Test trials have shown positive promising results against foreign variants. Vaccines that have been “tweaked” to help combat worrying Covid-19 variants form South Africa and Brazil have successfully neutralised them in laboratory trials. The news from US vaccine maker and pharmaceutical company Moderna suggests that booster jabs will be feasible this year to help combat […]

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The number of second doses given out on Wednesday was over 400,000 More than 6,000,000 people in the UK have now received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine and are now fully fully vaccinated against the virus. It is after 408,396 second jabs were administered on Wednesday, just the second time that the number had exceeded […]

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“The speed of the vaccine programme is not affected by the decisions yesterday” Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the UK has “more than enough” Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to cover all under-30s after the news on Wednesday that this age group would no longer be offered the AstraZeneca jab. Hancock also confirmed that […]

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The government has admitted it is unsure whether any of the Covid-19 vaccines actually prevent transmission of coronavirus

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It has emerged that country music icon Dolly Parton part-funded research into the development of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine

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