Covid-19 new variant: France imposes travel ban on UK

Summary Some European countries such as the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland and Romania have imposed travel restrictions on the UK...

New Covid-19 strain: Sunak under pressure to announce fresh relief p...

Summary A new variant of the Covid-19 strain called VUI-202012/0 has been discovered in the UK Experts said that the new strain is more infectious...

US lawmakers to get Covid-19 vaccine soon, Moderna vaccine gets advi...

Summary US lawmakers are expected to get inoculated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in next few days The Office of the Attending Physician has in...

Coronavirus update: tough restrictions to last long with rising case...

Summary   Experts predict the restrictions to last until February with more than 35,000 cases recorded on Thursday England faces tougher res...

Valneva Covid-19 vaccine: French pharma begins its first UK clinical...

Summary Valneva clinical trials to start from today in the UK The potential Covid-19 vaccine is being developed in Livingston, West Lothian The i...

AstraZeneca (LON: AZN) shares tumble 9% after $39-billion Alexion (N...

Summary AstraZeneca shares slumped to an eight-month low after the announcement of the Alexion deal With the Monday’s plunge, the YTD return...

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination: Family doctors to administer doses

Summary Pfizer/BioNTech SE vaccine is being rolled out to General Practitioners today, a week after the first dose was administered Most patients...

Christmas cheer: Transport Secretary announces £3 mn to meet festive...

Summary Transport Secretary announces funding to bolster the coach services With the additional funding, 80,000 seats will be made available to en...

Pfizer vaccine update: People with serious allergies told to avoid t...

Summary UK began its mass inoculation drive this Tuesday It was the first nation to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine last week, which displayed...

Covid-19 update: medicine regulator to assess the dose regimen for A...

The UK medical regulator would be examining the data from the clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine developed jointly by Oxford University and Astra...

It is V-day in Britain: Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to start...

Summary Britain is the first western country to start the vaccination program on 8 December The NHS frontline staff, care home residents, and peop...

Britain to roll out Covid-19 vaccine this week

Footage posted by the National Health Service has shown that vaccine boxes are being stored safely in special fridges at the Croydon University Hospit...

OptiGene’s ‘No-swab’ coronavirus test found to be highly sensitive

An evaluation of OptiGene’s RT-LAMP Covid-19 tests carried out by NHS trusts and universities has confirmed its high sensitivity to the virus. T...

Coronavirus update: England infections down by nearly one-third duri...

Summary Study conducted by the Imperial College of London between 13-24 November An R rate of less than one attained during the period Covid-...

England may start Covid-19 vaccine distribution within 10 days

It seems the wait to get a clinically-approved coronavirus vaccine has come to an end for the Brits as the government authorities have reportedly aske...

UK tier system: How badly will it impact the pubs?

Summary The new tier system will be replacing the second lockdown in England next week. PM Boris Johnson has unveiled the arrangements for Christm...

PM faces revolt from MPs as England put under toughest COVID curbs

Summary Most of the nation to be under two toughest level measures when the lockdown ends MPs to vote for the regulations on Monday, 70 Tories may...

Oxford Covid-19 vaccine faces questions after dosing error

Though the recent back-to-back advancements in the development of a vaccine seemed to have enhanced the visibility of a silver lining in the fight aga...

Will things get back to normal by Easter as Britain rolls out vaccin...

Summary Covid-19 vaccine to begin getting administered before Christmas Government has introduced new legislations allowing a larger number of hea...

Covid-19 support: While some self-employed miss out, struggling fami...

Summary UK Treasury extended coronavirus support to businesses, jobs, and low-income families; but many self-employed not covered Manufacturers as...