Ma! Ma! The vaccines are here! The first shipment of the AstraZeneca vaccine – also the biggest shipment of any vaccine so far – arrived on Australian shores this morning. It might not be something you’ll be telling your family about in the future (“Re…
Nearly 18 million people have now had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, while another 548 deaths have been reported.
It compares to 178 deaths reported yesterday and 799 last Tuesday, and takes the total to 121,305.
There have been …
Data not dates.
That’s the prime minister’s latest slogan about the rationale the government will use to lift the latest lockdown measures.
And what’s not to like? Data, after all, is at the heart of this pandemic. It was data about the virus spread w…
Early data suggests reduction in transmission for those who get the jab, says Hancock
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