Britain will only vaccinate children against Covid ‘if necessary’, says government adviser

The UK has not agreed any plans to vaccinate children against Covid and will only do it ‘if necessary’, a government adviser insisted today. Professor Adam Finn, a child vaccination expert at Bristol University and member of the JCVI advisory group, said ‘no decisions have been made’. Leaked government plans last night suggested ministers want … Read more

Covid vaccine: London boroughs vaccinate 30% fewer over-55s than the Isles of Scilly

London is still lagging behind in the vaccine rollout with some boroughs having vaccinated a third fewer people than parts of Staffordshire, where the programme is roaring ahead. NHS England figures show 79 per cent of over-55s in the country had at least one dose of the vaccine by March 14 — the most recent day … Read more

Jabs to go! Drive-through anti-Covid injection centres could vaccinate millions a week

The rapid success of drive-through vaccination centres could lead the UK out of lockdown before Boris Johnson‘s roadmap suggests.   A trial that delivered 2,300 Covid jabs in just one day at a car park near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was 360 per cent more than an equivalent clinic, The Mirror reports. But whilst the system … Read more

Nine areas of the UK ‘will vaccinate all over-50 by March 7’

REVEALED: The nine areas of the UK that ‘will give all over-50s their first Covid vaccination by March 7’ – almost a MONTH ahead of schedule Over 50s in Bristol, Leicestershire and West Yorkshire could get a jab by March 7 Six other areas could be injecting their first doses to over 50s by the … Read more

NYC will use J&J’s one-dose shot to vaccinate homebound seniors

New York City will use Johnson & Johnson’s easy to store, single-dose coronavirus shot to vaccinate homebound seniors and others, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.  ‘Let’s talk about how we’re going to reach home-bound seniors,’ the mayor said during a media briefing.  ‘We’re going to use that Johnson & Johnson vaccine to reach homebound, … Read more

How to reopen schools: Academies boss says government must vaccinate staff

An academy chief today cast doubt on ‘optimistic’ plans to get all pupils back into school at the start of March as he warned dates were ‘being pulled out of thin air.’  As the PM faces mounting pressure to send children in England back to school, Downing Street has suggested that all primary and secondary … Read more

Admiral Nelson letter reveals how he urged mistress to vaccinate their daughter against smallpox

Newly unearthed letter from Admiral Horatio Nelson to his mistress Lady Emma Hamilton in 1801 reveals how he urged her to give their baby daughter the recently developed smallpox vaccine Admiral Horatio Nelson’s letter urges mistress to get their daughter vaccinated Letter from 1801 supports the Jenner’s smallpox cure when many were sceptical Edward Jenner … Read more

Wales hits jab target as Mark Drakeford hails ‘phenomenal effort’ to vaccinate 684,000 people

Wales has hit its target of offering coronavirus jabs to all care home residents, over 70s, frontline workers and the clinically vulnerable.  First Minister Mark Drakeford said the milestone is a ‘truly phenomenal effort’ for the country’s vaccine rollout, which has so far seen 684,097 people receive their first dose. In England, people in the … Read more

Britain remains on course to vaccinate 15million people by February 15

Britain remains on course to vaccinate 15million people by February 15 as figures show more than 12MILLION have received first dose after another 549,078 Covid jabs were given out If the current rate continues, 16 million Britons will have first jab by February 15 The government’s target was to give first jabs to 15 million … Read more

CDC to help speed South Carolina vaccinate after SA covid variant found there

CDC will send funding and ‘support’ to South Carolina to speed its vaccine rollout in an effort to stop the South African variant from taking hold there CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said the agency is offering  ‘support’ to states where variants threaten to  spread South Carolina will get funding and ‘resources for increased testing, … Read more