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UKHSA says mistakes at COVID testing lab may have led to deaths of 20 people last year

The UK's Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said mistakes at a testing laboratory led to misreporting of tens of thousands of positive COVID-19 cases as negative and may have resulted...

‘Disappointing’ COVID-19 booster uptake worries Europe’s head of vaccines strategy

Recent uptake of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in Europe has been "rather disappointing," an official said on Thursday...

AAH reaches milestone of delivering over 70 million COVID-19 vaccines across England

AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd (AAH) has exceeded the milestone of delivering over 70 million COVID-19 vaccination doses across England,...

European Medicines Agency backs dexamethasone as Covid-19 treatment

Europe's healthcare regulator has endorsed using dexamethasone to treat Covid-19 patients with breathing difficulties, paving the way for the steroid to become the region's...

Government warns of possible return to lockdown

Government on Friday (Sept. 18) warned it could re-impose a national lockdown across England to counter the coronavirus pandemic, as rates of hospitalisation double...

North west and London become new hot spots as Covid-19 cases in England rise by 6,000 per day, official estimate shows

New cases of Covid-19 in England rose by around 6,000 per day in the week to Sept. 10, almost double the rate of the...

’90-minute DnaNudge virus test is accurate’

A new Covid-19 test known as DnaNudge that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory was accurate in almost...

Researchers trial inhaled versions of Covid-19 vaccines

Inhaled versions of Covid-19 vaccine candidates developed by Oxford University and Imperial College will be trialled to see if they deliver a localised immune response in the respiratory tract,...

Patel puts pharmacy on Oxford university platform as he joins national Covid-19 trial as co-investigator

Senior academic pharmacist Professor Mahendra Patel has advocated greater involvement of community pharmacies in recruiting volunteers from ‘underrepresented’ minority communities for a ground-breaking Covid-19...

A disgrace that a key part of primary care is under threat in a health crisis, says Simon Dukes as he announces two upcoming...

Simon Dukes has announced that the general practice (GP) referrals to community pharmacies through the advanced community pharmacist consultation services (CPCS) will be rolled...

Add pharmacists to virus testing priority list: RPS

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has urged the government to prioritise Covid-19 tests for all community pharmacy teams. The latest statement from the RPS came...

Your response to the pandemic has been of the highest order, Keith Ridge tells pharmacies

Dr Keith Ridge, the chief pharmaceutical officer at NHS England, has praised community pharmacies for demonstrating their "essential clinical role" at a very challenging time. "We...

Amid Covid testing chaos, government says: We’re trying to fix it

Amid growing anger over a bottleneck in Britain’s creaking coronavirus testing system, the government promised on Wednesday to do whatever it takes to boost...

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