Tag: Covid-19
Drop in COVID alertness could create deadly new variant, says Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a deadly new variant to emerge, as parts of...
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...
‘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 (November 24), amid concerns that protection...
Boots pharmacist calls on people to get vaccinated against flu and COVID-19 this festive season
Boots UK’s chief pharmacist has been encouraging people to get a flu vaccination by the end of November to help protect themselves, their loved...
Pharmacists highlight concerns over needles and syringes supplied with Moderna’s bivalent vaccines
The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has urged pharmacists working in Covid-19 vaccination role to report any concerns about the needles and syringes supplied with...
End of Covid-19 is ‘in sight’: WHO chief
The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization(WHO chief) said on...