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Covid vaccine programme to get £1.65bn funding boost

The chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to announce £1.

01 March 2021

Covid vaccine priority to continue by age in phase two rollout

Phase two of the Covid vaccination programme will not prioritise key workers but continue in age order, starting with those aged 40-49.

26 February 2021

PHE: One Covid vaccine dose reduces hospitalisation risk by more than 75%

The risk of hospitalisation and death are greatly reduced after one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to the first comprehensive studies of the effect of the UK vaccination programme to date.

22 February 2021

All adults to be offered Covid vaccine by the end of July

The Government is now aiming for all adults in the UK to have been offered their first Covid jab by the end of July.

22 February 2021

QCovid is rocket science

Hang on.

18 February 2021

GPs could offer common asthma drug as early Covid-19 intervention

A common asthma drug, Budesonide, which could be given by GP surgeries as an early community intervention, has been found to reduce Covid-19 symptoms.

15 February 2021

A global effort is the only chance of overcoming Covid

The media has been awash with talk about ‘vaccine nationalism’.

12 February 2021

Welsh Covid vaccination sites to move to second doses earlier

Wales will begin administering second doses of the Covid vaccine from Monday (15 February) – 10 weeks after the first patients were given the initial jab, the Welsh Government has said.

12 February 2021

Wider range of symptoms linked with Covid-19, shows large study

Symptoms including chills, loss of appetite, headache and muscle aches are ‘strongly linked’ with being infected with Covid-19, a study of over one million people has shown.

10 February 2021

GPs to opportunistically report patients who developed Covid after vaccination

GPs should opportunistically record confirmed Covid in patients who have been vaccinated if they see them face to face, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

10 February 2021