As many hospitals are requiring workers to get coronavirus vaccines, a major nursing home system is also applying pressure to its workers, telling them to either get vaccinated or face being fired.more
UK experts are set to recommend all 16 and 17-year-olds should be offered a Covid vaccine, the BBC has been told. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation stopped short of making the move last month, saying it was still assessing the benefits and risks.more
Britain recorded 29,312 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday, up from 21,691 a day earlier, and 119 deaths, lower than the 138 reported on Tuesday, official data showed.more
Germans will be required to wear masks on public transport and in shops until next spring, including for vaccinated people, according to a leaked health ministry report.more
Fully-vaccinated people have an around 50 to 60% reduced risk of infection from the Delta coronavirus variant, including those who are asymptomatic, a large English coronavirus prevalence study found on Wednesday.more
Christian Eriksen has returned to Milan and had talks with Inter CEO Beppe Marotta, sources said on Tuesday. Eriksen, 29, has been fitted with a defibrillator after his cardiac arrest while playing for Denmark at Euro 2020.more
The Lambda variant of the coronavirus, first detected in Peru and now spreading in South America, is highly infectious and much more resistant to vaccines than the original version of the virus, Japanese scientists said.more
Most of the population will receive a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in 2022. Earlier, this fall, an additional preparation will be offered to people at risk, the Swedish Public Health Authority announced.more
Britain on Tuesday reported 138 deaths within 28 days of a positive COVID-19 test, and another 21,691 infections. The reported deaths is higher than Monday's 24 but that figure has previously been elevated on Tuesdays, owing to reporting patterns in hospitals after the weekend.more
An Israeli scientist says Covid-19 can be treated for less than $ 1 a day. The so-called A double-blind study has shown that the cheap drug ivermectin shortens the duration of the disease and reduces the infectivity, reports the Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post on its website.more
The Department of Health says the NHS COVID-19 app will now only look back at contacts two days before someone who tests positive, as opposed to the five days of contacts the app was tracking before.more
Britain on Monday reported 21,952 further cases of COVID-19 and an additional 24 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, according to official data.more
Four of England’s busiest train stations were shown to be Covid-free while infections among the community were high thanks to extra cleaning and mask-wearing.more
Vegans would be exempt from compulsory workplace Covid vaccinations and employers risk legal action if they insist workers are double-jabbed, experts say.more
Almost half of Britons have cut back on their socialising over fears they could fall victim to the 'pingdemic', a survey has found. Some 46 per cent of people said they reduced their contact with others because of the risk of being 'pinged' by the NHS' Covid app and being forced into self-isolation.more
Germany's government wants to start promoting COVID vaccinations for 12- to 17-year-olds, according to a draft plan. Giving the jab to this age group would go further than guidance from the country's vaccine regulator.more
The nation's top infectious diseases expert said Sunday he did not expect the U.S. will need to reenter lockdown, as the Delta strain of the coronavirus drives surges in new cases across the country.more
