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NEW Covid strains are "very unlikely" to stop the UK from returning to normal this summer – with hopes all adults may get the vaccine by JUNE. The emergence of new variants of the bug have previously forced the UK to go into its third national lockdown after cases continued to rise despite the measures already in place. 🦠 Read
» Read moreA MYSTERY Brit who had the Brazil variant of Covid has now been found, it was reported this afternoon. Public Health England started a frantic search for someone who had come into the UK with the mutation in February – but didn't fill in the contact details on their form and couldn't be properly traced. A nationwide search was underway
» Read moreBRITAIN'S Covid jab rollout will go at twice the speed in March, the government's vaccine minister has claimed. Nadhim Zahawi today said that "March will be a big month" when it comes to the UK's coronavirus jab programme. Prime Minister Boris Johnson previously vowed that all Brits would have received a first dose by July 31. The previous aim had
» Read moreDrug used to treat lice and scabies drug could cut Covid deaths by up to 75%, research suggests New study suggests ivermectin cuts Covid infections by around 75 per cent More than 30 trials globally found the drug caused improvements in treatment The study is set to be published in the US journal Frontiers of Pharmacology A cheap and safe drug
» Read moreA LAD of 10 is stuck in a Covid quarantine hotel after flying to Britain to reunite with his dad. Antonio Caraballo has been forced to fork out a whopping £2,400 to stay with his son Sami. He is isolating with his young boy at a DoubleTree by Hilton airport hotel for 11 nights. And they only have 15
» Read moreUK and the US may achieve ‘herd immunity’ through Covid jabs before the end of 2021… but Germany, France and Italy will have to TRIPLE their current speed to inoculate 70% of their population, data shows UK is already dishing out 358,340 doses a day on average, a report by German company Statista says This is 46 per cent more
» Read moreVictoria has recorded no new cases of coronavirus in the community or in hotel quarantine the day before Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination program begins. It is the second day in a row there have been no new locally acquired cases recorded in Victoria. The last time the state recorded locally acquired cases was on Friday, when there were three new cases
» Read moreNew Zealand faces an “unacceptably high” risk of as many as nearly three border breaches each month – and by some measures the country is more threatened than Australia. That’s according to a new analysis by public health researchers on both sides of the Tasman, who warn that risk of new Covid-19 incursions is growing even with vaccinations and call
» Read moreKiwis will soon find out if there are any more Covid-19 community cases on the day when the first vaccine jabs are rolled out. The Ministry of Health will release the details in a media statement expected at 1pm. Seven cases are so far connected to the mystery outbreak first uncovered on Valentine’s Day, when three people in a family
» Read moreSpacing Oxford’s Covid vaccine out by 12 weeks is MORE effective than a six-week gap, finds study Oxford’s analysis shows jab is 81% effective after two doses 12 weeks apart That’s compared to just 555 when both injections are given in under six weeks Crucially the first dose offers 75 per cent protection on its own for 12 weeks Spacing
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