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Covid-19: AstraZeneca jab may reduce transmission by two-thirds
- UK
- February 3, 2021, 10:14
A single dose of the Oxford vaccine may reduce transmission of coronavirus by two-thirds, according to a new study. This provides a major boost to th(...)

UK ready to tweak vaccines to fight variants, says Johnson
- UK
- January 20, 2021, 20:41
Boris Johnson on Wednesday declared that Britain was ready to quickly deploy tweaked vaccines to combat new variants of coronavirus, as the number of (...)

Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use in UK
- UK
- December 30, 2020
A Covid-19 vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca has been approved for use in the UK, with the first jabs expected to be given on Monday. Th(...)

Open Orphan gets green light for Covid-19 nasal vaccine trial
- Health & Pharma
- December 14, 2020, 07:55
Dublin-listed pharmaceutical services company Open Orphan has received approval from the UK drugs regulator to conduct its nasal Covid-19 vaccine clin(...)

Allergy warning on Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine
- Health & Pharma
- December 9, 2020, 13:22
People with a significant history of allergies should not receive the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, the UK medical regulator has said, after tw(...)

Supply of Covid vaccine doses held up by manufacturing delays
- Health & Pharma
- December 8, 2020, 08:36
A vaccine considered one of the world’s best hopes for combating coronavirus has become the second to be hit by manufacturing delays. The UK governme(...)

Fauci slams UK drugs regulator for speedy approval of Pfizer vaccine
- Health & Pharma
- December 4, 2020, 07:52
Anthony Fauci, the US government’s top infectious-disease specialist, slammed the UK’s drug regulator, saying that it rushed to clear the Covid-19 vac(...)

Johnson warns of lengthy roll-out after UK approves coronavirus vaccine
- UK
- December 2, 2020, 18:35
Boris Johnson has warned that it will be months before the first phase of vaccination against coronavirus is completed, after Britain on Wednesday bec(...)

Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for use and said that it will be rolled out(...)

UK records 532 Covid-19 deaths as Hancock talks up vaccine
- UK
- November 10, 2020, 21:35
The UK reported a further 532 coronavirus-related deaths on Tuesday, its highest daily figure since May. The British government said that, as of 9am (...)