Matt Hancock last night hailed the Novavax vaccination’s 86.3 per cent effectiveness against the Kent strain of Covid-19. The Health Secretary confirmed the UK has 60 million doses of the jab, developed in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on order ahead of its approval by the medicines regulator. He said: ‘Really encouraging results from Novavax tonight on …
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A heavily armed man who was arrested after trying to enter a Washington, D.C. security checkpoint with ‘false’ credentials, has claimed he is not a criminal and that the incident is a major misunderstanding. Wesley Allen Beeler, 31, from Front Royal, Virginia was arrested by Capitol Police Friday evening as …
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Essential services – including carers and postal deliveries – have been unable to ‘access all areas’ in the borough during recent wintry weather conditions because of a failure to keep grit boxes topped up. And those with authority have been accused by one local councillor of allowing this “shambolic situation” …
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared to push back against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s calls Tuesday to ban all flights from the UK to the US during a Tuesday press conference. The governor called on the federal government to begin enforcing mandatory testing on all international passengers arriving in the …
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Mitch McConnell will continue to do what he can Wednesday to block the Senate from passing a $2,000 stimulus check measure as the $600 payments included in the $900 billion coronavirus relief package will start appearing in Americans’ bank accounts as early as next week. The Senate will start debating …
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Britain could vaccinate 24million people against coronavirus by Easter after the game-changing Oxford University/ AstraZeneca jab was approved this morning and its makers promised to deliver 2million doses a week. In a massive boost to ending the pandemic within months, the UK medical regulator green-lit the vaccine, which is cheap, easy …
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Millions more are set to face the country’s toughest Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions this week, with Boris Johnson expected to decide which regions will endure the changes later today. Pressure mounted on the Government to act as hospitals across England warned of increasing strains on services due to Covid-19 patient …
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Diego Maradona’s last words before he died were: ‘I feel sick.’ The Argentinian football legend, 60, suffered a heart attack at home on Wednesday just two weeks after he was released from hospital following surgery for a bleed on his brain. Maradona won the World Cup with Argentina in 1986, …
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An injured dog treated by an Armagh vet last year Concerns have been raised over the number of dog attacks that happen each year in the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough. An average of 165 incidents involving dogs take place each year, which has caused “significant concern” for one local …
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The couple's trip to South Africa, Botswana, Angola and Malawi last year was one of the biggest royal events of the year, writes the Daily Mail. But the … Source link
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