Britain approves Moderna's COVID shot for children aged six and olderThe Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said the approval was granted after Moderna's vaccine, known as Spikevax, me...
14 Apr, 2022, 06.51 PM IST
UK reports over 100 new cases of Omicron COVID variantThe early indications are that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is more transmissible than Delta, said British Prime Minister Boris Johns...
08 Dec, 2021, 07.08 AM IST
Britain sending millions more COVID doses to developing nationsLeaders of the world's 20 richest countries are gathering in Rome at a meeting which Johnson hopes will make progress on producing firm com...
30 Oct, 2021, 12.41 PM IST
UK on the edge: Tougher COVID restrictions needed, health lobby saysDoctors have expressed concern that an increase in numbers going into hospital, combined with pressures on the NHS from seasonal viruses, c...
20 Oct, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
UK advisers decide against COVID vaccines for healthy 12- to 15-year-oldsThe advice could see Britain pursue a different approach to the United States and some European countries, which are pursuing broader vacci...
03 Sep, 2021, 10.48 PM IST
Britain, facing airline pressure, considers easing restrictions for vaccinated travellersThe country's Department for Transport said on Thursday that it was considering how vaccinations could be used for inbound travel. More tha...
17 Jun, 2021, 02.57 PM IST
Prince William gets 1st dose, thanks those working on vaccine rolloutWilliam, 38, received his shot at London's Science Museum.
20 May, 2021, 07.28 PM IST
UK begins 'booster' shot trial of 7 different COVID-19 vaccinesBritain launched a nationwide study on Wednesday to explore whether giving a third dose "booster" shot of coronavirus vaccines would be saf...
19 May, 2021, 10.07 PM IST
Britian to urge cease-fires to allow COVID-19 deliveries"That is why the UK is calling for a vaccination cease-fire to allow COVID-19 vaccines to reach people living in conflict zones and for a g...
17 Feb, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
UK has vaccinated around 2 million people: Health Secretary HancockAsked how many people had been vaccinated, Hancock said: "It's around the 2 million mark, but we're going to publish the exact figures tomo...
10 Jan, 2021, 04.20 PM IST
UK rolls out AstraZeneca vaccine, touts British science triumphBritain, which is rushing to vaccinate its population faster than the United States and the rest of Europe in a bid to put the pandemic beh...
04 Jan, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
'Pivotal moment' as Britain set to roll out AstraZeneca vaccineSix hospitals in England will administer the first of around 530,000 doses Britain has ready. The programme will be expanded to hundreds of...
04 Jan, 2021, 01.31 PM IST
Study says Britain must vaccinate two million a week to prevent a third COVID-19 waveResponding to the study, a UK Health Department spokesman told Reuters that "over the coming weeks and months the rate of vaccination will ...
29 Dec, 2020, 03.35 PM IST
EU warns of risks of COVID-19 vaccine race after UK approval of Pfizer shotThe European Medicines Agency which is in charge of approving COVID-19 vaccines for the EU, said its longer procedure to approve vaccines w...
02 Dec, 2020, 04.36 PM IST
UK secures 2 million more doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccineModerna's experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial. Deliveries to Brita...
29 Nov, 2020, 10.02 AM IST
Britain changes vaccine rollout measures for COVID and fluBritain said that it had changed its rules around administering and distributing vaccines to make the speedy rollout of any COVID-19 vaccin...
16 Oct, 2020, 06.56 PM IST
Britain secures 90 million possible COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer/BioNTech, ValnevaWith no working vaccine against COVID-19 yet developed, Britain now has three different types of vaccine under order and a total of 230 mil...
20 Jul, 2020, 04.11 PM IST