Health secretary urges people to book booster shots as Omicron cases grow across country
Health secretary Sajid Javid urged people to book a Covid-19 booster shot on Wednesday (December 1) as he said there were 22 confirmed cases of the Omicron virus variant in the country.
Javid said the...
No indication of Omicron wave yet: UK health chief
There is no sign of a surge of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Britain so far, the chief of the UK Health Security Agency said on Tuesday, adding that there was no rise...
Oxford University says no evidence yet vaccines won’t protect against severe disease from Omicron
The University of Oxford on Tuesday said there was no evidence that vaccines would not prevent severe disease from Omicron, but that it was ready to rapidly develop an updated version of its vaccine developed with...
Use of face masks becomes mandatory again in community pharmacies
New face masks mandates and other measures aimed at curbing the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant came into England today, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson eyes an expanded booster programme to help increase protection against Covid-19.
From Tuesday morning...
Widen access and make pre-exposure prophylaxis available through community pharmacy: RPS
Ahead of World AIDS Day this Wednesday, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has urged the government to widen access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) by making...
UK to offer Covid-19 booster shot to all adults; JCVI says minimum gap between second dose and booster shot should be reduced to three...
Britain will offer a Covid-19 booster shot to all adults and could halve the dose interval for booster jabs from six to three months...
Precautions must be stepped up to protect public against new Covid variant, says RPS
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has cautioned that measures to protect people against Covid-19 must be stepped up in the wake of discovery of...
Britain to offer everyone a Covid-19 booster eventually – vaccine official
Britain is moving towards offering everyone a Covid-19 booster vaccine, a member of the government's vaccine advisory committee said on today (November 29) -- ahead of an expected decision on whether to extend and...
UK scientist backs vaccines against Omicron
The British scientist who led the research underpinning AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine said at the weekend that a new jab could be developed against the...
Coughs can spread Covid-19 beyond two metres: Cambridge study
A new study has shown that Covid-19 can spread between unmasked people at a distance of more than two metres even outdoors.
A team of...
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