Scottish Spanish flu survivor receives coronavirus vaccine
3 years, 11 months ago

Scottish Spanish flu survivor receives coronavirus vaccine

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A 101-year-old Scottish woman who lived through the Spanish flu pandemic a century ago has received the coronavirus vaccine. The NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, the health board which administered Ms Lawson’s vaccine, is immunising 20,000 people per week against the virus with the help of 450 vaccinators. Dr Linda De Caestecker, the board’s director of public health, said the uptake of the vaccine was “very high” in the area so far. On Thursday, health secretary Matt Hancock confirmed that three million people have now received their first Covid-19 dose, tweeting to say he was “delighted” by the news.

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Britain needs a ‘vaccine taskforce’ to prepare for the next pandemic, Lords warn
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Britain needs a ‘vaccine taskforce’ to prepare for the next pandemic, Lords warn

The Independent  

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Cases of flu ‘rising rapidly’ as Brits urged to get vaccinations
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Cases of flu ‘rising rapidly’ as Brits urged to get vaccinations

The Independent  

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Disease X vaccine ‘could be ready within 100 days of new threat emerging’
1 year, 3 months ago

Disease X vaccine ‘could be ready within 100 days of new threat emerging’

The Independent  

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NHS flu jabs and Covid boosters to be scrapped for millions
1 year, 4 months ago

NHS flu jabs and Covid boosters to be scrapped for millions

The Independent  

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Dr Ranj Singh urges older people to get Covid and flu jabs as soon as possible
2 years, 2 months ago

Dr Ranj Singh urges older people to get Covid and flu jabs as soon as possible

The Independent  

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New Covid vaccination round with improved vaccines set for the autumn
2 years, 4 months ago

New Covid vaccination round with improved vaccines set for the autumn

Dutch News  

Everyone over the age of 12 will soon be invited to make an appointment for another booster coronavirus vaccination, health minister Ernst Kuipers announced on Friday. The first invitations, focusing on people who would be more at risk if they caught coronavirus and medical staff who have direct contact with patients, will be sent out in mid September, Kuipers said. …

New Covid vaccination round with improved vaccines set for the autumn
2 years, 4 months ago

New Covid vaccination round with improved vaccines set for the autumn

Dutch News  

Everyone over the age of 12 will soon be invited to make an appointment for another booster coronavirus vaccination, health minister Ernst Kuipers announced on Friday. The first invitations, focusing on people who would be more at risk if they caught coronavirus and medical staff who have direct contact with patients, will be sent out in mid September, Kuipers said. …

Spain, France and Norway ease Covid travel rules
2 years, 10 months ago

Spain, France and Norway ease Covid travel rules

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The French Embassy in London says: “Vaccinated people do not need to take any Covid-19 travel tests before they travel …

Spanish PM calls for debate on treating COVID-19 as endemic
2 years, 11 months ago

Spanish PM calls for debate on treating COVID-19 as endemic

The Independent  

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COVID-19 jabs for 15-18 group from January 3; booster for seniors from January 10
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 jabs for 15-18 group from January 3; booster for seniors from January 10

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that teenagers in the 15-18 age group would be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, and frontline and health workers and senior citizens above the age of 60 with co-morbidities on the advice of doctors would be eligible for a what he termed a “precaution” or third dose. January 3, 2022 will see the roll-out …

Press conference about new measures likely on Saturday evening
3 years ago

Press conference about new measures likely on Saturday evening

Dutch News  

There is ‘very likely’ to be a press conference to announce tough new measures to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Saturday evening, Dutch media are reporting. Health minister Hugo de Jonge and prime minister Mark Rutte earlier made it clear they would not hesitate to impose more measures if the OMT thinks it necessary. Jaap …

Press conference about new measures likely on Saturday evening
3 years ago

Press conference about new measures likely on Saturday evening

Dutch News  

There is ‘very likely’ to be a press conference to announce tough new measures to combat the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus on Saturday evening, Dutch media are reporting. Health minister Hugo de Jonge and prime minister Mark Rutte earlier made it clear they would not hesitate to impose more measures if the OMT thinks it necessary. Jaap …

Foreign jabs to be good enough for travel – but only from December
3 years, 1 month ago

Foreign jabs to be good enough for travel – but only from December

The Independent  

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Scotland's vaccine passport chaos: Pub bosses brand first weekend of Covid IDs a 'disaster'
3 years, 2 months ago

Scotland's vaccine passport chaos: Pub bosses brand first weekend of Covid IDs a 'disaster'

Daily Mail  

Scottish hospitality bosses have branded Nicola Sturgeon's controversial Covid vaccine passport scheme an 'unmitigated disaster', with more than 500 revellers refused entry, staff receiving abuse and venues forced to close early due to declining footfall. In other Covid developments: The Department of Health reported 36,657 cases and 38 deaths in the past 24 hours; Sir Keir Starmer urged Downing Street …

Oxford vaccine chief struggling to raise funding for non-Covid jabs
3 years, 3 months ago

Oxford vaccine chief struggling to raise funding for non-Covid jabs

The Independent  

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UK approves vaccines for 12-15s, aims to avoid lockdowns
3 years, 3 months ago

UK approves vaccines for 12-15s, aims to avoid lockdowns

Associated Press  

LONDON — Britain decided Monday to follow other countries in offering coronavirus vaccines to children 12 and up, as the government gambled that expanded vaccination and mild tweaks to social behavior can avert the need for lockdowns in the winter. On Monday, the chief medical officers of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland recommended that children aged 12 to 15 …

UK must not take its ‘eye off the ball’ as Covid could roar back, experts warn
3 years, 4 months ago

UK must not take its ‘eye off the ball’ as Covid could roar back, experts warn

The Independent  

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July 12, 2021 coronavirus news
3 years, 5 months ago

July 12, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

World Health Organization leaders asked wealthy countries on Monday to hold off on giving booster doses of coronavirus vaccines to their residents before people in other countries can even get their first doses. “Some countries and regions are actually ordering millions of booster doses before other countries have had supplies to vaccinate their health workers and most vulnerable,” WHO Director-General …

Coronavirus vaccines available to everyone born in 1982
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus vaccines available to everyone born in 1982

Dutch News  

People born in 1982 can sign up online for their coronavirus vaccines, health minister Hugo de Jonge announced on Thursday. People aged 40 and under will be offered the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine after the government decided to stop using the Janssen jab because of the small risk of blood clots. The vaccine, partly produced in Leiden, is the only …

Coronavirus vaccines available to everyone born in 1982
3 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus vaccines available to everyone born in 1982

Dutch News  

People born in 1982 can sign up online for their coronavirus vaccines, health minister Hugo de Jonge announced on Thursday. People aged 40 and under will be offered the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine after the government decided to stop using the Janssen jab because of the small risk of blood clots. The vaccine, partly produced in Leiden, is the only …

Spain: Expert warns that virus surge could follow parties
3 years, 7 months ago

Spain: Expert warns that virus surge could follow parties

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain’s top coronavirus expert on Monday delivered a stern warning to citizens who are acting as if the pandemic has ended now that the government has relaxed measures against the spread of the coronavirus amid an accelerating rollout of vaccines. “I hope that the impact will be limited, but nobody knows.” Spain’s two-week rate of infection, a variable …

Coronavirus Updates: Kerala govt imposes weekend restrictions, only 'emergency travel' allowed
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus Updates: Kerala govt imposes weekend restrictions, only 'emergency travel' allowed

Firstpost  

7:27 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter Coronavirus LATEST Updates Maharashtra to receive Covishield doses only after 24 May, says govt quoting SII Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope said that there has been no firm response from the Centre to the demand for uniform pricing of coronavirus vaccines. He also said that the Serum Institute of India has informed that it can …

Vaccine to Vaccination: Lessons from Spanish Flu pandemic in dealing with COVID-19 crisis
3 years, 8 months ago

Vaccine to Vaccination: Lessons from Spanish Flu pandemic in dealing with COVID-19 crisis

Firstpost  

“They say it starts right in your head: You begin to sneeze and your eyes turn red. Each year nearly 2.3 million vaccinators under the direction of 1,55,000 supervisors visit 209 million houses to administer Oral Polio Vaccine to just under 20 crore children under five years of age, across the country. While we have followed the progress of COVID-19 …

England sees 60% drop in coronavirus cases amid vaccinations and lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

England sees 60% drop in coronavirus cases amid vaccinations and lockdown

LA Times  

A man walks past the COVID-19 memorial wall in London, a field of hand-painted red hearts that each represent a victim of the disease in Britain. The study also found that the relationship between infections and deaths is diverging, “suggesting that infections may have resulted in fewer hospitalizations and deaths since the start of widespread vaccination.” The positive news came …

Spain prepares vaccine rollout surge as supplies gather pace
3 years, 8 months ago

Spain prepares vaccine rollout surge as supplies gather pace

Associated Press  

MADRID — Spain is stepping up its vaccination drive, with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez saying Tuesday that a steep rise in deliveries over coming months will allow the country to inoculate 70% of its adult population -- some 33 million people -- against COVID-19 by the end of August. Those deliveries will include 38 million between April and June -- …

Whatever happened to the coronavirus vaccine tiers?
3 years, 8 months ago

Whatever happened to the coronavirus vaccine tiers?

CNN  

CNN — Dr. Jose Romero didn’t foresee this. No country has ever vaccinated this many people this fast,” White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients told a news conference Friday. “The problem is from the beginning there has been this dominant attention on how many people are getting vaccinated,” said Dr. Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer for the Association of …

Coronavirus vaccine rollout tipped to meet targets despite flooding, international supply issues
3 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus vaccine rollout tipped to meet targets despite flooding, international supply issues

ABC  

Federal health authorities say they are confident the next phase of Australia's COVID-19 vaccination program will meet its targets, despite international supply issues and weather-related delivery delays. Deputy Chief Medical Officer Michael Kidd said the medical regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration, expected to complete the approvals process for locally produced doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine "in the coming days". Ahead …

A year of coronavirus: Trump is gone. It's time to let go of the partisan responses to the pandemic
3 years, 9 months ago

A year of coronavirus: Trump is gone. It's time to let go of the partisan responses to the pandemic

Salon  

After delaying long enough to cause serious anxiety among prominent public health experts, on Monday the Centers for Disease Control finally released their recommendations for people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Many prominent public health experts celebrated the loosening of restrictions on vaccinated people because, as Harvard-based epidemiologist Julia Marcus explained on Twitter, "Vaccines provide a true reduction …

Covid vaccines ‘breaking the link’ between infection, hospitalisation and death, says Matt Hancock
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid vaccines ‘breaking the link’ between infection, hospitalisation and death, says Matt Hancock

The Independent  

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What's safe after coronavirus vaccination? Don't shed masks yet
3 years, 10 months ago

What's safe after coronavirus vaccination? Don't shed masks yet

India Today  

You're fully vaccinated against the coronavirus - now what? "You're asking a very logical question," Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, responded when a 91-year-old California woman recently asked if she and her vaccinated friends could resume their mah-jongg games. But "the looming question," Fauci said during a White House coronavirus response briefing last week, is whether …

GP telephones patients who have not taken coronavirus jab in bid to tackle vaccine hesitancy
3 years, 10 months ago

GP telephones patients who have not taken coronavirus jab in bid to tackle vaccine hesitancy

The Independent  

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February 19, 2021 coronavirus news
3 years, 10 months ago

February 19, 2021 coronavirus news

CNN  

CTV Network Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians that public health measures, including restrictions on indoor social gatherings, would have to continue for weeks to comes as new Covid-19 variants, and a slow vaccine rollout, risk causing a dangerous third wave of the virus. “We have to keep taking strong public health measures,” said Trudeau during a news conference Friday …

Coronavirus: Every UK adult could have both jabs by August, head of vaccine taskforce says
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus: Every UK adult could have both jabs by August, head of vaccine taskforce says

The Independent  

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'Eye of the storm': Diverse east London grapples with virus
3 years, 10 months ago

'Eye of the storm': Diverse east London grapples with virus

The Independent  

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Study finds COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission
3 years, 10 months ago

Study finds COVID-19 vaccine may reduce virus transmission

Associated Press  

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine shows a hint that it may reduce transmission of the virus and offers strong protection for three months on just a single dose, researchers said Wednesday in an encouraging turn in the campaign to suppress the outbreak. In the United States, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, dismissed the idea of deliberately delaying second …

Spain’s jab rollout dogged by delays, elitist queue-jumpers
3 years, 11 months ago

Spain’s jab rollout dogged by delays, elitist queue-jumpers

Associated Press  

MADRID — Public outrage is growing in Spain as cases of politicians and well-connected opportunists jumping the queue in the national coronavirus vaccination campaign come to light, even as delivery delays have forced some regions to stop new inoculations. Spain’s Defense Ministry has been the latest governmental department to launch an internal inquiry to find out if the military top …

Colombia says it's ready to distribute coronavirus vaccines
3 years, 11 months ago

Colombia says it's ready to distribute coronavirus vaccines

The Independent  

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EU insists virus shots will remain voluntary
3 years, 11 months ago

EU insists virus shots will remain voluntary

The Independent  

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Covid UK update live: Latest news as daily cases pass 1,000
3 years, 11 months ago

Covid UK update live: Latest news as daily cases pass 1,000

The Independent  

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Ministers facing calls to release daily Covid vaccine updates
3 years, 11 months ago

Ministers facing calls to release daily Covid vaccine updates

The Independent  

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Coronavirus pandemic, Year Two: Here’s what to expect
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus pandemic, Year Two: Here’s what to expect

CNN  

CNN — Our global coronavirus nightmare is entering its second year, and we’re hanging on the best we can. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Some states have said they don’t have enough supplies of the Pfizer vaccine while the manufacturer reported millions of unclaimed doses, adding to the confusion. Even with the delays and questions about who should get the vaccines first, …

Coronavirus | Free vaccination first for 3 crore health, frontline workers
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus | Free vaccination first for 3 crore health, frontline workers

The Hindu  

Free COVID vaccination will be provided to three crore health care and frontline workers in the first phase of vaccination, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday while taking stock of the nation-wide vaccination dry run conducted in 125 districts across 285 sites. Calling the digital platform, Co-WIN, repurposed from the e-VIN platform to be a real game changer, the …

UK in ’eye of the storm’ amid surging new coronavirus cases
3 years, 11 months ago

UK in ’eye of the storm’ amid surging new coronavirus cases

Live Mint  

London: British hospitals around the country face a perilous situation in January, medical workers warned Friday amid surging coronavirus infections blamed on a new virus variant. “We are very much at battle stations.” The spike in new cases is said to be due to a new, more contagious variant of the virus first identified around London and the southeast of …

UK in 'eye of the storm' amid surging new coronavirus cases
3 years, 11 months ago

UK in 'eye of the storm' amid surging new coronavirus cases

The Independent  

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Spain will keep register of those who refuse the coronavirus vaccine
3 years, 11 months ago

Spain will keep register of those who refuse the coronavirus vaccine

CNN  

Madrid CNN — People in Spain who decline to be vaccinated against coronavirus will be listed in a new register that will be shared with other European Union nations, Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa has said. “What will be done is a registry … of those people who have been offered it and simply rejected it,” Illa told Spain’s La …

Britain's Covid vaccination scheme needs to get FOUR TIMES quicker to meet target
4 years ago

Britain's Covid vaccination scheme needs to get FOUR TIMES quicker to meet target

Daily Mail  

The UK Government looks set to fall short on its promise to give millions of people their first coronavirus jab by Christmas, official statistics suggest. But at that pace — roughly 17,237 jabs per day — less than 400,000 people would get the first dose of the vaccine, taken via two injections three weeks apart, by December 29. But at …

Coronavirus vaccine offers ‘sense of hope’ to all four corners of the UK
4 years ago

Coronavirus vaccine offers ‘sense of hope’ to all four corners of the UK

The Independent  

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Dr. Fauci says he could get vaccine live on TV by end of the week
4 years ago

Dr. Fauci says he could get vaccine live on TV by end of the week

Daily Mail  

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Americans shouldn't expect to throw away masks until the end of 2021 and announced he could a vaccine on live TV later this week. Dr. Anthony Fauci may be getting the coronavirus vaccine in the coming week or two Vaccine rollouts are beginning across the United States this week Health care workers will be the first …

Coronavirus: Christmas surge in infections will delay vaccinations, public warned
4 years ago

Coronavirus: Christmas surge in infections will delay vaccinations, public warned

The Independent  

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