Vaccinations

Jabs to be diverted to over-80s in areas struggling to keep up in national rollout

Ministers tempering vaccination expectations after failing to fulfil previous Covid pledges

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Government ministers voice doubts about plan to speed up mass immunisation programme

Doctors leading the way see deliveries diverted to allow other regions to catch up

Berlin had promoted pact that no members of the bloc would strike separate deals to secure jabs

The US-developed jab may get green-light for use in UK within weeks

Seven NHS vaccination hubs opening today in ‘vitally important week’

Experts fear that members of public will become lax about safety measures after getting long-awaited jabs

Experts divided over move to broaden gap between the two jabs in order to inoculate more people

Boris Johnson says Britain’s third national lockdown will be the ‘final phase of the struggle’ against the Covid-19 pandemic

Almost 140,000 people received Pfizer jab in first week of UK’s world-first mass immunisation campaign

One Covid-19 vaccination has been approved and two more are expected to follow soon

One dose each of the Pfizer and Oxford jabs will be given to patients in new trials

Patients will be given NHS inoculation card after receiving jab

Care homes may face delays in getting deliveries of the Covid-19 jab owing to logistical difficulties

UK becomes first nation to approve vaccine paving way for roll out

Insiders says Marcus Rashford and members of Royal Family being eyed up for NHS campaign to counter anti-vax theories

More volunteers will be recruited to test half-dose regimen as critics question latest results

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AstraZeneca failed to disclose that under-55s made up test group in which jab was most effective

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Experts warn that growing wave of scepticism could ruin ‘whole programme’ of vaccination rollout

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A total of three Covid-19 jabs have been declared safe and effective - but none are cleared yet for public use

Team behind university’s Covid jab admit the 90% effective dosage was discovered by mistake

Some scientists say proposal is premature without proof that vaccination stops transmission

Latest trial results show the university’s jab is up to 90% effective

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UK-made vaccine joins list of potential pandemic-ending vaccines

As the Oxford vaccine posts promising results, the UK’s £100bn mass-testing plan is looking less essential

Fears over Trump’s ‘vaccine nationalism’ and European supplies led British ministers to prioritise other agreements