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Read More »Pfizer, Moderna vaccines protect against new coronavirus variants
By Amanda Sealy and John Bonifield, CNN (CNN) — A new report published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday suggests that Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine can protect people against concerning new coronavirus variants, including one first seen in South Africa called B.1.351. For the study, researchers at Pfizer …
Read More »UK facing Pfizer vaccine delivery delay to enable ramped up production
T he UK is to face short-term delays in delivery of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as the pharmaceutical company upgrades its production capacity. Pfizer is increasing its production at its plant in Puurs, Belgium, in efforts to produce more doses than originally planned for 2021 – temporarily reducing deliveries to …
Read More »Oxford vaccine arrives in UK hospitals: First batches will be ready for use on Monday
The first batches of the newly-approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at UK hospitals ahead of the jab’s rollout. Some 530,000 doses of the jab will be available from Monday – with vulnerable people taking priority – as Health Secretary Matt Hancock says the inoculation …
Read More »Margaret Keenan, 91, gets second dose of Pfizer Covid vaccine
V-Day heroine Margaret Keenan has returned to hospital to receive her second dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine after becoming the first person in the world to receive the jab. The grandmother-of-four, from Coventry, was first in line for the vaccine when a mass roll-out began in Britain on December 8. …
Read More »UK drugs regulator reassures public allergic reactions after vaccines are ‘very rare’
GPs have been told they need to monitor patients given Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for side effects for at least 15 minutes after injection – in a move which could scupper Government plans to inoculate a million Brits a week by next year. Britain’s medical watchdog issued the new advice to …
Read More »Normal by NEXT Christmas: Real impact of Covid-19 vaccine to be seen after the summer, creator says
Qantas boss Alan Joyce says flights between Australia and the UK will only resume when a vaccine starts being rolled out, which likely won’t happen until winter 2021. His statement came as one of the scientists behind the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine Professor Ugur Sahin says he’s confident that normal life will return towards …
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