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Covid vaccine site security guard stole and sold empty jab vials on eBay

Steven Flint, 34, of Tadworth, Surrey, has been handed a suspended sentence after stealing empty vaccine bottles and sold them on eBay during the peak of the jab rollout at the start of last year

Daily Mirror · Aug 19, 2022

Monkeypox cases more than double in LA County. One region is hit particularly hard

LOS ANGELES — The number of cumulative monkeypox cases has more than doubled in Los Angeles County in the last two weeks as officials race to better track the virus and more widely vaccinate more vulnerable communities.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 19, 2022

What is polio? Why are authorities worried about it spreading in London and New York City?

Polio is back in the global conversation again over concerns the disease is spreading in London and New York. Experts say under-vaccination is behind it.

ABC News · Aug 19, 2022

EU regulator OKs plan to increase monkeypox vaccine supplies

The European Medicines Agency said a smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five times, echoing a recommendation made earlier this month by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

Where and when you can get a monkeypox vaccine this weekend in Greater Manchester as medics urge people to get jabbed

400 vaccines are expected to be given out on a first-come-first-served basis

Manchester Evening News · Aug 19, 2022

The number of people with Covid in Wales has dropped significantly

Covid infections across the UK have fallen to their lowest level for two months

Wales Online · Aug 19, 2022

Robert Kennedy Jr’s anti-vaccine group banned from Facebook and Instagram

Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defense is known for cherry-picking facts and conspiracy theories to spread mistrust of the Covid-19 vaccines

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

Covid vaccine: When can I get my booster jab?

UK hit by fifth wave of infections earlier this summer driven by new Omicron variants

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2022

Vaccine centre security guard stole empty jab vials and sold them on eBay

"Covid vaccine vials remain the property of the NHS. Due to their sensitive medical nature, this ownership is maintained before, during and after the vials are used."

Wales Online · Aug 19, 2022

Sacked care worker's refusal to have Covid jab was religious belief, says judge

Catholic Patrycja Wierowska refused to have the Covid vaccine because of her religious beliefs

Wales Online · Aug 19, 2022