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The interim trial results of Sputnik V, the coronavirus vaccine developed by Russia, are in, and results are showing 91.6 percent effectiveness in preventing symptomatic cases, as reported by CNN. There were no severe adverse events that appeared to be associated with the vaccine and the only side effects reported being mild, consisting of flu-like symptoms, pain at the injection site and low energy. Following the phase three trial of the vaccine, interim data suggests that two doses of Sputni...

The trial results of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine are “extremely encouraging” and suggest that a single dose can be effective, experts have said. The single-shot vaccine – developed by Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical arm Janssen – is 66% effective overall at preventing moderate to severe coronavirus 28 days after vaccination, results show. Some 30 million doses of the vaccine have been ordered by the UK, with deliveries expected in the second half of this year if the jab ...

A series of initiatives to tackle speeding in a 20mph zone in east Reading has been approved.

Credit: PA Around eight in 10 recent positive cases of Covid-19 in London and eastern England could be the new UK variant, figures suggest. Across England as a whole it is estimated it could account for 61% of new cases, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced in mid-December that experts had identified a new variant of coronavirus which he said may have been responsible for the “faster spread” in south-east England. This week, as he imposed a...

The blue plaques The four blue plaques are dedicated to Dominic Barbieri, Phoebe Cusden, Henry Addington and Thomas Huntley. Mr Barbieri was an Italian theologian who was prominent in spreading Catholicism in England and died in Reading. His plaque is on a modern block of flats on Caversham Road before the railway bridge. Ms Cusden was an educationalist, peace campaigner, socialist, feminist and Reading councillor, who was once mayor of Reading and founded the Reading Dusseldorf Associa...

Reading School has new plans for Morgan Road Playing Fields ABBEY SCHOOL could resolve a green space-saving controversy by possibly purchasing land being sold by another school amid concerns from locals. Reading School, based on Erleigh Road, recently announced it would be selling part of the playing fields it owns at Morgan Road to fund a new indoor sports centre at the main campus, as well as new facilities at Morgan Road Playing Fields, including a 3G pitch. The school is holding a six...

Muhlenberg Greene Architects Donald W. Rehmann Jr., Glenmoore, Chester County, has joined the firm as a project manager. Rehmann brings more than 20 years’ architectural design and construction management experience. At Muhlenberg Greene, he will oversee new commercial architecture, architectural restoration and repair, and adaptive reuse projects from initial planning and schematic design through construction completion. He will work out of the firm’s Wyomissing office, but as custom...

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