Vaccine
Mandatory Covid jabs in Malawi ‘violate human rights’, say civil society groups
Civil rights groups in Malawi have cautioned the government on its decision to make the Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for frontline workers. From January, it will...
How Taiwan’s struggle for Covid vaccines is inflaming tensions with China
Vaccines are the latest flashpoint inflaming cross-strait tensions between China and Taiwan, as the latter tries to fend off its worst coronavirus outbreak since the...
EU urges member states to re-embrace AstraZeneca vaccine
Brussels has encouraged EU member states to act on a new European Medicines Agency opinion that the benefits of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine...
AstraZeneca vaccine: Blood clotting in younger people ‘not surprising’ says professor
There have been a handful of rare reports of blood clotting in younger people, particularly younger women under the age of 55, following...
EU drug agency denies already finding causal link between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots
Europe’s drug regulator has denied it has already established a causal connection between the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine and a rare blood clotting syndrome, after...
Boris Johnson announces he is about to get the AstraZeneca vaccine
Boris Johnson has announced he is to have the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine as ministers seek to reassure the public of its safety after its use was paused by...
EU threatens to halt Covid vaccine exports to UK unless it gets ‘fair share’
The EU may halt exports of Covid-19 vaccines to Britain to safeguard scarce doses for its own citizens unless the UK starts shipping...
All English care homes offered Covid vaccination, after weekend of more than 900,000 jabs, says Matt Hancock
Almost nine in 10 over-80s and more than half of over-70s in the UK have now been vaccinated against coronavirus, after a weekend which...
AstraZeneca boss speaks out as Boris Johnson appeals to EU not to restrict vaccine movements in supply row
Boris Johnson has appealed for the world to avoid restrictions to vaccine movements across borders, as an escalating row between the EU and drugs giant AstraZeneca threatens supplies...
London to start trialling first 24-hour Covid vaccination centres in January
The first 24-hour vaccination centres will be piloted in London before the end of January, the UK’s vaccines minister has said. Nadhim Zahawi said that...
