Covid-19

Reading Time: < 1 minute Oxford University and AstraZeneca plan to have a new Covid vaccine ready by the autumn to tackle new variants of the coronavirus, they confirmed today….

Reading Time: < 1 minute More coronavirus “mutations of concern” have been found in Bristol and Liverpool, the health secretary has announced. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute The makers of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), are now expecting India to approve their vaccine following…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, late stage trial results published in The Lancet reveal.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minute   Dubai has forced all of its pubs and bars to close after a surge in Covid-19 cases at the influencer-packed destination…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Health officials today began a mass coronavirus testing programme in eight areas of England to try to contain the South African variant of…

Reading Time: < 1 minute It is now possible to detect the coronavirus without testing, thanks to the Covid Hunter device, a scanner that identifies the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus immediately….

Reading Time: < 1 minute Door-to-door coronavirus testing is being launched across eight parts of England amid fears the South African variant causing panic around the world…

Reading Time: < 1 minute The global race for a COVID-19 inoculation has accelerated development of new processes to manufacture vaccines, with different manufacturers taking different approaches…

Reading Time: < 1 minute Residents in parts of Surrey will be offered coronavirus tests after two people who had not travelled to South Africa caught the…