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.
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November 22, 2021 NHS ready to extend Covid vaccines to children as young as 5
NHS England officials said the health service is ready to extend the availability of vaccines quickly when and if expert recommendations for who should receive them change, after a report suggested plans to give the Covid jab to children aged five to 11 could become reality next year.
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November 21, 2021 New documents back theory that Covid outbreak started in Wuhan lab
Wuhan scientists were studying viral samples of high-risk bat species living in Laos – the country where the closest relative to Covid-19 has been found, leaked documents show.
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November 17, 2021 Alarm grows as mortuaries fill with thousands of extra non-Covid deaths
Nearly 10,000 more people than usual have died in the past four months from non-Covid reasons, as experts called for an urgent government inquiry into whether the deaths were preventable.
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November 15, 2021 Covid booster jabs for under-50s to raise winter immunity
Booster jabs are being extended to under-50s as the government’s advisers are set to approve third doses for younger people as early as Monday.
