UK orders 40m more doses of Valneva vaccine
The government has ordered 40 million further doses of Valneva’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate for 2022, bringing its total orders to 100 million, the French...
PDA launches vaccine portal for locum pharmacists
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has developed a web portal to assist locum pharmacists to access Covid-19 vaccination service similar to their fellow employed...
Boots in Newport faces potential closure after failing to abide by coronavirus regulations
A Boots store in Newport Retail Park is facing potential closure after it was issued with improvement notices for not adhering to the coronavirus...
Scotland set to vaccinate above 70s against Covid-19 from next week
People in Scotland aged 70 and above will get Covid-19 vaccines in a range of settings from Monday (Feb 1) as the vaccination programme...
Team of pioneering pharmacists in South Tyneside start vaccinating housebound patients
A team of pioneering community pharmacists in South Tyneside have started administering Covid-19 vaccinations to housebound patients.
The joint effort by 22 community pharmacists who...
Derbyshire pharmacist starts community pharmacy vaccine roll-out by giving jab to his father
By Eddie Bisknell
A Normanton pharmacist has given his own father the Covid-19 vaccine on the first day of the roll-out by community pharmacies in...
Racing the virus: Why tweaking vaccines to fight variants won’t be simple
After developing and rolling out Covid-19 vaccines at record speed, drugmakers are already facing variants of the rapidly-evolving coronavirus that may render them ineffective,...
Britain demands to get all the Covid-19 vaccine shots it has ordered
Europe’s fight to secure Covid-19 vaccine supplies sharpened on Thursday (Jan 28) when Britain demanded that it receive all the shots it paid for...
New study reveals black, Asian ethnicity people in England are more likely to test positive for Covid-19
A new study published on Thursday (Jan 28) revealed that black and Asian ethnicity people in England from large, deprived neighbourhoods were more likely...
Jardines opens new pharmacy-led vaccination centre in Buckingham
A community pharmacy is Buckingham on Thursday (Jan 28) opened a Covid-19 vaccination centre, aiming to offer jabs to 1,000 local residents a week...
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