Vaccination
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We may need vaccine passports as an incentive for the young to do right by the herd
The government has promised an “irreversible” reopening of society by June 21 but the modelling shows that is contingent, not…
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India block on jab exports ‘to hit Covax deliveries to world’s poorest’
“Covax is in talks with the Government of India with a view to ensuring deliveries as quickly as possible,” the…
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Boris Johnson urged to think again on ‘impossible’ and ‘discriminatory’ vaccine passports for pubs
Boris Johnson has been urged to think again on “impossible” Covid vaccine passports for pubs, after he suggested it would be…
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Hesitancy is hard-wired into all of us but we indulge it now at our peril
Vaccine hesitancy is a modern curse but its root is as ancient as mankind itself and, to some extent, hard-wired…
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Europe tightens Covid restrictions as ‘third wave’ takes hold
Belgium and France have tightened restrictions in an effort to curb a surge of Covid-19 cases, as a third wave…
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AstraZeneca defends its vaccine data after US monitor suggests it used ‘outdated’ information
Dr Anthony Fauci,the NIAID director and a key figure in the US response to the pandemic, said he was shocked…
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Angela Merkel rules out vaccines trade war as EU mulls blocking AstraZeneca exports to UK
Mrs von der Leyen recently said that the EU’s contract with AstraZeneca stipulated that the bloc would be supplied by…
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Third wave in Europe will ‘wash up on our shores’, warns Boris Johnson
Britain must brace for another wave of coronavirus infections being imported from Europe as cases rise on the continent, the…
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Oxford-AstraZeneca Q&A: How effective is the Covid-19 vaccine, and how is it different to Pfizer?
Why is there concern over the AstraZeneca jab? All the major European countries have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca…
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Plans to combat vaccine hesitancy in poorer countries are ‘urgently needed’, report warns
The majority of these countries have bought vaccines from the Covax vaccine-sharing initiative, which has pledged to make available about…
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