Up to 1,000 people a day could be given Covid vaccine at the Etihad by next month

direct to your inboxThe elderly and NHS workers expressed their joy today when they became the first people in Oldham to receive the coronavirus vaccine.About 250 people received their jab at Greenbank Medical Practice on Tuesday as the first of 800,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are being delivered across the country."The administration takes longer than the vaccine," joked Bernard McLaughlin, 82, after a nurse had asked a number of preliminary questions: has he had another vaccine in

It looks like Giovanna Fletcher will have a lot of telly offers after she was crowned Queen of the Castle following her I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here stint.

direct to your inboxFifteen more people have died in Greater Manchester's hospitals after testing positive for coronavirus.The region's hospital death toll has risen to 3,915, the latest NHS figures show.Six more Covid-related deaths were recorded at Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Renfrewshire are nearing 300 after more people lost their lives to the virus this month.

direct to your inboxResidents are now being invited to receive the Covid-19 vaccine which is being rolled out in Oldham next week.The distribution of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine is set to be the biggest mass vaccination programme in the history of the NHS.Over the coming weeks and months residents of all ages in the borough will be offered the vaccine.The first to be offered the vaccination from Tuesday, December 15 will be residents aged 80 and above.They will take place at a site in the

SILVER SPRING, Maryland – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Friday afternoon approved emergency use of Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech’s vaccine. The emergency use authorization allows the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to be distributed in the U.S.

The decision by the Food and Drug Administration Friday night to issue an emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is a critical breakthrough in the battle against the disease that has infected more than 15.7 million Americans and killed nearly 300,000. The FDA ruling that the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective is just a first step in a massive rollout of the vaccine.

“While we appreciate there’s an eagerness to find out when vaccines will be provided to everyone, we’d ask that people not contact their GP or the NHS. Don’t come seeking it out, we will be in touch with you when it’s your turn as it were.“Continue to wear face masks, wash your hands, keep your distance for several more months.

injections were offered in almost all regions, while Shetland and the Western Isles residents will get them this week. Sturgeon announced the progress as another 50 people died from Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.

direct to your inboxTens of thousands of illegal cigarettes and tobacco worth around £50k have been seized in raids by police and trading standards officers in Oldham.Council workers, supported by Greater Manchester Police visited three shops in the town on Saturday, December 5.Tobacco which was either suspected to be counterfeit or labelled not for the UK market was discovered at premises on Yorkshire Street, Park Road and Hollins RoadIn total 31,600 cigarettes and 12.5kg of rolling tobacco was

direct to your inboxPeople who claim Universal Credit are being urged to check their payments after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) admitted to issuing over 60,000 people the wrong accounts for winter fuel allowance last month.The news comes as temperatures drop in the UK.The winter fuel payment is an annual tax-free benefit to help families with heating costs from November each year.The money - which can be anything from £100 to £300 - is automatically paid out to those born on or

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 20,000 people in Lanarkshire have now tested positive for coronavirus.At the Scottish Government's daily press briefing in Edinburgh, Deputy First Minister John Swinney today (Friday, December 4) confirmed that a further 166 people in the region tested positive yesterday.In total, 20,104 cases of Covid-19 have now been registered in the region since the first positive cases were confirmed in

Mere minutes after California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a new regional stay-at-home order for the state to counter rising coronavirus cases, Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday that the looming shutdown could hit the battered region within days.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.More than 200,000 people in Lanarkshire have received their flu jab this year.Since the start of this year’s flu vaccination programme, staff across NHS Lanarkshire have worked tirelessly to vaccinate more people than in the entire programme last year.Val de Souza, Director Health and Social Care, South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership, said: “I would like to thank all of the staff involved in

imposed a dispersal order and turned a number of others away as they arrived in taxis. Officers also seized large speakers and they are now trying to identify and track down the organisers.The M.E.N.

said in a new SEC filing Wednesday. “Additionally, as of October 3, 2020, approximately 37,000 employees who are not scheduled for employment termination were on furlough as a result of COVID-19’s impact on our businesses.”The layoffs appear to be an update of layoffs announced in September, when Disney said it would cut 28,000 jobs in its theme parks division.