US set to approve third dose of Covid vaccine
Pfizer and Moderna have submitted early stage clinical trial data to the Food and Drug …
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Immense concern as Ivory Coast detects first Ebola case in 25 years
The country’s health minister and the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced separately on Saturday that the case had …
South Africa’s Covid death toll more than double official total
The new report looked at excess deaths in the country, which has been Africa’s worst-hit by the …
Sweden’s lockdown delay cost 2,000 lives
Researchers in Germany studying the likely impact of tougher Covid restrictions in the first half of 2020 …
EU rules holding back Covid vaccine production
The US pharmaceutical company said new EU rules regarding the free movement of goods across …
EU threatens to restrict Covid vaccine exports to UK in row over supply
Ursula von der Leyen said the bloc would use “whatever tool” it needed to ensure …
EU plans to have Covid vaccine passport in time for summer holidays
Countries that rely on summer tourism such as Spain, Greece and Portugal welcomed the proposal …
Netherlands suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine ‘over 10 cases of adverse effects’
The Dutch government, which had pre-ordered 12 million doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine, said that as …
China says it is on track to vaccinate 40% of its population by June
Zhong Nanshan, head of the high-level expert group of China’s National Health Commission, said on Wednesday …
US authorities ‘lying’ about Covid vaccines as conservative media sows doubts over safety
Mr Carlson did not overtly question vaccines themselves, agreeing that most Americans supported them having …
India suggests 300 million may have been infected with coronavirus amid signs of ‘herd immunity’
The survey conducted over December and January was carried out in the same 700 villages/wards, …
Where have the Covid variants from the UK, South Africa and Brazil spread to?
The result of tiny genetic evolutions within the disease’s SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, which targets the …
Wuhan residents reflect on the price paid a year on from the first Covid lockdown
To some, 23 January will forever be a painful day to remember. Zhang Hai, a …
Indian vaccine maker seeks permission for first international rollout despite concerns over data
Dr Rolando Enrique Domingo, the chief of the Food and Drug Administration in Philippines, said …
Ice cream tests positive for coronavirus in China
Epidemiological investigations conducted so far indicate the company produced the batch of ice cream using …