One fifth of Britons are still unsure the Pfizer vaccine is safe while two thirds said Health Secretary Matt Hancock should be given the jab live on air, according to a new survey by YouGov. Researchers asked more than 5,000 adults in Britain how confident they were that the new Pfizer vaccine is safe. In … Read more
FDA Commissioner Steve Hahn has defended taking so long to approve Pfizer’s COVID vaccine when it has been given the greenlight in the UK, saying on Wednesday that his scientists need longer to review the data because they analyze it more ‘robustly’ than anyone else. On Wednesday, British health authorities said they had approved the … Read more
Care homes will have to wait to get hold of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for its residents because they can’t be broken down into batches smaller than 975 at a time, the chief of the NHS said today. Sir Simon Stevens, appearing at a Downing Street briefing alongside Boris Johnson, said the logistics of getting the … Read more
Boris Johnson and the deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van Tam this evening revealed their intense emotions after being told a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer could now start to be rolled out across the UK. Mr Johnson described it as a ‘huge moment’ and also ‘a very moving thing’ while Mr Van Tam admitted … Read more
Britain’s Covid second wave continues to shrink with another 16,170 cases and 648 more fatalities A 19-year-old with no known underlying health conditions was among the deaths, according to NHS England Figures show the average number of Britons dying of the coronavirus has been dropping since November 21 Cases are also continuing to fall – with … Read more
The boss of frozen food giant Iceland says the supermarket ‘stands ready to support’ in rolling out Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine after the jab today sealed approval from the UK’s medical regulator. Amid scenes of joy at the historic breakthrough this morning, there have been concerns over how best to transport and store the vaccine because … Read more
Outraged Americans are demanding to know why the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in the UK but not in the US, where it was developed and funded. On Wednesday, British health authorities said they had approved the vaccine and that it will start being rolled out to the most needy patients imminently. But in … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon has joined Matt Hancock in offering to take the coronavirus vaccine live on air if it will help encourage others to get the jab. The Health Secretary took Piers Morgan up on his proposal they take the jab in front of the cameras, adding that it ‘would be worth it’ if it pursuaded … Read more
Volunteers who were the first in the world to be given Pfizer’s Covid vaccine — which Britain today approved for mass roll-out — have compared the jab’s side effects to a ‘severe hangover’. One 45-year-old volunteer said the first dose left her suffering side effects similar to the flu jab but that her symptoms were … Read more
Britain’s regulators today approved Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, paving the way for mass-vaccination to start within days. Officials said the jab will be made available ‘from next week’ as Health Secretary Matt Hancock declared the end of the pandemic was now ‘in sight’. Here, MailOnline answers all the questions about the jab, including who will get … Read more