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Worst of the pandemic is ‘absolutely behind us’ according to leading vaccine scientist Photo by JACOB KING/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Worst of the pandemic is ‘absolutely behind us’ according to leading vaccine sci...

Pharmaceutical firms are working to tweak vaccines against new Omicron variant

Demonstrators take part in a protest against Covid certification in Belfast city centre at the weekend. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce an extension of the scheme in Scotland on Tuesday. Photo: Dominic McGrath/PA Wire

Reasons for covid vaccine passport plans must be clear - Scotsman comment

Sajid Javid said the jabs will start to be offered in September (Photo: Getty Images)

Covid booster jabs will rollout to priority groups next month - who is eligible?

The Oxford Vaccine Group director has said herd immunity when it comes to the Delta variant is 'not a possibility'. Picture: AP Photo/Matt O'Brien, File

Herd immunity 'not possible' with Delta variant, says Oxford expert

The head of the Oxford University vaccine group has said there’s still a “long way to go” before social distancing and face masks can be scrapped (Photo: Shutterstock)

'Long way to go' before face masks and social distancing will be scrapped, says ...

Germany, France and Italy have all suspended use of the vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

UK regulator sees ‘no reason’ to discontinue Oxford vaccine - as Germany, France...

A man wearing a protective mask passes by the Coliseum in Rome (Photo: Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP) (Photo by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)

Italy is back in lockdown after signs of a 'new wave' of Covid-19

This is when everyone in the UK should be vaccinated - according to government’s...

The vaccine rollout should turn to children "as fast as we can" according to a SAGE expert (Photo: Shutterstock)

We should give children Covid vaccines 'as fast as we can' - according to a SAGE...

This is when people aged over 40 could get the Covid vaccine

Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is to be tested on children in new clinical trial - h...

Clinical trial to begin to test Covid vaccine efficacy among children.

Clinical trial to begin to test Covid vaccine efficacy among children

A new vaccine to tackle Covid-19 is expected by the autumn (Photo: Shutterstock)

New Covid jabs may not be needed if current vaccines stop severe disease - here’...

Study reveals vaccine offers only 'limited protection' aganst strain

Professor Andrew Pollard, director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford (Picture: Steve Parsons/PA)

The Covid pandemic has shown the importance of science – Scotsman comment

Vaccines that protect against the new Covid-19 variants should be ready by October (Photo: Shutterstock)

Vaccines that protect against Covid variants to be ready by October says Oxford ...

Scientists have said the Oxford vaccine could lead to a 'substantial' fall in the spread of Covid-19 (Getty Images)

Can you spread Covid after having the vaccine?

Oxford Covid vaccine found to reduce transmission by 67% - and gap between doses is working (Photo: Shutterstock)

Oxford Covid vaccine found to reduce transmission by 67% - and gap between doses...

Wendy Milbank, aged 75, from Newmarket, after receiving the Oxford/Astrazeneca vaccine at the opening of a Pharmacy2U Covid-19 vaccination centre, at the Newmarket Racecourse, Suffolk picture: PA

Single dose of Oxford vaccine reduces transmission of Covid-19, study confirms

The first Oxford vaccine dose has been given in the UK - here’s the plan for the...

A scientist at work in an Oxford Vaccine Group's laboratory at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford (Picture: Steve Parsons/PA)

Why Oxford 'vaccine for the world' is so important – Scotsman comment

Nicola Sturgeon has welcomed the vaccine news

Oxford vaccine approval 'much needed good news' says Sturgeon

The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine has been approved for UK use - what you nee...

The Covid-19 vaccine started being dispensed in Scotland last week

Return to post-Covid normality a 'long way off', say vaccine experts

Prime minister Boris Johnson visits the Jenner Institute in Oxford where scientists are developing a Covid 19 vaccine. (Pic: Getty Images)

Oxford covid vaccine 'safe and effective' a study has revealed

Oxford Covid vaccine to undergo second global trial after a dosing error improve...

Nations should collaborate on a global effort to vaccinate people against the Covid-19 coronavirus (Picture: Antonio Diaz/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Why vaccine nationalism is dangerously counter-productive – Scotsman comment

The Duke of Cambridge (bottom right) speaking to Oxford researchers via video call to congratulate them. Those on the call included Professor Andy Pollard, professor of Paediatric Infection and Immunity; Professor Sarah Gilbert, professor of Vaccinology; and Professor Louise Richardson, vice chancellor of Oxford University. Picture: Kensington Palace/PA Wire

Vaccine raises hopes of end to coronavirus pandemic

Oxford’s Covid vaccine shows a potential for up to 90% protection - but how does...

Researchers concluded that the vaccine is between 62 per cent and 90 per cent effective, depending on how and when the two necessary doses of the jab are administered. (Photo by Steve Parsons / POOL / AFP)

Oxford University vaccine shows 70 per cent protection, trial suggests

Older adults respond well to the Oxford Covid vaccine - and its after effects ar...

Coronavirus in Scotland: When will a Covid-19 vaccine be ready?

Work is continuing on a Covid vaccine

Drug company claims virus vaccine ‘will be ready in September’

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