Tag: COVID
‘Don’t Inject Bleach’: Biden Mocks Trump on Anniversary of Covid Comments
President Biden has homed in on the infamous moment, which crystallized the chaos of the Trump presidency, as he trolls his political opponent.
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No cheering warning to Commons gallery during Covid debate
The deputy Speaker has warned those in the public gallery to stop clapping during a debate on Covid excess deaths.Dame Rosie Winterton said the noise [...]
Moderna halts Kenya vaccine plant plans as Covid shot demand plunges
A nurse prepares a dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at Oltepesi Dispensary in Kajiado, Kenya, on September 9, 2021.Patrick Meinhardt | AFP | Getty Ima [...]
UK ministers 'afraid' of Sturgeon during Covid
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford also told the UK Covid Inquiry Nicola Sturgeon is a "formidable politician".
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Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson was absent manager in pandemic, Mark Drakeford says
Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty ImagesWales’ education minister during the pandemic offered to resign over her handling of cancelled exams in 2020.In wri [...]
Covid inquiry: Gething admits missing WhatsApps embarrassing
Vaughan Gething, Wales' health minister during Covid, says missing WhatsApps from the period are "embarrassing".He said the messaging app “essentially [...]
Covid inquiry: Vaughan Gething says missing WhatsApps an “embarrassment”
Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty ImagesGething says goggles were one of the PPE items which were used up more quickly than expectedImage caption: Gething [...]
Pfizer is betting big on cancer drugs after Covid decline
Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesPfizer is ready to move on from Covid. Now, the company is betting on cancer drugs to help it regain its footing aft [...]
Covid inquiry: Astonishing reluctance to call Covid civil emergency – expert
The
inquiry is shown a briefing that PHW prepared on 11 March
making the case for the Welsh government to declare a major incident.It outlined predict [...]
Covid inquiry: ‘No basis’ to stop pubs selling alcohol
From late summer of 2020, the Welsh government used computer modelling by experts from Swansea University to try to predict the severity of future Cov [...]
Gething automatically deleted messages, Covid inquiry hears
Labour leadership candidate used disappearing messages when he was health minister, inquiry told.
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Covid inquiry in Wales: Grieving families hope for accountability
As the manager of two care homes in Wrexham, Gaynor Jones felt her sector was “thrown under a bus by the government” because the advice was unworkable [...]
Novavax to settle Gavi arbitration over canceled Covid shot purchase
A health worker prepares a dose of the Novavax vaccine as the Dutch Health Service Organization starts with the Novavax vaccination program on March 2 [...]
Nicola Sturgeon gave phone used during Covid to relative
The evidence, submitted by Ms Sturgeon in November last year, stated she used a personal iPad to access Scottish government email, but this was no lon [...]
Covid Inquiry: Alister Jack deleted WhatsApps to 'free up storage'
The Scottish secretary also claimed Nicola Sturgeon could "cry from one eye" in his evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry.
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