After British regulators approved AstraZeneca’s vaccine to provide immunity against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Wednesday, British Health Minister Matt Hancock said the approval was “good news for everyone.” Speaking to Sky News, Hancock highlighted the advantages of the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed at the University of Oxford, over other Covid-19 …
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JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s health minister has rejected the claim of his British counterpart that a new variant of the coronavirus in the country is more contagious or dangerous than a similar one in the UK spread. “At present, there is no evidence that the 501.V2 (variant) is more transmissible than …
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European countries began banning flights from the UK on Sunday when the London government warned that a potent new strain of the virus was “out of control.” Following the example of the Netherlands, where the ban on all UK passenger flights went into effect on Sunday, a German government source …
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More than 16 million Britons must now stay home after a lockdown in London and south-east England went into effect on Sunday and the government scrapped plans to relax rules on socializing at Christmas. The government faced criticism for imposing an effective lockdown just days before Christmas, but Matt Hancock …
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Matt Hancock said there was evidence in the report that the vaccine could reduce the transmission of diseases. London: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said it was “fantastic news” that Monday’s data showed that a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca with the University of Oxford could be up to 90% …
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Britain’s Health Minister Matt Hancock said on Friday that the health service is implementing plans for the coronavirus vaccination program, as it hopes to start Covid-19 vaccines before Christmas. Praising news coming from major coronavirus vaccination studies in the US and UK, Hancock has said that there are encouraging signs …
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