Coronavirus vaccine makers have blasted the EU for being too slow to secure stocks of the jab as pressure mounts on France and Germany to speed up immunisation. The founder of BioNTech Uğur Şahin warned a ‘gap’ had emerged after EU leaders bet on other vaccines’ approval rather than ordering from those already available. He told Der … Read more
Pfizer and AstraZeneca have rejected Government warnings of months-long vaccine supply gaps, claiming there will be enough doses to hit the country’s ambitious targets. England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty this week warned that vaccine availability issues will ‘remain the case for several months’ as firms struggle to keep up with global demand. In a bid … Read more
President Donald Trump has blamed the slow rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines on the states as he praised his administration’s ‘successful’ distribution of the doses amid growing backlash over the disastrous program. Trump appeared to respond to mounting criticism of the vaccine rollout on Friday after new data revealed only a quarter of the shots … Read more
EU bureaucracy is accused of ‘costing lives’ after European regulators said they cannot approve the Oxford vaccine before February EU bureaucracy accused of ‘costing lives’ over slow Oxford vaccine approval European Medical Agency’s Noel Wathion said vaccine quality must be proven EU has bought 400million doses while waiting for it to receive approval EMA must … Read more
The prospects for the global economy in 2021 hinge on the same thing that has dominated 2020; the pandemic. The fundamental difference, of course, is that this year the pandemic was a surprise, whereas next year it will be a known quantity that we have the tools to defeat. A successful vaccination programme across some … Read more
Plastic pollution is killing Dubai’s wild camels by the hundreds because the animals mistake the toxic waste for food, experts have claimed. Marcus Eriksen, who studies plastic waste in the Gulf, said camels have been ingesting up to 10-stone of waste which then balls up in their stomachs – subjecting them to ‘agonising’ deaths that … Read more
Wearing a face mask while shopping for Christmas presents may slow the spread of coronavirus, scientists say. Current rules only require the coverings to be worn inside shops, with many quickly ripping them off as soon as they step back outside. But leading experts have now urged Brits to keep their masks on in crowded … Read more
Poor internet connectivity could knock up to £40,000 off the asking price of the average home, according to research released today. Buyers revealed they would only be willing to buy a property with slow broadband if it came with a huge 16 per cent discount. For the average British home, it could knock a staggering … Read more
There was ‘no hard evidence’ England’s controversial 10pm curfew prevented coronavirus from spreading, Sir Patrick Vallance has admitted. The chief scientific adviser said it was a ‘policy decision’ designed to limit the amount of time people spent indoors together – where Covid spreads most easily. But he conceded the intervention was not backed up with any … Read more
British families have discovered a love of foraging and home-cooking this year after the Covid-19 crisis ‘fundamentally reshaped’ their habits, according to a new study. Spending more time at home, a quarter bought food online for the first time during the pandemic and families also discovered a new love for home cooking, foraging in bushes … Read more