Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) health agency on Thursday called for stronger measures to bring down coronavirus infections, noting many people not doing enough to reduce social contacts. “The measures that we are taking now—for me they are not a complete lockdown, there are still too many exceptions,” RKI head […]
As the wan winter sun sets over France’s Champagne region, the countdown clock kicks in. Laborers stop pruning the vines as the light fades at about 4:30 p.m., leaving them 90 minutes to come in from the cold, change out of their work clothes, hop in their cars and zoom […]
Britain was on Monday set to begin a mass rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, the cheap and easy to distribute shot that experts hope will help crush the pandemic, as China raced to inoculate millions with a homegrown prophylactic. The vaccine, developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford, […]
A mutated coronavirus strain spreading in Britain is on average 56 percent more contagious than the original version, scientists have warned in a study, urging a fast vaccine rollout to help prevent more deaths. The new variant, which emerged in southeast England in November and is spreading fast, is likely […]
Ireland on Tuesday announced fresh coronavirus restrictions until January 12 to curb the spread of new infections. In an address Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said the country would return to the “level five of the plan for living with COVID” following a 10 percent growth in the virus. Source: […]
Russia on Monday reported a new record increase in coronavirus infections, as some experts said the pandemic had hit the country harder that government statistics suggest. Health officials reported 493 new virus deaths and 29,350 cases, bringing total infections to 2,877,727—the fourth-highest in the world. Total fatalities stood at 51, […]
Thailand reported more than 500 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the highest daily tally in a country that had largely brought the pandemic under control. The 548 new cases, most of them linked to a wholesale seafood market on the outskirts of Bangkok, come after Thailand saw only a small […]
There is light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel. Several vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 are now in clinical trials, with one—developed by Pfizer/BioNTech—already having been approved for emergency use in the United States. This has been the fastest development and rollout of any vaccine […]
Saudi Arabia on Thursday approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech novel coronavirus vaccine, state media reported, becoming the second Gulf country after Bahrain to green-light the drug. “The Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA)… has approved the registration of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” it said […]
Coronavirus vaccine subject claims temporary painful side effects Fox News contributor Dr. Marc Siegel gives reaction on ‘Bill Hemmer Reports’ New York University-Langone professor of medicine Dr. Marc Siegel urged the public on Friday to accept the forthcoming coronavirus vaccines, telling "Bill Hemmer Reports" that the rare reported side effects are […]