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Vaccines giving 67% protection after three weeks, large-scale research shows Amy Coles, news reporter One dose of a COVID-19 vaccine gives 67% protection after three weeks, a leading epidemiologist has said. © Imagebridge More than 10 million people have been given their first COVID jab Professor Tim Spector of King's College London, who runs the ZOE COVID-19 surveillance app, said data collected from 50,000 users vaccinated with either the Pfizer or Oxford/AstraZeneca jab showed one dose gave 46% protection after two weeks, rising to 67% after three to six weeks. The app ...

Oxford vaccine remains effective against variant first detected in UK, researchers find Aubrey Allegretti, political reporter The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine remains effective against the coronavirus variant first detected in Kent and the South East, researchers have found. © Getty The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has played a key role in the speed of the UK's rollout The researchers who developed the jab say it has a similar efficacy against the variant compared to the original COVID-19 strain it was tested against. Professor Andrew Pollard, a chief investigator on the Oxfo...

Vaccines "couldn't fail" to have some impact on the spread of coronavirus, according to England's deputy chief medical officer.

UK reaches deal with France to allow hauliers to cross border from today Greg Heffer, political reporter Replay Video UP NEXT The UK and French governments have reached a deal to reopen the border between the two countries to hauliers and some passengers from Wednesday - if they test negative for COVID. As part of the agreement, the military and NHS Test and Trace teams are to establish multiple testing sites in Kent. Quick turnaround tests will be deployed in an effort to get moving the more than 2,800 lorries that have been left trapped in Kent, but the queues built up aro...

UK reaches deal with France to allow hauliers to cross border from today Greg Heffer, political reporter Replay Video UP NEXT The UK and French governments have reached a deal to reopen the border between the two countries to hauliers and some passengers from Wednesday - if they test negative for COVID. As part of the agreement, the military and NHS Test and Trace teams are to establish multiple testing sites in Kent. Quick turnaround tests will be deployed in an effort to get moving the more than 2,800 lorries that have been left trapped in Kent, but the queues built up aro...