London, Oct. 9, 2020 (AltAfrica)-THE NHS in UK is gearing up for a major roll out of a Covid-19 vaccine from next month – with five mass vaccination centres ready before Christmas. The giant sites – manned by trainee nurses, physios and paramedics – will be able to treat tens of thousands of people daily. ...

London, Oct. 7, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Criminals may have made billions of pounds by exploiting a government loan scheme to help British businesses hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, while large losses are expected from firms unable to repay, the country’s spending watchdog has said. An analysis of the government loan scheme for struggling small businesses suggests criminals ...

London, Oct. 3, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A mass roll-out of a UK COVID-19 vaccine in Britain could be finished in as little as three months, the Times reported, citing government scientists. Scientists working on the Oxford vaccine hope it could be approved by regulators before the start of next year, with some health officials estimating that every adult could ...

London, Sep. 30, 2020 (AltAfrica)-UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel reportedly ordered officials to explore plans for building an asylum processing centre on a remote volcanic island in the south Atlantic, more than 4,000 miles from the UK. Home Office officials were instructed to look into the feasibility of transferring asylum seekers arriving in the UK to a centre on ...

London, Sep. 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The efficacy of arthritis drug, otilimab to treat severe effects of COVID-19 is the subject of a new clinical trial currently underway in United kingdom in a relentlessness efforts by the British government to find cure for the disease that has killed about 42,000 people in the country And a coronavirus ...

London, Sep. 14, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A new artificial antibody treatment, monoclonal is to be trialled on Covid-19 patients in UK hospitals. Monoclonal antibodies, which are potent, laboratory-made antibodies, will be given to about 2,000 people to see if they are effective against coronavirus. READ ALSO: FRANCE REACHES RECORD-BREAKING 10,000 NEW COVID CASES IN ONE DAY It ...

London, Sep. 13, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nottinghamshire Police in UK said it had issued the hefty fine to a “reckless” 19-year-old teenager who staged the house party at his home in Lenton on Friday evening. A reckless teenager was fined £10,000 after hosting 50 people at his home – as a senior police figure warned the public ...

London, Sep. 9, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Final clinical trials for a coronavirus vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, have been put on hold after a participant had an adverse reaction in the UK. AstraZeneca described it as a “routine” pause in the case of “an unexplained illness”. READ ALSO: SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMY IN DEEP RECESSION, GDP ...

London, Sep. 7, 2020 (AltAfrica)-A school in United Kingdom, UK, has been forced to close after five staff members tested positive for Covid-19 The infections come a week after children began returning to classrooms in England for the first time since lockdown in March. Samuel Ward Academy, in Haverhill, Suffolk, is shut as a deep ...

London, August 26, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Pharma giant AstraZeneca said Tuesday it had begun a clinical trial of a drug designed to both prevent infection and treat people with COVID-19, with the first volunteers receiving doses. The drug, known as AZD7442, is a combination of two antibodies and is being tested on 48 healthy people aged between ...