Boris Johnson today announced he is bringing in the Army to bolster the UK’s coronavirus vaccination drive and claimed the NHS will be able to give 200,000 jabs every day by next Friday as part of ambitious lockdown-ending plans. With the roll-out of vaccines the only light at the end of the tunnel, the Prime … Read more
GPs are being urged to ‘stand down’ routine appointments so they can prioritise Covid vaccinations, it was claimed last night. Guidance sent to doctors says the jabs should be their top priority – with other ‘non-essential’ activities postponed, potentially for weeks. NHS England has already advised surgeries to focus on the delivery of the vaccine … Read more
Send in the troops! 150 new mobile Army teams will deliver vaccinations with a fleet of Land Rovers and Chinook helicopters It is part of a mission dubbed Operation Delta Force, Mail on Sunday can reveal Defence sources say operation – named after elite US Special Forces unit – will involve medics and logistics experts … Read more
The number of vaccines Britain gives out before lockdown rules can start to be loosened will depend on the ‘risk appetite’ of the Government and how well they work in real life, scientists say. There are around 31.7million people on the official waiting list for a jab, which includes everyone over the age of 50, … Read more
The number of vaccines Britain gives out before lockdown rules can start to be loosened will depend on the ‘risk appetite’ of the Government and how well they work in real life, scientists say. There are around 31.7million people on the official waiting list for a jab, which includes everyone over the age of 50, … Read more
France warns a third national lockdown is possible if Covid cases keep rising – as nation launches its vaccination campaign amid fears of a post-Christmas spike Health Minister Olivier Veran said he ‘will never exclude’ measures necessary to protect the public His comments came on Sunday as France launched its vaccination campaign France reported just … Read more
NHS vaccinates 11% of over-80s in first two weeks: A total of 366,715 people in the highest Covid risk group received first jab doses by December 20, data shows Office for National Statistics estimates there are 3.4million over-80s in England A total of 521,594 received their first dose of a Covid vaccine by December 20 … Read more
‘Thank God I live here’: Veteran entertainer Lionel Blair, 92, receives the first of two COVID-19 jabs at his local vaccination centre in Epsom Since the vaccine was rolled out last week, the highest risk groups have been given the jabs and on Wednesday Lionel received the vaccination The Surrey-based star revealed he is set … Read more
Nursing home residents in the U.S. will begin receiving their first coronavirus vaccines later this week. During a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) briefing on Monday, officials said the individual states will decided when elderly Americans will received Pfizzer’s jab ‘Allocations for vaccines went out to the states, to the locations that they directed, and … Read more
Britain yesterday began mass vaccination of the public with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the ‘end in sight’ to pandemic lockdown rules. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get it first, how much it costs and where people will be vaccinated. What could the logistical challenges of delivering it be? … Read more