The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday granted emergency use listing (EUL) to Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, the UN health body announced, putting its stamp of approval on the safety and efficacy of India’s indigenous vaccine, and also endorsing the manufacturing abilities of its maker.more
Reviewing scores of research studies and its own unpublished data, the agency found that both infection-induced and vaccine-induced immunity are durable for at least six months — but that vaccines are more consistent in their protection and offer a huge boost in antibodies for people previously infected.more
The 2022 edition of the Boston Marathon, which is set for April 18, will require all participants to be fully vaccinated to run in the race, the Boston Athletic Association announced on Tuesday.more
The US has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children aged five to 11, clearing the way for millions of young Americans to get vaccinated. The decision by Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Wolensky comes after careful consideration from US drug regulators.more
Greece on Tuesday announced tougher restrictions on most activities for unvaccinated people, as the country registered a record high in new infections for the second day in a row.more
China has enlisted the help of robots to aid COVID-19 countermeasures set to be implemented during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games. An ice hockey game at Wukesong Arena is set to act as a trial run, with organisers planning to deploy 30 robots to help stage the event.more
Another 33,865 coronavirus cases and 293 deaths have been reported in the UK, according to the latest figures. It compares with 40,777 cases and 40 deaths within 28 days of a positive test yesterday, and 40,954 cases and 263 deaths this time last week.more
Faced with sharply rising coronavirus cases, the caretaker prime minister of the Netherlands said Tuesday that the Dutch government is reinstituting an order to wear face masks in public places like stores and libraries and mandating an extension for the use of COVID-19 passes.more
The wave of re-emigration has started. This is the biggest wave of returns since joining the EU. If the pandemic and Brexit were the main reasons for the high level of Poles returning to the country, this trend is likely not to continue in the coming years - experts say.more
The end of Britain's furlough programme has not led to a surge in new job-seekers, according to data that suggests unemployment is unlikely to rise sharply and could bolster the case for a Bank of England interest rate hike.more
The dead passenger was found on a plane from Turkey after the plane landed in Hamburg. An autopsy showed a coronavirus infection, the German media reported.more
Coach of the Bayern Munich football club, Julian Nagelsmann on Monday said he was assertive that he would be back on the bench for its UEFA Champions League Group E game on Tuesday. The coach was away from the team for about two-weeks owing to COVID-19 infection.more
The Swedish Public Health Agency has announced a change in the Covid-19 guidelines. From November 1st, fully vaccinated individuals will no longer be required to take a Covid-19 test before returning to work after they recover – with a few exceptions.more
Covid cases in London have jumped by about a fifth in a week with the number of hospital patients with the disease in the capital now topping 1,000, new figures reveal. more
Hans Stefan Hintner (OeVP), mayor of Moedling (Lower Austria), has expressed the view that unvaccinated people should not be allowed to receive hospital treatment when determining the order in which patients will be admitted.more
In Poland, from December 27, 2020, when vaccination against COVID-19 began, 39,058,861 doses of vaccines were administered, according to data posted on Sunday on government websites. Over 19.96 million people have been fully vaccinated.more
We no longer control new infections, assessed Dr. Paweł Zmora, a virologist at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznań. The scientist believes that there is already a "Podkarpacie" variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Poland.more
Unless there is an unforeseen breakthrough, U.S. intelligence agencies will not be able to tell whether the Covid-19 virus has spread through animal-to-human transmission or has leaked from a laboratory. Such a thesis was presented on Friday by representatives of the authorities.more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved the emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech in children 5-11 years of age. This is the first Covid-19 vaccine to be available to children in the US.more
Authorities in France and Poland are investigating the fraudulent use of cryptographic keys to generate QR codes for European vaccination certificates, the European Commission reported.more
London mayor Sadiq Khan has urged the Government to make face coverings mandatory on public transport as the UK continues to average more than 40,000 confirmed coronavirus cases a day for over a week.more
The resumption of the epidemic has been confirmed, the Public Health Agency (SPF) said today. The intensity of the coronavirus circulation is increasing, there are more Covid-19 cases. The number of hospital admissions for resuscitation is increasing again.more
