NHS planning to roll out ‘game-changing’ coronavirus pill – and it could happen ‘before Christmas’
The NHS is planning to roll out a “game-changing” anti-viral pill that people who have tested positive for coronavirus can take at home.
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December 3, 2021 Pfizer and Moderna jabs give best overall boost, UK study finds
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines being used in the UK as boosters prompt the best overall response, according to a UK trial.
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December 2, 2021 Omicron could fuel largest wave of pandemic, government advisers warn
The omicron variant could cause the biggest wave of Covid cases yet in the UK if allowed to spread unchecked, leading government scientific advisers have warned.
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December 1, 2021 Omicron sparks race to clarify extent of Covid vaccine protection
The warning from the head of Moderna, the pharmaceuticals group, that coronavirus vaccines were likely to be less effective against the Omicron variant has provoked anxiety over the best weapon the world has to fight the pandemic.
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November 30, 2021 Pfizer starts work on omicron vaccine – and it will be ready early next year
Pfizer has started making a vaccine against the omicron Covid variant, its chief executive confirmed on Monday.
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November 28, 2021 South African doctor who raised alarm about omicron variant says symptoms are ‘unusual but mild’
The first South African doctor to alert the authorities about patients with the omicron variant has told The Telegraph that the symptoms of the new variant are unusual but mild.
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November 27, 2021 Omicron variant spreads to Europe as UK announces countermeasures
As an alarming new Covid variant spread to Europe on Friday, scientists warned that it would inevitably reach Britain, while ministers faced calls to urgently speed up the vaccination programme.
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November 26, 2021 Risk of Covid infection more than DOUBLES 90 days after second dose
Immunity against infection from COVID-19 vaccines is waning over time, a new study suggests.
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November 24, 2021 AstraZeneca vaccine may give longer protection that is shielding UK from new Covid wave
AstraZeneca may offer longer-lasting immunity than other vaccines, scientists have said amid claims that the jab has helped Britain avoid the latest Covid wave in Europe.
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November 23, 2021 Britain must be weened off antidepressants, doctors told
Doctors will be told not to offer antidepressants to those with mild illness and instead suggest options such as meditation, mindfulness and talking therapies.
