US has risen to 7th in world for vaccinating its population – but still lags behind UK’s rollout

A vaccination drive that has begun to pick up speed is propelling the United States ahead in the race to immunize its population against COVID-19. Currently, the U.S. ranks seventh in the world, with 25.7 percent of Americans having received at least one dose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more

Coronavirus: Britain could start vaccinating over-40s by the end of March

Britain is on track to roll out Covid vaccines to millions of adults in their forties by the end of March — even if the programme doesn’t speed up as much as expected. NHS bosses have told clinics to prepare to dish out twice as many doses as usual from today, raising the prospect of … Read more

CDC urges states to start vaccinating Americans with disabilities

New federal recommendations suggest states include people with disabilities or cognitive decline and their caretakers on their lists of who is eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.  On Tuesday evening, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quietly updated its guidance on who should be getting the shots.  CDC officials continued to stress that all … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Children’s Commissioner demands clear plan on vaccinating school teachers

The Children’s Commissioner today insisted teachers should receive Covid-19 vaccinations after the first on the priority list as calls grow for schools to reopen. Anne Longfield said about 500,000 teachers and 500,000 support staff could all be given the jab ‘in a couple of days’ given recent data on UK vaccination capacity. She added that … Read more

‘Super-covid’ could mean vaccinating 100% of population would not stop spread

Even vaccinating 100 percent of the population may not be enough to eradicate COVID-19 once ‘super-covid’ variants become dominant in the US, a new study suggests. Because the more infectious variant means each new case leads to a greater number of cases, vaccines – even the most effective ones – may not be able to … Read more

Has Britain got ANY chance of vaccinating 13m by mid-February?

Supermarkets, high-street pharmacies and breweries have offered to help deliver Britain’s great coronavirus vaccine drive after the Government pinned all of its hopes on jabs rescuing the country from its third lockdown. Three Morrisons car parks will be converted into drive-through Covid-19 vaccination hubs from Monday, with another 47 on standby if ministers need them, … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Vaccinating 24m by Easter may STILL not end pandemic

Ambitious hopes the UK could vaccinate 24million people against Covid by Easter might not be enough to end the pandemic, scientists warned today. In an attempt to soften the blow of putting three-quarters of England under Tier 4 lockdowns today, Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson claimed the approval of Oxford University/AstraZeneca‘s game-changing jab opened the … Read more

Europe finally starts vaccinating… three weeks after Britain

Europe finally starts vaccinating… three weeks after Britain became the first country to start using Pfizer jabs The first shipments of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have been despatched  Most health authorities to begin delivering jabs to the most vulnerable today  At least 600,000 Britons have already been inoculated against Covid-19  By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: … Read more

Russia fights to stop an outbreak of bubonic plague by vaccinating 32,000 people

Russia fights to stop an outbreak of bubonic plague by vaccinating 32,000 people after virus spreads from Mongolia to Siberian tourist region Plague has been detected in the Altai Mountains for the first time in 62 years The rush to vaccinate comes after two deaths in Mongolia and two in China Some 18,090 people have … Read more