82-year-old Victoria Watling became the first person to receive the coronavirus vaccine at the Boots pharmacy in Halifax.
Boots and Superdrug branches are among the six stores across England which started administering the Covid vaccine today.
Clinical pharmacist Bhavika Mistry, who administered the Oxford AstraZeneca jab spoke of the importance of opening smaller hubs around the country which she said are “more accessible” to local communities.
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Assistant coach Jason Ryles will not be with England for the Six Nations because of travel concerns but hopes to re-join the staff for the summer fixtures. BBC Sport
Additional Secretary of Health Ministry Manohar Agnani informed that a total of 580 adverse events were reported post-vaccination drive. He said, "A cumulative of 580 Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFIs) has been reported. Of which 7 have been hospitalised."
High street pharmacies have begun to roll out Covid vaccines across England, as the country’s virus death toll passed 100,000.
Boots and Superdrug are among the six stores that started administering jabs today.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said distribution “will be going to 24/7 as soon as we can”, but admitted supply was the limiting factor at the moment.
Over 200 community pharmacies will be able to give vaccines by the end of January, NHS England said in a statement. Report by Avagninag. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Coronavirus vaccinations have begun at a community pharmacy in Cheshire. Andrews pharmacy in Macclesfield, along with Boots and Superdrug branches are among the six stores across England which started administering the Covid vaccine today. 82-year-old Robert Salt was first to be inoculated on the opening day by director and pharmacist Andrew Hodgson who said he felt "honoured" to be part of the immunisation process. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
High street pharmacies are rolling out Covid vaccinations, as the virus deathtoll across the UK climbed above 100,000. Boots and Superdrug branches areamong six stores across England able to administer the jabs from Thursday,with the Government aiming to hit its target of vaccinating all people in thefour most vulnerable groups by the middle of next month. Andrews Pharmacy inMacclesfield, Cullimore Chemist in Edgware, north London, Woodside Pharmacy inTelford, and Appleton Village pharmacy in Widnes will be in the first group tohand out the injections, alongside Boots in Halifax, and Superdrug inGuildford.
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High street pharmacies have begun to roll out Covid vaccines, Boots and Superdrug branches are among the six stores across England which started administering today. 82-year-old Derek Mersh from Surrey became the first person to be inoculated at the Guildford Superdrug store this morning. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Home Secretary Priti Patel says support is being provided to front line police officers to ensure they are safe, and that she is talking to the vaccine committee and health secretary to ensure officers are among those to receive a vaccine as soon as possible.
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Home Secretary Priti Patel has blamed a "technical issue" for the deletion of records from the police database and says that engineers are looking at the issue.
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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has called for the £20 uplift Universal Credit recipients receive due to the pandemic to be extended beyond 31 March.
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he is proud of the support being offered to people throughout the pandemic, but refused to answer whether Universal Credit would be cut.
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Boris Johnson says the easing of coronavirus restrictions will depend on many factors, including people adhering to the rules now, but that he still believes that things will be 'different' by the Spring.
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Britain's vaccine rollout is limited by a "lumpy" manufacturing process with production changes by Pfizer and a delay by AstraZeneca that could lead to brief supply disruption, Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi said on Monday. Ciara Lee reports
Monica Calazans, a 54-year-old nurse in Sao Paulo, became on Sunday the first person to be inoculated in Brazil, receiving the Chinese vaccine known as CoronaVac after Brazilian health regulator Anvisa approved emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd and Britain's AstraZeneca.
Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has suggested that a gradual easing oflockdown restrictions will not begin before early March. He told BBCBreakfast: “If we take the mid-February target, two weeks after that you getyour protection, pretty much, for the Pfizer/BioNTech, three weeks for theOxford/AstraZeneca, you are protected. “One of the things we don’t know yet,and the deputy chief medical officer Jonathan Van-Tam is on record as saying‘look give me a couple of months and I’ll tell you’, is the impact of thevaccine on transmission rates ie on infecting people. “So there are a numberof caveats that stand in the way of us reopening the economy. “It will begradually, it will be probably through the tiered system but you’re looking atthat sort of period, two to three weeks after the middle of February, afterwe’ve protected the top four cohorts.”
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After Nepal government approved emergency use of Covishield vaccine, people are hoping the pandemic will falter and human lives would be back on track. Nepal's Department of Drug Administration on Friday issued a release giving information on approving Covishield developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, which will be manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) in India. Drug regulating authority has also specified Serum Institute of India for importers provided with low cost in purchasing and delivery of vaccine to public. Approving the vaccine for conditional purpose, the department has also asked manufacturers or importers to get approval for registration in order to bring the vaccines. Nepal imposed nationwide and partial lockdown for most of 2020 with rise in imported cases which later took the form of local transmission spreading mostly in urban areas and major cities. The nationwide lockdown which started in March 2020 hampered daily life of people as well as businesses. They now expect to thrive with the approval of vaccine. Though the detailed inoculation plan of Nepal Government is yet to be disclosed, a total of 3 companies applied for approval to take steps forward with Serum Institute for import of vaccines. India has already made conditional emergency approval for Covishield manufactured by the Serum Institute. Being one of the largest producers of vaccines at low cost, India has promised to provide vaccine to its neighbours in near future.
The Serum Institute of India expects WHO emergency-use authorization soon for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, which it is producing for.. IndiaTimes
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