Pfizer vaccine approval paves way for mass UK vaccination programme 'early next week'

The European Medicines Agency recommended conditional approval Monday for a coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer to be used across the European Union, weeks after the shot was first authorized in Britain and the United States. Following a closed-door expert meeting, the EU drug regulator said it was recommending the shot be given to people over 16 years of age.

Rupert Murdoch, the 89-year-old media patriarch, received an initial dose of Covid-19 vaccine at a doctor’s office near his residence west of London.

direct to your inboxTens of thousands of people have now been given a coronavirus vaccine in the UK.The nationwide roll-out began 10 days ago after the Pfizer/BioNTech jab became the first Covid-19 vaccine to get UK approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).Donald Trump has now announced that another vaccine - from US firm Moderna - is ready to use in America.Initial data shows it is nearly 95 per cent effective in protecting against Covid-19.But has the

direct to your inboxThe UK's coronavirus vaccine roll-out is now well underway with 'tens of thousands' of jabs already administered to those most vulnerable, according to the government.A vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford has been a front-runner in the global race to produce a vaccine against Covid-19 since early this year.But it was a jab from American firm Pfizer and Germany's BioNTech that became the first vaccine to be approved for use in the UK.The vaccine was

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Kate Moss dropped her very first merch line and she tapped her daughter, Lila, to help model the clothes.“Since everyone was living in hoodies in lockdown the team at the agency and I decided it would be fun to create some merchandise of our own,” the 46-year-old British supermodel and style icon told WWD in an interview from December 3.So back in November, she dropped a super cool loungewear line through her creative agency KMA Studio.

direct to your inboxPeople with 'significant' allergies are being warned not to get the Pzifer coronavirus vaccine.It comes after two healthcare workers who received the jab yesterday, on the first day of the UK roll-out, suffered an allergic reaction shortly afterwards.The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MRHA), the UK's vaccine regulator, has now asked NHS Trusts not to administer the jab to anyone who has "a significant history of allergic reactions".But who exactly does

direct to your inbox Pfizer have said the coronavirus vaccine was "well tolerated" during the trials with "no serious safety concerns" after UK regulators issued a a warning for people who have a history of "significant" allergic reactions not to currently take it.

While residents in U.K. are getting their shots for the Covid-19 vaccine, late night hosts Trevor Noah and Jimmy Kimmel fired theirs at President Donald Trump on Tuesday night as they criticized the former reality television star for his vaccine rollout plans.

coronavirus pandemic.Prints of classic artists by celebrated snappers such as Rankin, Tony McGee and Jill Furmanovsky are being sold £95.00 each, with 100% of the proceeds going to Stagehand, the UK charity dedicated to helping live music crews who have fallen on tough times.“The livelihoods of people working in live music productions has been decimated by the effects of COVID-19,” Mike Lowe, chair of Stagehand’s Board of Trustees said.

direct to your inboxMike Ashley's Frasers Group has said it is in talks with Debenhams to save the department store’s UK's operations.It was announced last week that administrators had "regretfully" decided to start the liquidation process of the 242-year-old department store chain.The company confirmed plans to start winding down its operations after rescue talks with JD Sports collapsed.The news came just a day after Topshop owner Arcadia, which is also Debenhams’ biggest concession holder,

direct to your inbox As the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been approved by the UK's medicines regulator this morning for use, this is the list of people who will get it first in the order of priority.

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LONDON—The U.K. became the first Western nation to grant emergency-use authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine, clearing a shot developed by Pfizer Inc.

Kate Moss appears on the cover of British Vogue 27 years after making her debut and she looks as good now as she did back then!On Monday, November 30, the U.K. publication showed off the two January 2021 covers featuring the 46-year-old model.