Nov 5, 2020
Governments should pay people to get a coronavirus vaccine in order to achieve herd immunity, an Oxford University scientist has said. Professor Julian Savulescu said that in order to stamp out Covid more than 80 per cent of the population will need to get a jab when it becomes available. If voluntary schemes do not […]
Oct 21, 2020
The first “challenge” vaccine trial in the world is expected to start in London in the New Year, but only young white people will take part. Up to 90 volunteers at the Royal Free Hospital in the capital will be deliberately exposed to coronavirus in early...
Oct 19, 2020
Forty million coronavirus vaccines could be heading to the UK in the next two and a half months after US multinational pharmaceutical corporation Pfizer revealed that it had started the manufacturing process. The pharmaceutical giant – which already has...
Oct 5, 2020
Downing Street said there was an “enormous amount of planning and preparation in place” for the distribution of a vaccine. “The priority will be the most vulnerable groups and we take advice from the independent Joint Committee on Vaccination and...
Oct 1, 2020
Dozens of vaccines are in trials across the world, and Oxford University appears to be the furthest ahead. Final phase three human trials are in progress, and results may be available by next month. The new report estimates that at least 70 per cent of the population...
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