Thousands of people are turning down AstraZeneca jabs in France due to ‘wave of panic’ created by Emmanuel Macron – with blood clot link ‘the final blow’ Medics say people are turning down the vaccine in droves after Macron’s U-turns Political opponents claim the anti-Brexiteer questioned jab to attack the UK Mayor of Calais today … Read more
By Reuters and Natalie Rahhal US Health Editor for DailyMail.com Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine is still 91 percent effective at preventing COVID-19, offers six months of protection and does work against worrisome South African variant, new firm data reveal. In fact, the shot was 100 percent effective in preventing illness among trial participants in South Africa, where … Read more
Professor Adam Finn, from Bristol University, said the decision hinged on whether children would be benefitted by the vaccine British children may only be asked to get Covid vaccines if the spread of the virus threatens to shut schools once again, a Government vaccine adviser said today. Professor Adam Finn, who sits on the advisory … Read more
Huge queues formed outside an NHS vaccination clinic after word got out about extra doses – with Londoners of all ages queuing up for the sought-after jab. More than 2,000 people rushed to Walthamstow Library in north-east London after the council opened a walk-in jab clinic between 11am and 6.30pm today. The council said first doses were being … Read more
Northern Ireland has today officially expanded its coronavirus vaccine drive to people under the age of 50, becoming the first home nation to move onto the next phase of the roll-out. The country’s NHS is now inviting everyone over 45 to book their appointment at a vaccination centre or one of 350 pharmacies deploying the … Read more
Germany and France were negotiating with Vladimir Putin to supply Russia’s coronavirus vaccine to the EU. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron were on a video call with the Russian president on Tuesday night. The leaders discussed ‘cooperation’, which would see the Sputnik jab made used in the European Union once regulators give … Read more
Two-thirds of disease experts believe coronavirus variants will render vaccines ineffective within one year, a new survey finds. Conducted by the People’s Vaccine Alliance, about 66 percent of epidemiologists, virologists and infectious disease specialists say they think that within 12 months, the virus will mutate to such a degree that first-generation vaccines will be useless … Read more
Boris Johnson tonight revealed GlaxoSmithKline will support the manufacturing of up to 60million doses of the Novavax coronavirus vaccine in the UK. No10’s vaccines taskforce has signed a deal with British drugs giant GSK to ‘fill and finish’ supplies of the American jab at its factory in Durham starting from May. Mr Johnson said the move … Read more
Experimental drug cuts the risk of hospitalized COVID-19 patients needing a ventilator by 54%, trial data show Lenzilumab is a monoclonal antibody that targets a protein known as granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) GM-CSF is believed to be responsible for cytokine storms occur, which when the body doesn’t just fight off the virus but also attacks … Read more
Angela Merkel has blamed German ‘perfectionism’ for the country’s current coronavirus chaos with vaccine doses going unused and patchy lockdown rules failing to rein in the third wave. The long-serving chancellor called for more ‘flexibility’ as she acknowledged flaws in a bureaucratic vaccine roll-out which has seen only 10 per cent of the population get … Read more