A museum for our times: The world’s first vaccination hub is in line to become a must-see attraction Vaccination was invented at Dr Jenner’s House in Berkeley some 200 years ago Well-wishers have sent donations to help save the little-known country museum It hopes to re-open in June and is set to be a must-see post-lockdown … Read more
All the living former presidents except for Donald Trump took part in two public service announcements encouraging Americans to get the COVID vaccine. In one video, the former first ladies – except for Melania Trump – are also pictured getting their shot. The one-minute spot shows Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George … Read more
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab hit back on Tuesday night against the European Council president Charles Michel after he claimed the UK had imposed an ‘outright’ ban on coronavirus vaccination exports. Britain also summoned the EU’s UK delegation as Raab wrote to European Council chief after he made the claims in his newsletter published earlier on … Read more
London‘s world-renowned Science Museum reopens as a Covid-19 vaccination centre on Thursday (March 11). The museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, which was founded in 1857, will serve north-west London as part of the NHS‘s vaccination programme. Vaccinations will take place in Special Exhibition Gallery 1, a vast temporary exhibition space where thousands of artefacts have … Read more
Majority of Brits would be happy to carry vaccination cards if it meant they could travel abroad study finds amid Government’s proposals for jab passports Majority of Britons, 75 per cent, would be willing to carry proof of vaccination Acceptance is highest among people over 65 who have been offered Covid-19 Anyone who gets a … Read more
Labour councillor is suspended after boasting on Facebook she had a Covid vaccination ‘privately’ despite jabs only being available on the NHS Jamila Azad, 65, is at the centre of an investigation after posting on social media She claimed to have had jab from a private medic amid ‘a long wait for the NHS’ Post … Read more
Dolly Parton has received a COVID-19 vaccination after pledging $1million of her own money to help fund trials earlier this year. On Tuesday, the 75-year-old country music icon posted a picture of herself getting the injection, with a caption that read: ‘Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine.’ ‘Hey it’s me!’ Parton said in … Read more
Maybot gets first Covid shot! Ex-PM Theresa May, 64, receives vaccination and tells public jab is ‘safe, gives you protection and helps to protect others’ Theresa May, 64, has received her first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine today She qualifies due to her age and the fact she was diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes Comes … Read more
Sophie Wessex has begun volunteering at a vaccination centre during lockdown to assist the Covid-19 jab rollout across the country. The Countess of Wessex, 56, who is the Grand President of St John Ambulance and a care volunteer for the charity, joined helpers at a centre in south-west London on Thursday after completing her training. … Read more
The pace of France’s Covid-19 vaccination programme is too slow to prevent new lockdown measures being needed to halt a third wave of hospitalisations, top scientists say. Experts at the prestigious Institut Pasteur say the current pace of around 100,000 jabs a day is ‘insufficient’ to rein in the effects of the highly contagious UK … Read more