The UK is coming under pressure to follow the US and EU lead to call for Covid vaccine patents to be ditched so companies can make cheaper versions to send to poor countries. Jab-makers currently own the rights to their vaccine recipes – known as intellectual property rights or IP rights – and other firms … Read more
Kirstie Allsopp has claimed vaccinating children against Covid-19 while millions of people across the world are at greater risk is the ‘pinnacle of western overconsumption’. The Location, Location, Location host, 49, from London, made her case on Twitter, arguing the idea of not putting the ‘most vulnerable’ people first is ‘disgusting’. It comes after reports … Read more
The UK today confirmed another 2,685 coronavirus cases and 17 deaths as the numbers continue to fall but Boris Johnson cautioned the country is ‘not out of the woods yet’. Positive tests were up very slightly on last Tuesday’s 2,524, a 6.8 per cent increase, while deaths fell by half from 33 a week ago. … Read more
A quarter of British adults are now fully vaccinated as the country passed the 13.2million mark for second doses today. Department of Health data released this afternoon shows 33.8million have now had a first dose, taking the UK’s total number of jabs administered up to 47million. Health chiefs have praised the significant step and called … Read more
The EU is suing AstraZeneca over shortfalls in Covid vaccines which it blames for slowing the continent’s jab roll-out to a crawl. Legal action was launched against the British-Swedish drug-maker on Friday last week, a spokesman for the EU commission said today, adding that all 27 member nations supported it. ‘Terms of the contract have … Read more
More than half of UK population has received first dose of Covid vaccine after figures showed 33.4m people have had jab Of 38,189,536 total doses given in England so far, 28,102,852 were first doses Experts have said vaccines should be able to control the Covid-19 pandemic After two doses of Pfizer, there was a 70 … Read more
The Niece of Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb has been found dead with her dog by her side as her family pay tribute to their ‘beloved girl’ and worry they will not be able to give her a fitting send off because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Bernice Gibb Rhoades, 56, known to friends and … Read more
An Oregon woman in her 50s has died of a rare blood clot within two weeks of receiving Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose COVID-19 vaccine, state officials announced Thursday. She is the 10th person publicly confirmed to have had the rare adverse event. Six other women, all between 18 and 50, developed the brain rare clots … Read more
Five experts on the panel that will vote on whether to lift the pause – a committee of 15 – on Friday spoke with Business Insider. All five want Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose shot to still be used in the U.S. But several suggested it should come with a warning, advising young women of rare … Read more
Only two ‘breakthrough’ Covid infections found among 417 fully vaccinated people at a New York City university, study finds Researchers looked at 417 employees at Rockefeller University in New York City who received both doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines Just two people, 0.5%, tested positive more than two weeks after getting their final … Read more