カテゴリー: Vaccines and immunisation
Russian embassy staff cite medicine shortages and unbearable conditions arising from strict Covid restrictionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRussian diplomats fleeing North Korea have described acute shortages of medicines …
Murders of two volunteers and a nurse come one day after relaunch of national vaccination campaignTwo female volunteers and a nurse working door to door to vaccinate children against polio were shot dead by gunmen in two separate incidents in the Afgha…
Serum Institute boss Adar Poonawalla has rented a Mayfair mansion for £50,000 a weekCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe AstraZeneca vaccine has made Prof Sarah Gilbert – who led the Oxford team that created it – one of the U…
Technical problems at South Korean vaccine plant and setbacks in export licences from India cause holdup Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSome of the world’s poorest countries have been warned to expect delays in the delivery…
Temporary hold put on exports of vaccines by Serum Institute of India to meet demand at homeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDelhi has reportedly put a temporary hold on all major exports of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccin…
India and China have given away vaccine for diplomatic reasons. Now there’s pressure to save supply for their own peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhile western Europe’s “vaccine war” has been a struggle to prevent dose…
The hospital worker had received two doses of an unspecified vaccine, report says, as much of France re-enters lockdownSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s first local coronavirus case since February was a staff worker at a hospital who had received…
Ministers accused of ‘moving goalposts’ and wrongly taking credit for success of immunisation programmeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBoris Johnson has sought to reassure the public over the vaccine programme as NHS leaders…
Serum Institute of India, world’s biggest vaccine producer, asked by Delhi to keep more doses in countryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAn office worker in India’s Maharashtra state develops flu-like symptoms – and upsets th…
Health secretary says timetable will not change, but government expert warns infections may rise because of delay vaccinating the under-50s Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMatt Hancock has said there will be a significant di…
Move raises questions as China’s vaccines not approved in many countries it is opening travel toCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina is resuming visa processing for foreigners from dozens of countries, but only if they have…
How the 2,000 doses of Oxford/AstraZeneca jab arrived without prior approval will be checked by officials Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNepalese drug regulators are reportedly investigating a gift of 2,000 Covid-19 vaccine…
Germany warns cases could hit Christmas peak by April; Australia records first local Covid case in more than two weeks. This blog has closed – follow our new one belowCoronavirus live updates 1.09am GMT We are closing this blog and moving to a new one …
World Health Organization tells countries to continue using jab while it looks into blood clot reportsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA World Health Organization expert advisory committee is looking at the Oxford/AstraZeneca…
Tibetan spiritual leader, 85, receives jab at hospital in north Indian city of Dharamshala Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Dalai Lama, the 85-year-old Tibetan spiritual leader, was administered the first shot of the coro…