Tag: Vaccine

More than a third of England's upper tier local authorities have jabbed fewer than one in 10 healthy 12-15 year-olds as take-up rates currently stand at as low as 3.5%.

Ministers are hoping to improve the roll-out of Covid vaccines for healthy 12-15 year-olds – which has got off to a bumpy start – by opening walk-in vaccine clinics to this age group in the coming weeks.

Officials are disappointed with Premier League football for having what has been titled the "worst vaccination rate" in the world of sports and are considering how to increase uptake now that other measures have failed.

Dozens of MPs are set to meet with members of the Together Declaration tomorrow to demand that the Government never introduces vaccine passports, including as part of a winter 'Plan B'.

Looming vaccine mandates in the U.S. do not appear to be nudging workers into getting jabbed as quickly as officials had hoped. The agency responsible for screening air travellers says 40% of its workforce isn't jabbed.

60% of schools in England will fail to host Covid vaccinations by the Government's target date, according to a new survey. Uptake at schools that have been visited is around 35%.

'Green Passes' have come into force for workers in Italy. Strikes are expected as those who don't get 'jabbed', pay for cumulatively-costly tests or haven't recently recovered from Covid will be suspended without pay.

The Biden administration is quietly telling states to prepare to vaccinate 5-11 year-olds from next month, despite the fact the FDA hasn't yet decided whether to grant emergency use of the Pfizer jab in this age group.

Australia is set to stop manufacturing the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, blaming "negative press" for fears about side effects which mean the jab is "not going to be utilised".

A judge has ruled that New York health care workers can avoid the vaccine mandate on religious grounds, following reports that aborted fetal tissue is being used to develop jabs.