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
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
In 2020, the inhabitants of the Netherlands gained a total of 5 million kilograms. Prime Minister Mark Rutte called the extra kilos "coronacilograms".more
The country's most important temple, Anglican Westminster Abbey, joined the atypical sites in Britain where vaccination against Covid-19 is taking place.more
Rafael Nadal will not compete at next week’s ATP 500 event in Dubai as he has not recovered fully from a back issue sustained ahead of the Australian Open, the world No 2 said on Thursday.more
The United Kingdom has not blocked the export of a single vaccine against Covid-19, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday denying the claims of the President of the European Council Charles Michel.more
There is deep dissatisfaction with the vaccine rollout in some parts of the European Union, according to a Euronews survey. Three-quarters of respondents in France (75%) and Germany (77%) and more than two-thirds in Italy (68%) were unhappy. That contrasts sharply with the UK, where 85% of people who answered the survey expressed satisfaction.more
A highly infectious variant of COVID-19 that has spread around the world since it was first discovered in Britain late last year is between 30% and 100% more deadly than previous strains, researchers said on Wednesday.
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55 percent Poles fully trust vaccinations, two years ago their number was only 37 percent. But to be immune to COVID-19, at least 70-80 percent citizens should be vaccinated - reported "Gazeta Wyborcza", citing the EU report.more
Unlocking too quickly would lead to a substantial surge in Covid infections, the UK's chief medical adviser says. Prof Chris Whitty told MPs that would be dangerous and risk lives among the many vulnerable people not yet protected by the vaccine.more
The network of emergency Nightingale hospitals set up to cope with a surge of Covid-19 cases is to close from April, the NHS has said. Established last spring amid fears that the NHS might be overwhelmed, the temporary hospitals in England were largely not needed.more
The Dutch government is working on a proof of non-contagiousness to give more freedom to people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus, recently recovered from an infection and therefore are immune, or recently tested negative for the virus. more
Boris Johnson has hailed the return of schools across England as a "big" and "emotional" day - but warned it will impact on the spread of coronavirus and there is no guarantee the country will reopen on the target dates set out.more
Four online publications linked to Russian intelligence agencies have been spreading false or misleading information about coronavirus vaccines, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an official at the US Department of State’s Global Engagement Center.more
The UK has reported the lowest daily death toll from coronavirus in almost five months. Yesterday, a total of 82 people died on Covid-19, and a total of 124,501 people have died as a result of this pandemic since the beginning of the pandemic.more
A senior European Medicines Agency (EMA) official urged European Union members on Sunday (7 March) to refrain from granting national approvals for Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V while the agency reviews its safety and effectiveness.more
Austrian authorities have suspended inoculations with a batch of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine as a precaution while investigating the death of one person and the illness of another after the shots, a health agency said on Sunday.more
The UK must prepare for a "hard winter" because the population immunity to respiratory viruses other than Covid could be lower than usual, one of England's top medics has warned.more
