NHS Lanarkshire rolling out Oxford/Astra Zeneca vaccine across South Lanarkshire this week

direct to your inboxA fourth Covid-19 vaccine could be approved for use in the UK within weeks as late-stage trials suggested it was 89pc effective in preventing coronavirus.The UK has secured 60 million doses of the Novavax jab – to be produced on Teesside – which is believed to offer protection against the new UK and South African variants.It was shown to be 89.3pc effective at preventing coronavirus in participants in its Phase 3 clinical trial in the UK, which involved more than 15,000

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coronavirus vaccine is effective against the new variants discovered in South Africa and the UK. The biotechnology company conducted tests on the vaccine against the emerging strains of the virus.Research found that the variants had “showed no significant impact” on the neutralising properties of the vaccine.

LONDON, UK – Pioneering AIDS researcher and clinician Joseph Sonnabend, 88, died January 24, 2021 at London’s famed Wellington Hospital after suffering a heart attack on January 3, 2021.  

direct to your inboxThe Brazilian and South African coronavirus variants are of more concern than the UK strain, the UK's chief scientific advisor has warned.Sir Patrick Vallance said fears have been raised that those two variants may be 'less susceptible to vaccines'.Speaking at a Downing Street press conference on Friday afternoon, Sir Vallance said: "We know less about how much more transmissible they are."We are more concerned that they have certain features that they might be less

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentExpanding Middle East indie film distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has forged a joint venture with Saudi Arabian exhibition chain Muvi Cinemas to launch Front Row Arabia, with ambitious plans to cash in on Saudi’s current theatrical boom.The new distribution and exhibition company will be releasing English, Arabic, Japanese anime and alternative content across Saudi which — bucking the global downward trend — in 2020 became the Middle East’s

begun receiving the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine last month; and now the new second vaccine is also being deployed after earning the required UK regulatory approval last week.

direct to your inboxNHS England chief executive Sir Simon Stevens has defended the 12 week gap between vaccines.Both the Pfizer and Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines require two doses. However, a decision has been made to delay the second dose to within 12 weeks of the first as coronavirus cases continue to rapidly rise across the UK.

direct to your inboxThe government's chief scientific advisor has provided an update on the two new strains of coronavirus and their potential impact on the Covid-19 vaccine.Scientists are looking into two new strains of the virus - one discovered in the south of England which is spreading across the country rapidly, and another which originated in South Africa and has now also been identified in the UK.On Monday, health secretary Matt Hancock said he was “incredibly worried” about the South

direct to your inboxThis is the moment a patient became the first in the world to receive the Covid-19 vaccine that was invented in the UK.Dialysis patient Brian Pinker received his jab at 7.30am on Monday from nurse Sam Foster at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Churchill Hospital.Mr Pinker, 82, has been receiving dialysis for kidney disease for a number of years at the hospital.The retired maintenance manager said the jab will give him peace of mind as he continues to receive

direct to your inboxBatches of the newly approved coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University and AstraZeneca have started arriving at hospitals ahead of the jab’s rollout.Some 530,000 doses of the vaccine will be available for rollout across the UK from Monday, with vulnerable groups already identified as the priority for immunisation.The NHS will be the first health service in the world to deliver the jab, which was approved last week, in the next stage of the phased vaccine programme.The first