Tag: UK Government
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UK to make covid vaccine annual jab to protect against new covid-19 mutant strains
London, Feb. 4, 2021 (AltAfrica) An annual vaccine booster jab to protect against a wave of mutant strains of Covid-19, is already been discussed by the UK govt, the Health Secretary revealed Matt Hancock said the Government was working with drugs companies and regulators on yearly injections against emerging new variants – including one dubbed “Eeek”. READ ALSO: NEW STUDY SAYS ... -
UK takes delivery of first batch of covid-19 vaccine jab
London, Dec. 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)– UK will receive its first doses of the coronavirus vaccine “within hours,” England’s deputy chief medical officer has confirmed. Untied Kingdom on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for general use as it announced a rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s drug from next week. READ ALSO: AFRICA TO VACCINATE 60% ... -
UK to be ‘back to normal’ by Easter with vaccines-Minister
London, Nov. 23, 2020 (AltAfrica)-UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said the UK could be ‘back to normal’ by Easter if coronavirus vaccines pass regulator approval. The result compares with the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which were recently shown to be 95% and 94.5% effective respectively. READ ALSO: TRIAL SHOWS UK OXFORD CORONAVIRUS VACCINE IS ONLY 70% EFFECTIVE However, ... -
UK to deliberately infect 90 people with coronavirus to test covid-19 vaccine efficacy
London, Oct. 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Up to 90 fit people aged 18-30 in London will be deliberately infected with virus in effort to accelerate covid-19 vaccine development. UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma announced on Tuesday They will be kept in the centre at the Royal Free hospital in north London for two-and-a-half weeks in the world’s first “human ... -
UK signs fourth deal for another 60m coronavirus vaccine doses
London, July 29, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The UK government has signed a fourth coronavirus vaccine deal, securing up to 60 million doses of an experimental treatment being developed by drug giants GSK and Sanofi. The government has already signed up for 100 million doses of the Oxford University coronavirus vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca. It has also secured ... -
UK follows US lead, secures 90 million doses of potential cornavirus vaccines
London, July 20, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Britain has secured access to 90 million doses of potential coronavirus vaccines in deals with biotech firms BioNTech, Pfizer and Valneva, the government said Monday. RELATED: TRUMP BUYS UP WORLD STOCK OF KEY COVID-19 DRUG REMDESIVIR UK announcement follows a similar lead fromthe Trump administration that recently bought up virtually all ... -
UK backed COVID-19 antibody test passes first trial with 98.6% accuracy
London, July 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The hunt for a “game-changing” antibody test may be over after a version backed by the UK Government passed its first major trials on July 17 with flying colours. British government has thus began plans to distribute millions of free coronavirus antibody tests -pregnancy-style tests after they were shown to be 98.6 per ... -
UK & Allies, US backed group, YIAGA, validate Buhari’s victory, confirm INEC results as authentic
London, Feb. 28, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The government of United kingdom and its Allies have confirmed that the results of Nigeria’s presidential election as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) were authentic. UK’s position tallies with that of a civil society organisation, the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA) which earlier validated the declaration ...
