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The US has signed a $ 1 billion contract to purchase an antibody cocktail called sotrowimab from GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) and Vir Biotechnology for the early treatment of Covid-19, the Reuters Agency said.more

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started evaluating the application for a conditional marketing authorization for Novavax against Covid-19 - Nuvaxovid.more

55 percent Dutch people support restrictions on people who have not taken the vaccine to protect against Covid-19, according to an I&O Research poll. Almost the same number of people (57%) do not trust the government's policy to fight the pandemic.more

The chief medical advisor to the US president, immunologist Dr. Antony Fauci said that the standard in the face of the impending increase in the incidence of Covid-19 should be a dose similar to the vaccine, the US television station ABC News reported.more

The UK's National Cybersecurity Center (NCSC) said it faced a record 777 cyber attacks last year, most of which were targeted at research into the coronavirus vaccine.more

Crowds may again come to this year's New Year's Eve party in Times Square, which is coming back "in full force," announced New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. He stipulated that the participants of the event must be fully vaccinated.more

After nearly two years of closure, the Indian government opened the country's borders to fully vaccinated foreign tourists, including from Poland, earlier this week, CNN reported.more

The DUP has said it will await details around proposals for mandatory vaccine passports in Northern Ireland before deciding whether to support the move.more

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced that it has applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to use its drug Paxlovid to treat Covid-19, which has been tested to reduce the number of deaths and hospitalizations among people infected with the coronavirus.more

With the number of coronavirus infections rising again, the Irish government has announced the reintroduction of certain restrictions. Even though 93 percent. adult residents are vaccinated, Ireland now has one of the highest infection rates in the world.more

Scotland's vaccine passport scheme could be rolled out to cinemas, theatres and more hospitality venues from 6 December, the first minister has confirmed. more

Booster vaccination against COVID-19 provides "solid" protection against severe infection with VOC variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, at least in the medium term, according to a study published by The Lancet.more

For the first time since September, the rate of coronavirus infections in France has increased from 50 to 100 people per 100,000. residents within 7 days, the medical authorities said. Health Minister Olivier Veran called for continued vaccination and a booster dose against the coronavirus.more

In Ukraine, a record 838 people died as a result of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian Ministry of Health reported. This is the most since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.more

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested that soon the third dose of the vaccine, the so-called booster will be needed to consider someone fully vaccinated against Covid-19. He added that how many people will accept it depends on avoiding the lockdown.more

Spanish medical services had vaccinated nearly 91 percent with at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine by Monday. citizens, the health ministry said, indicating that over 89 percent of the population has already completed the full vaccination process.more

Self-isolation for people who test positive for Covid will be scrapped by next Spring, leaked documents suggest.more

A Government minister has said it is ‘in our hands’ to ensure Covid restrictions are not needed over the Christmas period.more

A third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, known as a booster dose, will be available to all UK residents over the age of 40, and 16-17 year olds will be able to receive a second dose, the UK government announced today.more

The variant, known either as B.1.X or B.1.640, was first reported by the French paper Le Telegramme after it infected 24 people at a French school in the Brittany region last month. more

Italians dream of a white Christmas, that is, in a white zone, without restrictions restricting their freedom to celebrate. In order to "save" the holidays, local authorities are already introducing restrictions to contain the fourth wave of the pandemic, although the situation is better than in other countries.more

An Oxfordshire-based company will soon start clinical trials of a second-generation vaccine against Covid-19, an easy-to-administer skin patch that uses T-cells to kill infected cells and could offer longer-lasting immunity than current vaccines.more

Israel said on Sunday (Nov 14) that children aged five to 11 would be eligible for vaccination against COVID-19, and that a starting date for the campaign would be made public within days.more

Due to the continuing high incidence of Covid-19, Austria has decided to introduce a hard lockdown for unvaccinated people. They will be allowed to leave their homes only in exceptional cases.more

People who, despite the summons, do not get the third dose against Covid-19, should be withdrawn a sanitary pass - such a solution is proposed by the adviser to the Italian Ministry of Health, Walter Ricciardi. In his opinion, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of Italy against the wave of infections from Eastern Europe.more