UK’s oldest living heart transplant patient marks 90th birthday
Ted Warner was only expected to live for eight more years after his operation in 1990. Source link
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Oxford-jab chief criticises UK’s Covid booster plan
But the health secretary says he plans to begin their rollout in a matter of weeks. Source link
Covid-19: UK’s data encouraging, says government adviser
Sir John Bell says balance is needed in the discussion over when to end lockdown restrictions. Source link
UK’s death rate 7% above normal in 2020
While it was badly hit in the spring, six other countries were worse affected than the UK in the autumn. Source link
Covid vaccine: India shortfall behind UK’s supply delay
Prof Adam Finn, a member of the government’s Joint Committee for Vaccinations and Immunisation (JCVI), said the disruption to supply meant the UK’s rollout would be going from “extremely fast to somewhat less fast”, rather than “juddering to a halt”. Source link
Covid: Public can have confidence in UK’s vaccines, Nadhim Zahawi says
The vaccines being used appear to work well against dominant variants in the UK, Nadhim Zahawi says. Source link
18-year-old Chaiyanya spends a day in the shoes of UK’s senior-most diplomat
Chaitanya Venkateswaran sure had a hectic and bustling day, when she got the unique opportunity to act as the British High Commissioner, which is the post of the UK’s senior-most diplomat, for a day from New Delhi. The 18-year-old girl from New Delhi had the unique opportunity to spend last Wednesday as the UK’s senior-most … Read more
Man first to join ‘UK’s largest’ recovery study
Image caption Piyush Madhani decided to take part in the study “to contribute to the understanding and cure of this virus” A man who had Covid-19 has become the first to take part in what is thought to be the UK’s largest study into how the virus affects people after they leave hospital. Piyush Madhani … Read more