UK hosts G7 health summit amid pressure to broaden Covid vaccine access; global pharma industry calls for ‘free and open trade’
The United Kingdom is hosting health ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) countries in Oxford today (June 3) for a two-day summit, as pressure intensifies to do more to broaden access to Covid-19 vaccines...
PM says nothing in data to delay June reopening
Prime minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday (June 2) there was nothing in the data to suggest England's Covid restrictions couldn't end on June 21, but he remains cautious as it is...
Britain seeks extra AstraZeneca shots to combat ‘beta’ Covid-19 variant
Britain is in talks with Oxford and AstraZeneca for additional doses of their Covid-19 vaccine that has been modified to better target the "beta" coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa,...
‘Pharmacies can help ease ‘patient tsunami’ at GPs’
Simon Dukes says the NHS should look to community pharmacies to help take pandemic-induced workload pressure off the GPs who have warned of being...
MHRA approves J&J’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)Â has approved Johnson & Johnson's single dose Covid-19 vaccine for use, the Department of Health said in...
Coronavirus variant could push back England’s reopening, PM Johnson warns
England may need to wait longer than planned before Covid-19 restrictions are fully lifted as a coronavirus variant first found in India spreads rapidly...
Now sign language for vaccination centres to help people who are hard of hearing
An on-demand sign language translation service has been launched to help people who are hard of hearing to have their Covid vaccination at large...
Simon Stevens joins 20m double jabbed against Covid-19
The NHS chief Sir Simon Stevens on Wednesday (May 26) joined the over 20 million people in England who have been fully vaccinated against...
Matt Hancock rejects “unsubstantiated allegations” made by former PM aide Dominic Cummings
Health secretary Matt Hancock on Thursday rejected "unsubstantiated allegations" from the prime minister's former chief aide that he had lied to colleagues and the public about the the government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Dominic Cummings, who was prime minister Boris Johnson's right hand man until late last year,...
Boots administers over 250K Covid-19 vaccines even as it aims to increase daily uptake
Boots says it has administered over 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines since it opened the first vaccination hub in Halifax on January 14.
Currently, the pharmacy chain...
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