Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine will be rolled out to elderly residents in care homes with more than 50 registered beds in England over the next few weeks, sources have said, as new figures show UK is administering more jabs than any other country. It follows a pilot which started last Wednesday where the jab was taken to residents … Read more
Dr Fauci gave an enthusiastic thumbs up after getting his Moderna vaccine on Tuesday along with HHS Secretary Alex Azar at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland and eight people who work there after giving the somber prediction that the vast majority of Americans won’t be vaccinated until July. Before getting his vaccine, Fauci said it was … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden received the first dose of his COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware on Monday, posing for the cameras as a local nurse administrated the shot. ‘There is nothing to worry about,’ he said as he reassured the public the vaccine was safe. Biden also gave credit to President Donald Trump’s administration for its roll … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden‘s nominee for U.S. Surgeon General has said the general public might not get a coronavirus vaccine until the summer. Earlier this year, officials from the Trump administation had suggested that an American who wants a vaccine could get one between April and June 2021. However, Dr Vivek Murthy said that timeline is not practical. … Read more
AstraZeneca could ask the FDA to approve its coronavirus vaccine as early as February, Operation Warp Speed chief says AstraZeneca’s U.S. trial has hit several delays, including a pause over a rare spinal cord issue in a participant in the UK Its trials run in the UK and Brazil found the vaccine was 70% effective … Read more
GPs have been told they need to monitor patients given Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for at least 15 minutes after injection – which could scupper Government plans to inoculate a million Brits a week by next year. Britain’s medical watchdog issued the new advice to vaccination centres and doctors’ surgeries today after three people vaccinated on … Read more
A 90-year-old grandmother who became the first person in the world to have Pfizer‘s coronavirus jab has urged sceptics to get the vaccine after being discharged from hospital. V-Day hero Margaret Keenan, from Coventry, made history on Tuesday by becoming the first person to receive the injection outside of medical trials. Mrs Keenan hailed it as a … Read more
Canada has become just the second country in the world to approve Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine, and may start immunizing residents as early as next week. On Wednesday, the country’s health regulator, Health Canada, posted on its website that it had authorized the jab after a two-month independent review on safety and efficacy. ‘Canadians can … Read more
Britain will remain in some form of lockdown until at least March despite the roll out of coronavirus vaccines, Professor Chris Whitty has warned. The chief medical officer said not enough Brits will have been inoculated against Covid-19 over the next three months to keep the most vulnerable out of hospitals. He urged people not … 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