A day to remember, in a year to forget — that was Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s verdict on Wednesday, after news that Britain had become the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine. Next week, vaccination with the breakthrough Pfizer/BioNTech jab will begin. The long nightmare isn’t over yet, of course. Every … Read more
Moderna CEO says they can ‘comfortably’ make 500 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 – but will need more resources to hit their goal of 1 billion Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said the firm is ‘very comfortable’ it can can make 500 million dose of its vaccine in 2021 at a Friday Nasdaq … Read more
Pfizer‘s coronavirus jab may not prevent vaccinated people from spreading coronavirus, the firm’s chairman admitted this week. ‘I think that’s something that needs to be examined. We’re not certain about that right now,’ said Albert Bourla, when asked by Dateline’s Lester Holt about whether the shot would prevent transmission during the interview, which aired Thursday … Read more
Rapid coronavirus testing being carried out by the Government is ‘unsafe’ because the tests miss around half of infected people and let them go, scientists warn. The lateral flow swab tests, which produce results in around 20 minutes, were found to only be half as accurate as proper lab tests in the November pilot in … Read more
Donald Trump‘s top medic Dr Anthony Fauci has today apologised for his blistering and bitter attack on Britain over its world-first approval of a coronavirus vaccine to treat millions of people from Monday. Dr Fauci has backed down after he accused the UK drug regulator of failing to adequately scrutinise data from manufacturers before becoming the first country to clear … Read more
British Government to compensate people who suffer extreme Covid-19 vaccine side effects with payments of up to £120,000 under existing scheme for common jabs People ‘severely disabled’ by the Covid-19 vaccine will get a £120k payment The government added the jab to the 1979 Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme People suffering at least 60 per cent … Read more
Care home residents are expected to begin receiving Covid jabs within days after all. Officials have devised a way to split the Pfizer vaccine into small batches suitable for distribution to them. Initial plans to make vulnerable social care residents the first to get the jab were derailed when regulators put a limit on the … Read more
Pfizer will only ship 50 million doses of its COVID vaccine worldwide – HALF as many as promised – by the end of 2020 after running into ‘supply chain problems’ Pfizer now says it will ship 50 million doses of coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year The firm had planned to ship 100 … Read more
The nation’s top infectious disease expert says he believes the UK should have spent more time thoroughly vetting Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine before approving it for emergency use authorization. On Wednesday, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency said the shot, developed with German partner BioNTech SE, was safe to roll out for widespread use. … Read more
Britain could start using Oxford University’s coronavirus before Christmas, if it gets approved by drug regulators in a decision that could come within the next week. The MHRA this week became the first agency in the world to green-light a Covid-19 vaccine for public use when it approved one made by Pfizer and BioNTech. And … Read more