Europe News EU ends legal dispute with AstraZeneca over vaccine delays The Commission and the company have struck a deal to guarantee all the 300 million doses will be delivered by the end of March 2022. 03/09/2021
Europe News Milk, bread and... a COVID jab? Vaccines given at Belgian supermarket Customers in Brussels can now receive a COVID-19 vaccine at several different stores in an effort to boost the vaccination rate in the Belgian capital. 31/08/2021
Uncovering Europe Meet the French health workers against compulsory COVID vaccination French health workers who refuse mandatory vaccination will face a suspension without remuneration. Many are up in arms against the new rules. 11/08/2021
Europe News EU needs more than 70% vaccination coverage to stop variants Professor Marc Van Ranst says COVID-19 can "happily circulate" among the unvaccinated and urges EU countries to speed up their health campaigns. 27/07/2021
Uncovering Europe Delta or Delta Plus? What's the variant putting Europe 'on thin ice'? Delta variant COVID cases have risen by 46% in a week in the UK, while experts estimate 90% of all Europe's coronavirus cases will be the Delta variety by the end of August. 25/06/2021
The Cube Painkillers not recommended before a COVID-19 vaccine - health experts Misleading posts online have suggested that people should take antihistamines or painkillers before getting their coronavirus vaccine, but the WHO has warned against this. 23/06/2021
Uncovering Europe Why did Romania's vaccine rollout derail after a successful start? Romania's COVID-19 vaccination campaign was initially more successful than many of its richer EU neighbours. So why has it derailed and can it get back on track? 08/06/2021
The Cube Airbnb listing suspended over spreading vaccine misinformation The hosts were spreading common anti-vaccination narratives, claiming falsely that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines shed from person to person. 26/05/2021
United Kingdom UK to ease COVID rules but warns Indian variant could disrupt progress The British prime minister said the variant, which has killed at least four people in the UK, could pose "a serious disruption" to removing restrictions in June. 14/05/2021
Europe News EU economy set to grow faster than expected thanks to vaccination The European Commission estimates that this year the EU and the eurozone will grow by 4.2% and 4.3%, respectively. 12/05/2021
Europe News IP rights just one part of vaccine production, says EU's trade chief Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU's trade chief, told Euronews that other measures, besides patent waivers, need to be considered to ramp up global production of COVID-19 vaccines. 06/05/2021
world news EU slams Russia and China for Western vaccines disinformation campaign Moscow and Beijing's vaccine diplomacy includes "disinformation and manipulation efforts to undermine trust in Western-made vaccines," according to an EU report. 29/04/2021
Europe News EU's legal action against AstraZeneca: Why now? How will it play out? After months of accusations and criticism, Brussels has today revealed it's taking AstraZeneca to court. 26/04/2021
Europe News EU begins legal action against AstraZeneca over 'breach of contract' "The company has not been in the position to come up with a reliable strategy to ensure the timely delivery of doses," said a European Commission spokesperson. 26/04/2021
Europe News EU to vaccinate 70% of adult population by July, says Von der Leyen The European Commission president has announced that 70% of the adult population in the EU will receive at least one vaccine dose by July. 23/04/2021
Andorra Latin American leaders call for more vaccines at Andorra summit The region has been disproportionately hit by the pandemic, accounting for nearly 30% of the world's COVID-19 deaths. 22/04/2021
France COVID mass vaccination centre in Nice closes as just 58 people turn up More than 4,000 doses of the AstraZeneca jab were available at the centre this weekend but it closed after a few hours due to low turnout. 18/04/2021
Germany Merkel calls for uniform set of COVID restrictions across Germany "The situation is serious, very serious, and we need to take it seriously," German Chancellor Angela Merkel told lawmakers. She is trying to pass a bill that would force regions to implement a uniform set of coronavirus restrictions. 16/04/2021
Europe News EU to get an extra 50 million COVID vaccines by the end of June The European Commission chief said the total doses EU countries will receive from Pfizer will now be 250 million in the second quarter of this year. 14/04/2021
Europe News Brussels wants EU vaccine passports ready by the start of summer Pilot schemes will be launched at the beginning of that month with the aim to have the whole system up and running by June 21, says the European Commission. 13/04/2021
Slovakia Slovakia told to return Sputnik V vaccines amid row over their quality "All Sputnik V batches are of the same quality and undergo rigorous quality control at the Gamaleya Institute," said the official Twitter account of the Sputnik V vaccine. 08/04/2021
United Kingdom Lockdown and vaccine drive saw UK COVID cases drop 60%, says study The study by Imperial College London also found that the relationship between infections and deaths is diverging, "suggesting that infections may have resulted in fewer hospitalisations and deaths since the start of widespread vaccination". 08/04/2021
world news Countries change tack on AstraZeneca vaccine despite EU call for unity Countries are changing their recommendations for who should receive the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab after the EMA confirmed a "possible link" between the vaccine and a rare form of blood clot. 07/04/2021
Hungary Hungary to ease lockdown despite COVID-19 surge PM Viktor Orban said the country could start reopening after more than a quarter of the population has been inoculated. 06/04/2021
The Cube Experts debunk claims that vaccines cause new COVID-19 variants False rumours have circulated on Facebook in France that vaccinated people are more likely to infect others with new strains. Immunologists and the WHO have reiterated that there is "no evidence" of this. 05/04/2021
Hungary Let us into hospitals to show real COVID picture, says Hungary's media A government decree bans journalists from reporting inside hospitals or interviewing health care professionals. Journalists say this risks "exacerbating the epidemic". 01/04/2021
