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Brexit was deciding factor for swift UK COVID vaccine approval and deployment, rural areas to see…
The MHRA, EMA and FDA have different procedures which need to be completed before they can take a decision on an application for use of a new drug/vaccine. So, why is the UK's MHRA the first in the world to approve a COVID-19 vaccine? It…
Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine to be made available next week
The UK government has authorised the first COVID-19 vaccine on independent advice of its medicines regulator, leading to the first vaccines to become available next week, the government has reported today.
The Government has today…
COVID-19 Vaccine Update:UK medical regulator could approve COVID vaccines before the US; Cambridge…
There are several potential vaccines for COVID-19 in the later stages of phase III trials. If one or more is approved and authorised as safe and effective by the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Authority (MHRA), the NHS has stated in a…
Local restrictions support grant available for closed businesses – are you eligible?
Businesses required to close due to the national restrictions which started on 5 November 2020, may be eligible for a grant.
Eligible businesses will receive a one-off grant to support them during the four-week closure and help…
Gov ban on movement of agency care staff follows first high court challenge on COVID hospital…
Staffing agencies and recruiters of temporary staff placed in care homes will be scrambling to put their concerns forward by Monday, 23 November, midday, as the government holds a consultation, only launched last Friday 13 November, which…
UPDATE: UK government puts in order for Moderna COVID vaccine – how does it stack up against…
Moderna has 94.5% efficacy, longer shelf life, and effective in older and BAME individualsAccording to Dr Zoltán Kis, Research Associate at the Future Vaccine Manufacturing Hub, Imperial College London, BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine can be…
How to get a free NHS COVID home test kit if you have symptoms
Read the following before ordering a COVID test online. Please note England and Northern Ireland have different symptom and home test ordering timelines than Scotland and Wales. We have outlined, based on the latest government information,…
Pandemic profit levy targets self-employed and urges SEISS grant clawbacks
An independent think-tank focused on improving the living standards of those on low-to-middle incomes, has proposed in a new report, that the UK government should introduce a new Health and Social Care Levy, alongside a Pandemic Profits…
Breaking news: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has major glitch to contend with
The UK government has initially pre-ordered a reported 90 million COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and each person will need two doses, three weeks apart to guarantee immunity, it has been reported. That means that covers around 45 million…
UK COVID numbers so high China calls temp suspension on UK travellers
The number of lives lost to Covid-19 in the UK has passed 50,000, the government has confirmed on November 11th. The Department of Health said an additional 595 people had died after contracting the virus - bringing the official death toll…