Nearly 84 percent of Americans now say they will get a coronavirus vaccine – but most of that group doesn’t want to get the shot right away, a new poll reveals. Forty-five percent of people want to ‘wait a bit’ before they get vaccinated, according to the latest ABC News/Ipsos survey. The massive vaccine rollout … Read more
Italy unveils its 1,500 pop-up vaccine pavilions which will be installed around the country Architect Stefano Boeri has designed the temporary disc-shaped structures They will be set up in squares and town centres throughout the country Italy expects to receive 3.4million doses of the Pfizer vaccine in January The country has surpassed the UK as … Read more
Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith has had the coronavirus vaccine ‘with a painless jab’. The celebrity chef, 80, uploaded a picture of a male nurse giving her the Pfizer/BioNTech injection this morning. She tweeted: ‘Who wouldn’t want immunity from #Covid19 with a painless jab?? #vaccine.’ Fellow GBBO host Noel Fielding commented: ‘Always the most … Read more
As the first Pfizer vaccines were administered in the US on Monday, the country hit a new devastating record for hospitalizations with more than 110,000 people being treated for COVID-19. The virus continues to grip the country with more than 193,000 new cases and 1,358 deaths recorded on Monday and a new record of 110,549 … Read more
After months of lockdown restrictions, some married couples are sick of the sight of each other. But the Hugheses won’t be getting sick from Covid – after they both received the Pfizer vaccine yesterday. Maureen, 84, and Gerry, 81, are believed to be the first people to receive the vaccine in a GP surgery. It … Read more
The U.S. has finally approved its first coronavirus vaccine and began dosing some of the most at-risk people, including health care workers, on Monday. But the supply of Pfizer‘s vaccine is scarce. The firm shipped out just 2.9 million doses, beginning over the weekend. The rollout of coronavirus vaccines will have many stages and is … Read more
Up to six million people will be vaccinated during the first rollout of Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine in the U.S. During a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) briefing on Monday, officials said medical supply company McKesson will obtain the jabs, which will be sent to 3,285 locations across the country by FedEx and UPS. … Read more
The head of Operation Warp Speed says the US government is currently in talks to purchase more doses of Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine for Americans. Currently, the US has plans to receive 100 million doses of the vaccines – enough to inoculate 50 million people – from the New York-based drug company. However, a recent … Read more
Empty vial of the world’s first Covid vaccine which was given to Margaret Keenan, 90, last week will go on display at the Science Museum Margaret Keenan was first person in the world to get the vaccine outside trials Her jab at 6:45am on December 8 marked a turning point in fight against Covid Empty vials … Read more
Pfizer‘s CEO admitted he wasn’t sure his company would be able to make coronavirus vaccines available as quickly as they have, with the first doses given in the U.S. on Monday morning. ‘I was hoping, and aspiring and I was driving everything so we could do it, but deep inside me, I thought it was … Read more