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More than 15 million people in the UK have had their first coronavirus jab, the prime minister has said. The figure was reached just over two months after the first vaccine dose was given in the UK on 8 December.more

"Italy needs an immediate total lockdown," said Walter Ricciardi, consultant for the health ministry in Rome today. He added that he would address such an appeal to the minister of health, Roberto Speranza. Meanwhile, one in three inhabitants of Italy is at risk of trauma due to the coronavirus pandemic. Women are at greater risk, researchers from the national Society of Psychiatry have found.more

Takeaway firm Deliveroo and 300 restaurant groups are urging the government to run Eat Out to Help Out again when restaurants finally reopen. They said the discount scheme, which gave 50% off meals in August, would boost demand for ailing restaurants.more

A new trial is to test how well the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine works in children. Some 300 volunteers will take part, with the first vaccinations in the trial taking place later in February. Researchers will assess whether the jab produces a strong immune response in children aged between six and 17.more

A universal vaccine that would work on all Covid-19 variants by targeting the core of the virus instead of just the spike protein could be available in as little as a year, researchers say.more

Vaccines and treatments could mean that - by the end of the year - Covid-19 is an illness we can live with "like we do flu", the health secretary has said.more

The coronavirus will probably continue to circulate long-term despite the roll-out of vaccines, the head of the EU's ECDC health agency told AFP on Friday, urging Europe to keep its restrictions in place for now.more

The UK's coronavirus reproduction number - or R number - has fallen to below one for the first time since July. The figure is now between 0.7 and 0.9, according to the latest estimate and below one in every region of the UK.more

One-fifth of people in Italy currently diagnosed with the coronavirus are infected with the UK variant, according to a report by the Ministry of Health and the National Institute of Health Services. It shows an increase in the reproduction rate of the virus to 0.95.more

Wales was the first part of the UK to meet yesterday - more than two days ahead of schedule - the UK government's target of offering Covid-19 vaccination to all people in the first four priority groups by mid-February.more

Two-time F1 Champion Fernando Alonso is recovering from surgery after suffering a broken jaw in a cycling accident on Thursday.more

The UK should be ‘more or less free’ of the Covid-19 crisis by the end of this year, a leading epidemiologist has predicted.more

French health authorities have recommended that only one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine be given to people who have already been infected with the coronavirus. The recommendations are based on the latest research.more

The medical news portal Stat has analyzed the relationship between Covid-19 immunization and the wealth of individual cities in the United States. It turned out that property inequalities are of great importance in the case of vaccination - in affluent places, access to the vaccine is easier.more

Britain may have to keep “some measures” in place to restrict the spread of COVID-19 until its entire adult population is vaccinated, Susan Hopkins, the managing director of Public Health England, said on Thursday.more

Donald Trump was reportedly much more ill with Covid-19 in October than the White House publicly admitted at the time, with some officials concerned that he would need to be put on a ventilator.more

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found close-fitting surgical masks worn underneath cloth masks – known as double masking – can significantly enhance protection against Covid-19.more

Ireland expects to retain strict COVID-19 health measures at least until Easter, Minister Micheal Martin said on Thursday.more

A variant of the coronavirus that first emerged in the U.K., and has since been identified in over 50 countries, could become the dominant form of the virus worldwide, according to the head of the U.K.’s genetic surveillance program.more

Just one dose of a Covid vaccine can reduce a patient’s risk of infection by 65%, new data has revealed. The research, which will be officially published this week, showed that the Pfizer vaccine can start working in as little as two weeks, The Sun reports.more

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested that a new round of Covid-19 immunization may be needed in the fall with new variants of the coronavirus.more

The British mutation now accounts for about 39 percent. coronavirus infections in the Paris region. "The situation is worrying," said Dr. Gilles Pialoux, infectious disease specialist. He added that he did not see any possibility of avoiding another lockdown.more

Travel company Tui has said it expects to run 80% of its normal capacity for this summer, with 2.8 million customers already booked for its holidays.more

It is not yet clear whether we need new vaccines against Covid-19 in connection with the new virus variants, but scientists are already working on them to make preparations ready when needed, said Prof. Andy Pollard from the University of Oxford.more

Peter Daszak, UK member of the WHO team investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, called for US intelligence on the virus to be skeptical. Washington, he suggested, may be politically motivated.more