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NHS nurses are among the groups struggling to afford to eat (image: Getty Images)

Covid vaccine now offered to young clinically vulnerable children

A Covid vaccine booster which is aimed at tackling multiple variants of the virus has shown promise (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid vaccine booster tackling multiple variants shows promise, suggests trial d...

British adults could get fourth Covid jab as deal agreed for 114m extra doses

Over-40s to be offered Covid booster jab as vaccination programme extended

Student Petr Vlcek, 24, is urging other young people to get double jabbed as students get set to return to the University of Sunderland.

Student still suffering the effects of Covid urges others to get the jab

Britain's medicines regulator said on June 4, 2021 the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is safe for adolescents aged 12 to 15. Picture: Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images.

Pfizer Covid vaccine approved for use in 12 to 15-year-olds

The Delta variant is now dominant in the UK. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Study finds Pfizer vaccine recipients have lower antibody levels against Delta v...

The Pfizer Covid vaccine is likely to be effective against the Indian variant, BioNTech boss has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer jab likely to be effective against Indian variant of Covid, says BioNTech...

Novavax seeks approval of Covid jab amid UK-EU vaccine row - this is when it cou...

Here's what to do if you feel unwell before your Covid vaccine

Sunderland is seen as one of the best areas for rolling out the vaccine.

The vaccine 'pizza box' - how vaccination teams make sure doses are not wasted

Analysis from Public Health England has revealed that both the Pfizer/BioNTech and the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccines are highly effective in reducing Covid-19 infections amongst patients aged 70 and up (Photo: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Covid vaccines lower the risk of over-80s getting seriously ill by 80% - the lat...

The React-2 study showed that almost 90 per cent of people over the age of 80 tested positive for antibodies after two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (Photo: Shutterstock)

Covid antibodies found in almost 90% of over-80s after two doses of Pfizer vacci...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine appears to be highly effective at reducing the spread of the virus, according to a new study (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine is ‘highly effective’ at reducing spread of Covid-19 - according ...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccne is 85 per cent effective in preventing people from developing Covid-19 symptoms (Photo: Getty Images)

Pfizer vaccine is far more effective after one dose than first thought - new fin...

The head of the UK vaccine taskforce has said that all adults in the UK could receive both Covid-19 vaccine doses by August (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

All UK adults could be fully vaccinated against Covid by August - according to h...

Symptomatic cases of Covid-19 are dropping by 94 per cent after two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, according to a new study (Photo: JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Symptomatic Covid cases drop by 94% after Pfizer vaccine - the latest study expl...

The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine could be reducing the viral load - what does that mean? (Photo: TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty Images)

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine could reduce Covid-19 viral load - what it means

The vaccine was still effective after 21 days without a second dose (Photo: Getty Images)

Single dose of Pfizer Covid vaccine ‘highly protective’ after three weeks - how ...

The new study will be conducted on over 800 participants (Photo: Jane Barlow - Pool/Getty Images)

A trial to confirm if Covid vaccine types can be mixed is underway - what we kno...

Early signs from data show promising results (Photo: Getty Images)

UK strategy to delay second Covid jab was ‘right decision’ - what early signs su...

Pfizer and BioNTech have both confirmed that their vaccine is effective against both the UK and South African variants of Covid (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pfizer Covid vaccine is effective against UK and South African variants - new st...

Pregnant women advised not to take Moderna jab by World Health Organisation (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pregnant women advised not to take Moderna Covid vaccine by World Health Organis...

Community nurses will visit Sunderland's housebound patients in coming weeks.

Sunderland housebound patients in line for Covid jab

Pfizer Covid vaccine is likely to protect against the UK’s mutant strain (Photo: Getty Images)

Pfizer Covid vaccine is likely to protect against the UK’s mutant strain

Thousands of families with vulnerable children face uncertainty over the Covid-19 vaccine (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Thousands of families with vulnerable children face uncertainty over Covid-19 va...

Medical experts say Norway’s Covid vaccine deaths are ‘in line with expectations...

A patient receives the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination hub at the Centre For Life in Newcastle. Picture: PA.

UK to face short-term delay in delivery of Pfizer vaccine

Asda to offer first in-store supermarket Covid vaccinations - here’s how it will...

Read the UK's new Covid Vaccines Delivery Plan in full - with tens of millions t...

The UK's Covid vaccination rollout timeline at a glance

This is how the Pfizer, Oxford and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines differ

This is how long you have to wait between the first and second dose of the Covid...

Moderna Covid vaccine granted approval for use in the UK - what you need to know

Pfizer says vaccine protects against new Covid-19 mutant strains spreading acros...

A dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

Warning over covid vaccine scam

The different Covid vaccines explained - and why you can't choose which one you ...

A practice nurse draws off a single dose from a vial of the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

People urged to follow lockdown as Sunderland records highest Covid rate

Covid vaccine manufacturers say second doses should not be delayed - the science...

This is how many doses of the Covid vaccine the UK has - and how long it could t...

This is how long it takes for a Covid vaccine to work - and how long it might la...

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is the first to be rolled out across the UK, with hopes high the Oxford/AstraZeneca immunisation could soon be approved and help tackle the pandemic. Photo by PA.

First aiders asked to answer call to boost Covid-19 vaccine roll-out

Oxford University's AstraZeneca vaccine could be approved ‘just after’ Christmas

Moderna’s Covid vaccine has been approved in the US - but when will the UK get i...

99-year-old Nancy Rooks will be one of the oldest people in Sunderland to receive the Covid-19 jab.

Family's joy as great-grandmother set to get vaccine in time for 100th birthday

A needle is filled from a phial of Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle, on the first day of the largest immunisation programme in the UK's history.

Top Sunderland doctor reassures city households that 'vaccine is safe'

The first Covid-19 vaccinations are due to be administered in Sunderland.

How the vaccine roll-out in Sunderland will work

The first vaccine will be issued in Sunderland from Grindon Lane Primary Care Centre on Tuesday, December 15.

Details of Sunderland's first Covid vaccination site revealed

These are the groups of people who can’t have the Pfizer Covid vaccine

The UK will have ‘3 or 4’ Covid-19 vaccines by summer 2021 - according to Chris ...

A small number of people have had allergic reactions to the Covid vaccine - this...

Brenda Naisby, 79, stars in a new coronavirus campaign.

Washington grandmother reveals lockdown struggle for covid campaign

The UK is the first country in the world to have a “clinically authorised vaccine” to roll out. Photo: PA.

How do we know the Covid-19 vaccine is safe?

The first Covid vaccines have been administered - when will I get one?

What women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or planning for pregnancy need to kno...