The news surrounding Covid-19 vaccination is changing rapidly and with so many stories circulating it can be difficult to keep track. Here, TM rounds up the most up-to-date news and information

March 2021

8 March

• Pharmacies urged to use non-HCP vaccinators in Covid campaign

5 March

• Vaccine side effects generally mild, MHRA confirms

3 March

• Vaccines 'highly effective' in reducing severe Covid-19 in older adults

February 2021

22 February

• Pharmacy teams encouraged to support Covid vaccine study

19 February

• PM urged to protect health workers against new Covid strains

17 February

• Can pharmacies require staff to get the jab?

• NHS widens pharmacy jab programme with lower weekly target

16 February

• PDA: Vaccine delivery could prevent future cuts

9 February

• Surgeon tackling vaccine hesitancy in BAME groups

8 February

• Avicenna pharmacy joins Covid-19 jab drive

• 1k jabs per week rule to stay ‘until supply improves’

5 February

• MHRA analysis confirms Covid vaccine safety

4 February

• PHE pulls guidance advising against Covid testing in pharmacies

• PDA: Use every pharmacy for second Oxford jab doses

3 February

• Vaccine ‘time bomb’ in Wales if pharmacies not utilised

January 2021

28 January

• Ridge signs letter urging staff to get Covid vaccine

• Asda first supermarket to launch pharmacy Covid jabs

• Valneva vaccine starts commercial production in Scotland

27 January

• Community pharmacists leading mosque vaccinations in Birmingham

26 January

• Moderna vaccine not suitable for pregnant women warns WHO

25 January

• Community pharmacists vaccinating housebound patients

22 Janaury

• Running Covid vaccinations ‘hugely rewarding’ for pharmacist

21 January

• Another 65 pharmacies begin Covid vaccinations

19 January

• Pharmacists help deliver Covid vaccines in Liverpool and Cheshire

18 January

• Numark MD: 'Red tape' preventing pharmacy vaccinations

• Covid vaccines rolled out to over-70s

15 January

• Wales: Pharmacy Covid vaccinations 'must be sped up'

14 January

• Six pharmacies begin Covid-19 vaccinations

12 January

• Largest ever vaccination plan involves community pharmacy sites

11 January

• Plans for ‘wider involvement’ of pharmacies in vaccinations

• Moderna Covid-19 vaccine third to get UK approval

8 January

• Vulnerable communities will get vaccine says minister

6 January

• Government under fire over pharmacy vaccine ‘snub’

4 January

• NHS urged to roll out Oxford vaccine through pharmacies