Health officials have insisted that Britain is not opting for a ‘mix and match’ Covid-19 vaccination approach, and have said it is not recommended to give patients two different doses. The warning came after Britain’s guidance for its coronavirus vaccine rollout was updated to say that a ‘mix and match’ approach to vaccine administration is ‘reasonable’ … Read more
European countries have followed the UK’s lead in rolling out ‘new weapon’ vaccines in the fight against covid-19, as pensioners and medics line up to get the first shots. The mass covid-19 vaccination drive begun on Sunday in countries including Italy, Spain, Germany and Slovakia as EU governments agreed on an official roll out date … Read more
Old and vulnerable people ‘AREN’T getting their Covid jabs’ with spare vaccines offered to healthy volunteers At one health centre in South London 75 doses of the vaccine were left over The Pfizer vaccine must be used within five days of being thawed to work Elderly people may be struggling with transport or are nervous … Read more
‘We’re so lucky!’ Rachel Riley shares sweet snap with daughter Maven after her one-year jabs as she thanks scientists for ‘protecting her from diseases’ By Joanna Crawley For Mailonline Published: 15:55 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 15:55 GMT, 17 December 2020 Rachel Riley gave her fans an update on life as a mum on … Read more
Britain won’t vaccinate all 30million vulnerable residents against Covid for a decade, if Number 10’s mammoth operation continues at the current speed. Department of Health bosses today claimed 137,897 people across Britain were given the approved Pfizer/BioNTech jab during the first eight days of the UK’s biggest-ever vaccination drive. At that rate — roughly 17,237 … Read more
A procedure that involves inflating a hot balloon inside the gut could reverse type 2 diabetes and free thousands of patients from daily insulin injections, say doctors. The pioneering operation is set to be offered to a handful of British patients as part of an international trial, after promising early results which saw three-quarters of … Read more
Nearly half of care home staff won’t take the coronavirus vaccine, with bosses desperately calling on ministers to make jabs compulsory among healthcare workers. Nadra Ahmed, chairman of the National Care Association, said as many as 40% of carers could choose not to take up the option as it is rolled out over the coming … Read more
Good luck with that! Russians are told to lay off alcohol for nearly two months when having Covid jabs Consumer safety watchdog head Anna Popova issued the advice on Tuesday Sputnik V vaccine recipients should avoid alcohol for two weeks before jab, she said, then for 42 days after the first injection The drug’s developer … Read more
Oxford scientists say the more effective half-dose regimen of their coronavirus vaccine was not given by ‘mistake’. In a hit back against claims that the team had accidentally given people the wrong doses of the vaccine, the researchers said they had known the doses would be smaller because of a manufacturing issue before they injected … Read more
CDC’s smartphone tool that will track the first Americans to receive coronavirus jabs may be vulnerable to hackers and anti-vaxxers filing false reports about the safety of the shots, health officials claim V-SAFE is a smartphone tool developed by the CDC to track patients who received the first coronavirus vaccines Patients will scan a QR … Read more