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European Union officials are considering launching negotiations to purchase Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Reuters reported Monday, citing EU diplomatic and official sources.more

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown Britain's High Streets into crisis, yet the full force of its impact has yet to be felt, according to accountants PwC. more

AstraZeneca Plc on Sunday said it had conducted a review of people vaccinated with its COVID-19 vaccine which has shown no evidence of an increased risk of blood clots.more

Facebook, which has been criticized by lawmakers and researchers for allowing vaccine misinformation to spread on its platforms, said on Monday it has started adding labels to posts that discuss the safety of the shots and will soon label all posts about the vaccines.more

The Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects.more

The Minister for Health has said he hopes the decision to temporarily suspend the use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine "is nothing more than a very short deferral".more

The UK has recorded another 52 coronavirus deaths in its daily update - the lowest number since early October. Latest figures also show that 4,618 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded in the past 24 hours. It compares to 5,534 infections and 121 fatalities yesterday.more

Italians rushed to parks, central shopping streets and hair salons before most of the country heads back into lockdown Monday to try to curb a surge in coronavirus cases.more

The state-owned company "Porty Lotnicze", which manages the Zielona Góra-Babimost airport, decided to suspend flights from March 15, from 12:00 to March 27 this year. due to COVID-19 - the press office of "Ports Lotnicze" announced in a release.more

A “national day of reflection” will be held to mark the first anniversary of Britain going into lockdown and in remembrance of the 125,000 people who have died during the coronavirus pandemic.more

The use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been suspended in the Republic of Ireland. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended the move following reports of serious blood clotting events in adults in Norway.more

After 85,663 new coronavirus infections were registered on Friday, Brazil became the second country in the world with the highest number of infected after the United States. Thus, it overtook India, which has occupied this place for months.more

Research confirmed coronavirus infection in another 17,259 people, 110 patients with COVID-19 died, the Ministry of Health announced today. Meanwhile, the German daily "Die Welt" notes that none of the major EU countries is vaccinating as quickly as Poland.more

Cancer patients are much less protected against Covid-19 than other people after one dose of the Pfizer vaccine, the first real-world study in this area suggests.more

Thousands of people flocked yesterday in several German cities to protest against the epidemic restrictions - despite the threat of a third wave of coronavirus infections.more

The global rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has encountered another hurdle as a handful of countries paused their use of the shot following reports it could be connected to blood clots, despite no clear evidence of a link.more

Multiple regions in Italy will be locked down from Monday, the Italian Ministry of Health announced on Friday. The most populated regions including Lombardy and Lazio, where Rome is located, will be classified as "red zones" which is Italy's maximum level of coronavirus restrictions.more

The First Minister for Wales has announced steps to ease some lockdown restrictions in the country. Wales has been under a strict Level 4 lockdown since before Christmas, which meant people were told to stay at home unless for essential reasons and all non-essential businesses, including hospitality have been closed.more

There is no indication that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is linked to an increased risk of blood clots, the EU's medicines regulator says.more

People in England who are homeless or sleeping rough will be prioritised for Covid vaccines, alongside those aged 16 to 65 with underlying conditions that put them at increased risk.more

The Covid-19 pandemic may last even until 2024 if the rich countries do not significantly support the poorer ones, said Prof. Michael Toole, global health expert at Burnet Institute in Melbourne. more

Germany awarded IBM and Ubirch the contract to create the COVID-19 digital vaccination passport.more

The head of the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee denied on Thursday widespread reports that Japan had decided already to bar foreign spectators from the Summer Games.more

Denmark, Iceland and Norway have stopped administering the shot while Italy has banned the use of a batch of AstraZeneca doses as a precaution after an unconfirmed number of people developed blood clots.more

France announced on Thursday it was relaxing rules for travel to and from seven non-EU countries, including Britain.more