Tag Archive: Vaccine

15/9/21

Pfizer Set to Seek Approval for Its Covid Vaccine in U.S. Babies This Winter

Pfizer is planning to seek approval for its Covid vaccine in babies as young as six months in the U.S. this winter and is also set to seek approval for its jab in 5-11 year olds in America and across Europe.

15/9/21

Tory MP Calls on Chris Whitty to Resign after Giving Green Light for Vaccination of All Healthy Teenagers

Marcus Fysh MP says Chris Whitty should resign for approving the vaccination of all healthy teenagers against Covid "without good clinical reason".

14/9/21

Vaccine Passports, Mask Mandates and Another Lockdown All on the Cards If Covid Infections Don’t Stay Low This Winter

Vaccine passports will be introduced with a weeks notice if infections don't stay low this winter, and we could see the return of mask mandates as well as of a whole new lockdown, the Government has announced.

14/9/21

English Patients Could Get Routine Annual Covid Jabs at Same Time as They Get Flu Vaccinations, Says Nadhim Zahawi

With invites for booster jabs set to be sent to the over-50s in the coming weeks, Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi says patients could get routine annual Covid vaccines at the same time as they get their flu vaccinations.

13/9/21

Chief Medical Officers Say All U.K. Teenagers Should Be Vaccinated against Covid

The U.K.'s four Chief Medical Officers have advised that healthy teenagers should be given Covid jabs, meaning the Government will push on with its roll-out despite being warned by the JCVI of the risk of side effects.

13/9/21

Number 10 Plays Down Idea That Vaccine Passports Are Dead and Buried

Number 10 is already downplaying the idea that vaccine passports are dead and buried, insisting that they could still form a "first-line defence" against a winter wave of Covid.

12/9/21

The End Is Not Nigh: Tory MPs Fear Return of Plans for Vaccine Passports

Some Tory MPs are concerned that plans for vaccine passports have simply been put on hold rather than scrapped altogether, given that Sajid Javid says ministers will "keep them in reserve as a potential option".

12/9/21

Pfizer Initially Turned Down Offer to Develop Covid Vaccine, Believing Virus Would Be “Controlled”

Pfizer initially turned down an offer to develop a Covid vaccine because executives believed the virus could be “controlled” and that mRNA technology was too experimental.

12/9/21

Robert Peston Shocked by Lack of Debate on Vaccine Effectiveness – Before Caving to Critics and Apologising for Questioning Vaccine Effectiveness

ITV journalist Robert Peston highlighted the recent PHE data showing higher infection rates in the vaccinated and wondered why this was not being more widely reported – then quickly found out.

12/9/21

Vaccine Roll-Out for Healthy 12-15 Year-Olds Could Begin as Soon as September 22nd

Ministers may be scrapping plans to introduce vaccine passports this month but they seem determined to push on with the vaccination of 12-15 year-olds, with reports suggesting the roll-out could begin on September 22nd.

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