Only SIX out of 6million Britons given AstraZeneca’s Covid jab have suffered blood clots after their second dose, official data shows UK regulator revealed six cases of clots in fully vaccinated Brits in weekly update Until now had only been found in people given one dose, with 242 cases spotted Risk remains tiny, experts say, … Read more
Britain drops demand for 5m jabs from India amid concern about the state of the pandemic in the country, where Covid cases have soared past 20million The UK has dropped demands for India to release five million doses of vaccine Comes as the pandemic in the country continues to soar with cases at 20million Serum … Read more
‘Thank you to all the wonderful doctors and nurses’: Ruth Langsford, 61, gets her second dose of the Covid-19 Oxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine By Nicole Conner For Mailonline Published: 09:01 BST, 2 May 2021 | Updated: 09:01 BST, 2 May 2021 Ruth Langsford revealed she has now received the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Surrey on … Read more
AstraZeneca boss hits back at the EU in vaccine supply row and denies over-promising as Brussels takes pharmaceutical giant to court AstraZeneca chief executive Pascal Soriot said company had not overpromised European Commission launched legal proceedings against the organisation Alleged drugmaker didn’t respect contract or ‘reliable’ plan to ensure deliveries By Lydia Catling For Mailonline … Read more
England’s coronavirus vaccine postcode lottery was laid bare again today as data revealed parts of London and Lancashire have jabbed fewer than half of residents aged 45 to 49. NHS England statistics going up to April 25 show that 65 per cent of adults in the age group have had their first dose of either … Read more
A dementia sufferer received two coronavirus vaccines just five days apart, after a mix-up at her London clinic. The 74-year-old got her first AstraZeneca jab on January 23 after she was booked in at Woolwich Late Night Pharmacy by her daughter. But just five days later the grandmother-of-four, who lives in supported housing, went and … Read more
UK has bought 60million more doses of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine to supply autumn booster jabs that will target mutated variants, Matt Hancock reveals Pfizer is one of the most used in Britain’s rollout and studies have shown it is the most effective one in reality The company is working on a booster jab targeted at … Read more
Professor Anthony Harnden said officials were discussing making the change Officials may decide whether under-40s should also be offered an alternative to AstraZeneca‘s coronavirus vaccine in a crunch meeting tomorrow. Professor Anthony Harnden, who sits on No10’s jab advisory panel, said dwindling Covid cases had left officials needing to review current recommendations. Britain’s medical chiefs … Read more
Just one in four people suffer mild side effects after taking a coronavirus vaccine, real-world data has shown. Data from the ZOE Covid Symptom Tracking Study — a surveillance tool that tracks Britain’s outbreak — showed headaches, fatigue and fever were more common with the AstraZeneca vaccine. A third of recipients suffered mild side effects … Read more
Amid the ocean of corporate profiteering and cronyism during the Covid pandemic over PPE, ventilators, oxygen supplies, and test and trace schemes, AstraZeneca stands out from the crowd. Together with scientists from the Jenner Institute at the University of Oxford, the Anglo-Swedish firm and its staff are among the true heroes in the battle to … Read more