38,189,536 total doses given in England so far, 28,102,852 were first doses Experts have said vaccines should be able to control the Covid-19 pandemic After two doses of Pfizer, there was a 70 … Read more
The Niece of Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb has been found dead with her dog by her side as her family pay tribute to their ‘beloved girl’ and worry they will not be able to give her a fitting send off because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Bernice Gibb Rhoades, 56, known to friends and … Read more
An Oregon woman in her 50s has died of a rare blood clot within two weeks of receiving Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine, state officials announced Thursday. She is the 10th person publicly confirmed to have had the rare adverse event. Six other women, all between 18 and 50, developed the brain rare clots … Read more
Five experts on the panel that will vote on whether to lift the pause – a committee of 15 – on Friday spoke with Business Insider. All five want Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose shot to still be used in the U.S. But several suggested it should come with a warning, advising young women of rare … Read more