August 2021 media coverage
BBC World Service Radio. Panel discussion on covid variants and vaccinations. Professor Adam Finn.
30 August 2021
MailOnline. Is it time to stop obsessing over Covid figures? Professor Oliver Johnson.
28 August 2021
i News. Who will get a booster vaccine? How the Covid jab roll-out will work in the UK and when it will start. Professor Adam Finn.
28 August 2021
The New York Times [behind a paywall]. Britons, Unfazed by High Covid Rates, Weigh Their ‘Price of Freedom’. Professor Gabriel Scally.
28 August 2021
Independent, ITV News, The Times [behind a paywall], Bristol Post. ‘Mild to moderate’ side effects after Pfizer jab in 12-to-15-year-olds at high risk from Covid, study finds. Bristol Royal Hospital for Children and the University of Bristol scientists.
27 August 2021
BBC News. Covid vaccines waning immunity against mild illness some months after vaccination. Professor Adam Finn.
25 August 2021
MailOnline. Covid vaccines still give good protection against serious illness, says expert. Professor Adam Finn.
25 August 2021
BBC Radio Gloucester. COVID-19 booster jabs. Professor Adam Finn.
25 August 2021
BBC Radio 4 Today. Zoe Covid Study App and the Octave Study, investigating the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines. Professor Adam Finn.
25 August 2021
EuroWeekly News. Africa struggles to prevent spread of Covid. Professor David Gordon.
25 August 2021
Financial Times [behind a paywall]. UK vaccine advisers to call for targeted booster programme. Professor Adam Finn.
24 August 2021
BBC Radio Bristol. Covid vaccinations and vaccine hesitancy. Professor Adam Finn.
23 August 2021
Sky News with Kay Burley, LBC. Covid vaccinations for 16- and 17-year-olds. Professor Adam Finn.
23 August 2021
LBC. Peak viral load in those who have and haven't been vaccinated against Covid, and the Delta variant. Professor Adam Finn.
22 August 2021
BBC News. Covid: What’s the best way to top up our immunity? Professor Adam Finn.
21 August 2021
LBC. Covid vaccination boosters. Professor Gabriel Scally.
20 August 2021
BBC Points West. The rise in COVID-19 cases in Sedgemoor. Professor Adam Finn.
19 August 2021
i News, The Times [behind a paywall]. Covid-19 booster jabs will go ahead in weeks – but it remains unclear who will get one. Professor Adam Finn.
19 August 2021
MailOnline. Health Secretary Sajid Javid insists Covid booster vaccine drive WILL go ahead in September but says he's still waiting for advice from No10's top scientists. Professor Adam Finn.
19 August 2021
BBC Radio 4 Today. Covid infection rates and vaccinations for 12 to 15 year olds. Professor Adam Finn.
19 August 2021
MailOnline, The Washington Time. GlaxoSmithKline announces good lab results for new Covid vaccine. Professor Adam Finn.
18 August 2021
LBC. Vaccinating children aged 12 to 15. Professor Adam Finn.
17 August 2021
EuroNews. COVID vaccines: What are the potential side effects from having them and how do they compare? Dr Ben Kasstan.
17 August 2021
Daily Mirror. Experts warn UK young adults' jabs slowing as Europe edges ahead in vaccine race. Professor David Matthews.
16 August 2021
The Telegraph [behind a paywall]. ‘We must stop victimising children – they’ve been badly damaged by the disruption to their lives’. Professor Adam Finn.
15 August 2021
France24. Boston News. Young people hit hard by long Covid as Delta variant surges. Professor Esther Crawley.
12 August 2021
The Washington Time, New York Times Post. Are YOU eligible for a free flu jab? Rollout begins THIS WEEK. Professor Adam Finn.
11 August 2021
The Guardian. UK orders extra Covid vaccines for autumn 2022 booster campaign. Professor Adam Finn.
11 August 2021
ITV News, Bristol Live, Evening Standard, iNews. Covid: Older teens becoming 'seriously ill' led to 16 and 17 year olds being offered jabs. Professor Adam Finn.
11 August 2021
MailOnline. Uncertainty over Covid vaccine booster campaign as start date looms. Professor Adam Finn.
11 Augusgt 2021
The Guardian. Only most vulnerable may need Covid booster jab in UK, expert says. Professor Adam Finn.
11 August 2021
Daily Express. Covid vaccines for PETS being developed as scientists raise concerns over new variants. Professor Mick Bailey.
11 August 2021
Independent. Teenagers seriously ill with Covid ‘led to vaccine rollout extension’. Professor Adam Finn.
11 August 2021
BBC Breakfast, BBC News. Teenage jab rollout moving cautiously - expert. Professor Adam Finn.
11 August 2021
newstalk. More masks, new buildings, and the great outdoors - Has the pandemic changed some things permanently? Professor Gabriel Scally.
10 August 2021
The Irish Times. Preventive measures will be needed for a long time to come. Professor Gabriel Scally.
10 August 2021
The Conversation. COVID: what happens if a far more lethal coronavirus emerges in pets? Professor Mick Bailey.
9 August 2021
MailOnline. Why so many children in America are in hospital with Covid-19? Professor Adam Finn.
7 August 2021
iNews. 380,000 in UK have had long Covid for at least a year, survey suggests – but cases have fallen slightly. Professor Esther Crawley.
5 August 2021
The Times letters [behind a paywall]. Decision to offer teenagers coronavirus jabs. Professor Adam Finn.
5 August 2021
MailOnline. Healthy younger children are likely to be offered Covid jabs, say scientific advisers. Professor Adam Finn.
5 August 2021
BBC Radio Bristol Breakfast. COVID-19 vaccinations for over 16s. Professor Adam Finn.
5 August 2021
HuffPost. Rare but 'harrowing': the truth about long Covid in children. Professor Esther Crawley.
4 August 2021
BBC Two Newsnight [watch at 23:35 in]. Recommendation by JCVI of COVID-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds. Professor Adam Finn.
4 August 2021
The Guardian. The risks and rewards of vaccinating UK children against Covid. Professor Adam Finn.
4 August 2021
BBC News, LBC Radio. COVID-19 vaccinations for over 16s. Professor Adam Finn.
4 August 2021
The US Sun. Anti-vax Covid conspiracy newspaper accused of spreading ‘falsehoods’ and ‘deliberate misinformation’. Professor Stephan Lewandowsky.
4 August 2021
BBC News Channel and BBC News Live [scroll down to 17:11]. 'A positive development but a cautious one' - JCVI expert. Professor Adam Finn.
4 August 2021
SINA. Nearly 200 million confirmed cases of the new coronavirus Public health experts say the current vaccine and prevention and control measures are still effective. Professor Adam Finn.
4 August 2021
Irish Times. Health service not equipped to treat long Covid patients, says expert. Professor Gabriel Scally.
4 August 2021
TV Good Morning Britain. COVID-19 vaccinations for over-16s. Professor Gabriel Scally.
4 August 2021
BBC Radio 4 PM [listen at 10:12 in]. Government plans to offer booster COVID-19 jabs to people over 50 and those who are clinically vulnerable this Autumn. Professor Adam Finn.
2 August 2021
Daily Express. 'We'll be discussing restrictions next year!' Professor Adam Finn.
2 August 2021
China Times. What does the new coronavirus look like? British experts:thousands of deaths are feared every year. Professor Adam Finn.
2 August 2021
Evening Standard. UK faces thousands of coronavirus deaths every year, warn scientists. Professor Adam Finn.
1 August 2021
The Guardian. Scientists warn of risks in easing UK controls for vaccinated arrivals. Professor Adam Finn.
1 August 2021