Joe Biden‘s scientific advisers will meet with COVID-19 vaccine makers in the coming days despite the presidential transition remaining stalled because of Donald Trump‘s refusal to concede the election. ‘We´re going to start those consultations this week,’ said Biden’s chief of staff, Ron Klain, citing Pfizer, which said Monday its experimental vaccine is 90 per … Read more
One of the scientists behind the first Covid-19 vaccine to clear interim clinical trials has said the impact of the jab will kick in next summer, and normality should return by next winter. Professor Ugur Sahin, chief executive of BioNTech, said it was ‘absolutely essential’ to have a high vaccination rate before autumn next year … Read more
Tens of millions of British-made Covid-19 vaccines could be rolled out by December, it has been claimed. Leader of the Oxford University and AstraZeneca-backed trial, Professor Andrew Pollard, says the team is ‘optimistic’ about getting the go-ahead for the ‘miracle’ vaccine by Christmas time. The academic says their anti-viral would be ten times cheaper than Pfizer‘s … Read more
The beer and beauty fame of the Belgian town that is about to save the world with a miracle Covid vaccine that could finally turn the tide on the pandemic The Belgian town of Puurs holds a festival in honour of its bountiful asparagus Now it has a new bumper crop, and it is hoping … Read more
No vaccine queue jump: Government vows ‘every single person in the UK’ will be offered a Covid-19 jab free on the NHS before private firms can sell them Healthcare providers will be able to source vaccines from jab manufacturers But such orders will be put at the ‘back of the queue’, government sources say Move … Read more
Sir John Bell, Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford University, says there is a ‘70 to 80 per cent chance’ of vaccinating all vulnerable groups by Easter, ‘provided they don’t screw up the distribution of the vaccine’. By ‘they’ I presume Sir John principally means Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock, who between them … Read more
A rebel group of Tory MPs determined to oppose any extension to Covid lockdown restrictions has swelled to 70, with dozens more considering joining. The backbench Tory MPs have formed The Covid Recovery Group to oppose a third national lockdown after the current one ends in December. The anti-lockdown alliance, which will have Mark Harper, … Read more
Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine could cost Britain £588million and wind up being seven times more expensive per dose than the one being developed by Oxford University. The jab, which the company this week claimed is 90 per cent effective and could be approved by regulators within weeks, is likely to cost at least £15 per dose … Read more