covid

Spain restricting AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 to over-60s after EMA blood clot warning

Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Wednesday evening that going forward, the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine will only be administered to people…

3 years ago

Inconclusive and terribly complex: Member of WHO Covid-19 origin study talks report and politics with RT

Discussing the recently released WHO-convened Global Study of the Origins of SARS-CoV-2 on the latest episode of Afshin Rattansi’s Going…

3 years ago

UK pauses AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine study on children as drug regulator investigates blood clot risk among adults

The vaccine, which was developed in partnership with Oxford University, is awaiting approval from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory…

3 years ago

Re-opening pubs won’t require Covid-19 passports, but considering them for domestic use is ‘the right thing to do’ – minister

Pubs and restaurants are set to open across the country next week, as part of the second stage of the…

3 years ago

UK govt advisor claims there may be arguments for faster relaxations of Covid-19 restrictions, but warns of summer third wave

Speaking on Tuesday to LBC Radio, Dr Mike Tildesley, a member of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE),…

3 years ago

Australia falls short 3 MILLION doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, authorities point finger at EU

Canberra is still waiting for more than 3 million doses of AstraZeneca’s jab that were supposed to be delivered from…

3 years ago

North Korea says it will skip Tokyo Olympics to protect athletes from Covid-19

“The Olympic Committee of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea decided not to participate in the 32nd Olympic Games at…

3 years ago

Pfizer halts delivery of Covid-19 vaccines to ‘banana republic’ Israel after bill goes unpaid amid political infighting – media

Some 700,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine were expected in Israel on Sunday, after Passover ended, but were delayed until…

3 years ago

Touch wood! Risk of Covid-19 transmission via surfaces is less than 1 in 10,000, CDC says in new cleaning guidelines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the latest science brief on Monday, pointing out that “the relative…

3 years ago

‘We are going to die, but not on stage’: Naked artists protest Covid restrictions in Paris

Some 20 people gathered in the center of the French capital this weekend, Le Parisien reported. The artists expressed their…

3 years ago