The Beatles crooner, 78, is eager to receive the Pfizer jab against coronavirus
Other older stars, such as Sir Ian McKellan, Lionel Blair and Prue Leith, have already been vaccinated this week
Paul said: The vaccine will get us out of this. I think we’ll come through it, I know we’ll come through it. I’ll have it as soon as I’m allowed
He also expressed that he feels lockdowns arent realistic - despite England having undergone two already I can’t imagine that girls you see in Liverpool in the tiniest of mini-skirts on a Saturday night, I’m not sure you can say to them, Look, you’ve got to stay home! he added
Anti-vaxxers have mocked and smeared V-Day heroine Margaret Keenan on social media sites amid a surge of ‘toxic misinformation’.
A mob of online conspiracy theorists – some claiming to be NHS staff – used Facebook to spread slurs about the 91-year-old grandmother and her family after she became the first in the world to have the Pfizer Covid-19 jab outside medical trials.
Calling her a ‘guinea pig’ and an ‘actress’, the anti-vaxxers accused her of making a Masonic sign and of having been given a placebo as a marketing ploy. The wild claims have been widely shared despite being rejected as groundless by independent health experts.
Senegal to receive first doses of Covid-19 vaccine in March
By Chad Williams
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CAPE TOWN – Senegal will receive its first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in March, according to Dr Mamadou Ndiaye, the director of prevention of the Senegalese ministry of health and social action.
According to a report by Chinese-based Xinhua News Agency, Ndiaye, who was speaking during an interview with radio Sud FM, said members of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, including Senegal, would have these first doses after approval by the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Xinhua reported that Senegalese minister of health and social action, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, recently said the West African country had not chosen a vaccine at this stage, but that it was participating in the international mechanism for group purchasing of vaccines.
Majority of Africans would take a COVID-19 vaccine if deemed safe
Other studies show that only 57% of BAME people in the UK would take the COVID vaccine
John Nkengasong, Director of Africa-CDC, speaks during a press conference on COVID-19 at African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2020. (Photo by Michael Tewelde / AFP) (Photo by MICHAEL TEWELDE/AFP via Getty Images)
79% OF Africans would take a COVID-19 vaccine if it were deemed safe and effective, a survey of more than 15,000 adults has shown.
The survey interviewed adults across 15 African countries, including Nigeria, South Africa, Ethiopia and Kenya, between August and December 2020.
Africa CDC Director, Dr. John Nkengasong, revealed that more than 116,000 new cases of coronavirus and 2,387 deaths were reported over the past weeks across the continent.
He said this during CDC’s weekly Covid-19 briefing on Thursday and stated that the numbers represent a 17% increase in cases and 8.7% increase in deaths.
From August to December, more than 15,000 adults across 15 African countries – Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, SA, Sudan, Tunisia, and Uganda – were surveyed about their willingness to take a Covid-19 vaccine.
Nearly 80% of adults surveyed in 15 African countries said they would take a Covid-19 vaccine if it were safe and effective, scientists reported on Thursday as new infections and deaths rose steeply across the continent.