White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki admitted on Monday officials had no idea how many vaccines were in reserve across the US The White House on Monday admitted that it has no idea how many COVID vaccines there are in the country. Press Secretary Jen...
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Covid UK: South African strain ‘may make vaccine 50% less effective’
Chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance has given Matt Hancock a slap on the wrists for claiming, without clear evidence, that the South African variant of coronavirus may make jabs 50% less effective. The Health Secretary made the sensational claim in footage obtained by MailOnline...
Covid UK: Daily death rate hits 1,820 peak though infections fall
Britain today recorded its deadliest day of the Covid pandemic for second day in a row with 1,820 more victims, as the overall death toll creeps ever closer to the grim 100,000 milestone. Department of Health data shows nearly 20,000 fatalities have been recorded in...
Up to HALF of Covid survivors ‘may still be vulnerable to South African variant’
The South African coronavirus variant may slip past parts of the immune system in as many as half of people infected with different versions of the virus in the past, scientists warn. Researchers say that a mutation on a specific part of the virus’s outer...
Matt Hancock says vaccination drive is ‘a full seven-day’ service
Matt Hancock has insisted the UK’s ambitious vaccination drive is a ‘full seven-day service’ – despite an apparent drop in the number of people receiving jabs at the weekend. This week’s figures showed a total of 321,951 people received a dose of the Oxford or Pfizer vaccine...
Covid-19: New variants may mean vaccines need regular updates
New coronavirus variants across the global could interrupt the progress being made in the battle against the pandemic. Over the past few weeks, a number of new strains have been found, including in the UK, South Africa and Brazil. Scientists warn that these new variants...
54 cases of South African variant have now been spotted in Britain
Dozens of cases of the South African Covid variant have already been spotted in Britain, it was revealed today. The Covid-19 Genomics Consortium UK (COG-UK) said 54 Brits have tested positive for the variant so far, with the first case spotted in October last year. ...
Andrew Cuomo says 74% available Covid vaccine has been administered
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says the state’s supply of coronavirus vaccines is running low and that a majority of available doses are in arms. During a press conference on Friday morning, Cuomo revealed 74 percent of more than 1.1 million shots have been administered. ...
Joe Biden renaming Operation Warp Speed as part of vaccination plans
Joe Biden will rename Operation Warp Speed as part of massive effort to roll out vaccines after calling Trump administration’s plans ‘dismal’ President-elect Joe Biden will retire the name ‘Operation Warp Speed’ as he rolls out his own plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines Friday from...
Covid US: Joe Biden wants states to vaccinate over-65s IMMEDIATELY
President-elect Joe Biden instructed states to give COVID-19 vaccines to all essential workers and Americans over 65 immediately, to stop doses from lingering on shelves. ‘The process of establishing priority groups was driven by science, but the problem – the implementation has been too rigid...