Newspaper Round Up: 29th of January 2021

i Front Page 29th of January 2021

The i reports that the health secretary has promised the 15 million Britons first in line for the coronavirus vaccine that they will get their second shot on schedule – within 12 weeks of the first.

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Daily Express Front Page 29th of January 2021

Students are the “forgotten victims of COVID” and are suffering mental health issues and serious financial problems, reports the Daily Express.It’s calling for urgent support and says many are also feeling “neglected and isolated” with a bleak future ahead.

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Times Front Page 29th of January 2021

The Times reports that Boris Johnson and the UK medicines regulator are confident the Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine works for over-65s.It comes after Germany said there wasn’t enough data to show that it’s effective for older people.

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Daily Mail Front Page 29th of January 2021

The Daily Mail says the UK is set to secure 60 million jabs of another COVID vaccine after phase-three trials by US firm Novavax showed its treatment was 89.3% effective.Final approval could be given by regulators in the coming weeks and tens of millions of doses will be made on Teesside, the paper reports.

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Daily Telegraph Front Page 29th of January 2021

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of “siding with the EU” in the row over supplies of the coronavirus vaccine, The Daily Telegraph says.Scotland’s first minister has said she will publish confidential data on how many weekly doses her country is expecting. But she has been accused of “attempting to curry favour” with the EU, the paper reports.Tensions over vaccine supplies are high after the EU said supplies of the Oxford vaccine made in the UK should be diverted there.

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Guardian Front Page 29th of January 2021

Millions of doses of the COVID vaccine could be blocked from entering Britain from the EU, The Guardian reports.Shortages have been reported in some European countries and the European Commission is now planning to give regulators the power to block exports.The paper says it raises concerns over the UK’s supply of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, which is shipped over from Belgium.

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Metro Front Page 29th of January 2021

Metro says Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has clashed with Boris Johnson by saying she would give European leaders details of the contracts Britain has with COVID vaccine suppliers.It comes amid a row over supplies of the Oxford vaccine.

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