A vaccination drive that has begun to pick up speed is propelling the United States ahead in the race to immunize its population against COVID-19. Currently, the U.S. ranks seventh in the world, with 25.7 percent of Americans having received at least one dose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more
New federal recommendations suggest states include people with disabilities or cognitive decline and their caretakers on their lists of who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday evening, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quietly updated its guidance on who should be getting the shots. CDC officials continued to stress that all … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… vaccinating migrants By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 01:59 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 01:59 GMT, 9 February 2021 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178. Share or comment on this article:
The Children’s Commissioner today insisted teachers should receive Covid-19 vaccinations after the first on the priority list as calls grow for schools to reopen. Anne Longfield said about 500,000 teachers and 500,000 support staff could all be given the jab ‘in a couple of days’ given recent data on UK vaccination capacity. She added that … Read more
Even vaccinating 100 percent of the population may not be enough to eradicate COVID-19 once ‘super-covid’ variants become dominant in the US, a new study suggests. Because the more infectious variant means each new case leads to a greater number of cases, vaccines – even the most effective ones – may not be able to … Read more
Supermarkets, high-street pharmacies and breweries have offered to help deliver Britain’s great coronavirus vaccine drive after the Government pinned all of its hopes on jabs rescuing the country from its third lockdown. Three Morrisons car parks will be converted into drive-through Covid-19 vaccination hubs from Monday, with another 47 on standby if ministers need them, … Read more
Ambitious hopes the UK could vaccinate 24million people against Covid by Easter might not be enough to end the pandemic, scientists warned today. In an attempt to soften the blow of putting three-quarters of England under Tier 4 lockdowns today, Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson claimed the approval of Oxford University/AstraZeneca‘s game-changing jab opened the … Read more
Europe finally starts vaccinating… three weeks after Britain became the first country to start using Pfizer jabs The first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been despatched Most health authorities to begin delivering jabs to the most vulnerable today At least 600,000 Britons have already been inoculated against Covid-19 By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: … Read more