Federal health agencies have called for the US' Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollout to be paused immediately due to cases of recipients developing rare blood clotting disorders within two weeks of being vaccinated.
Two new studies have shown that the Kent Covid variant – which Boris Johnson previously said "may be associated with a higher degree of mortality" – does not cause more severe disease, despite being more transmissible.
England is to begin giving out doses of the Moderna jab – the third vaccine introduced in its national rollout – as everyone over the age of 50 is offered their first dose of a vaccine.
The unpredictable weather has not stopped Brits from visiting shops and pubs this afternoon, as the Government's lockdown was partially eased.
Wales has become the first UK nation to give a first dose of Covid vaccine to half of its population. The country is also leading the way in its rollout of second doses, with one in six now fully vaccinated.
A software update to the NHS Test and Trace app – which was scheduled to coincide with the partial reopening of pubs – has been blocked by Apple and Google because it breaks rules about the collection of location data.
As if Government restrictions around the reopening of pubs weren't enough, customers in parts of the UK will have to endure snow, sleet and single-digit temperatures in order to taste their regained "freedoms" outdoors.
A record number of second doses of Covid vaccines were administered in the UK on Saturday, pushing the country closer to a total of 40 million first and second doses.
Why have vaccinated people been told not to meet indoors given that the risk of catching a symptomatic Covid infection is around one in 400,000 for two people who have been vaccinated?
Despite attempts by Italian health officials to soothe fears over the relationship between the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine and blood clots, up to four in five people in Sicily are reportedly refusing the AZ jab.
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