The virus that causes COVID-19 is mutating and spreading around the world. It’s led to more contagious variants, including one that’s caused an unprecedented spike in cases in the UK. Vaccine roll-outs are in full swing but will they still…
The new COVID-19 Variant, also referred to as the UK Variant or B.1.1.7, has now been identified in 32 countries. How transmissible is it? Does it cause more severe disease? Where has it been found so far? What other variants…
New documents suggest the new COVID variant could spread more quickly than the Prime Minister said yesterday. It comes after the government’s scientific advisers said there is no reason to believe that the new strain of the virus will make…
Most vaccines take years to design, test and manufacture, but with coronavirus, it’s only taken months for several pharmaceutical companies to come out with a range of potential vaccines. (Subscribe: The breakneck speed has inevitably led some people to ask…
Germany has had a dramatic spike in new cases over the past day. The country has hit a new high of nearly 30-Thousand cases. And nearly 600 people have died – the highest daily total yet. Weeks of partial lockdown…
One of Britain’s leading vaccine scientists has said it is extraordinary that a jab has been developed safely in just 10 months. Professor Robin Shattock, who is leading the development of a vaccine at Imperial College London, spoke of his…
