Now playing Next Germany Germany targets unvaccinated ahead of push for mandatory COVID jabs People without the jab won't be able to access non-essential shops, restaurants, places of culture or leisure -- ahead of a draft law on mandatory vaccination. 02/12/2021
Now playing Next Health news Slovenia halts Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after woman's death Experts have confirmed that the death of a 20-year-old woman in September was linked to the jab, said Slovenian health minister Janez Poklukar. 01/12/2021
Now playing Next world news Euroviews. Europe’s ICUs are facing another COVID surge. They need support | View At least 80 per cent of critically ill COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated, putting them and others at risk. Europe's intensive care staff need help to tackle this crisis, write the president and president-elect of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine 01/12/2021
Now playing Next Germany Germany's incoming chancellor backs mandatory COVID vaccination Germany's incoming chancellor, Olaf Scholz, said he will back a proposal to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for everybody next year. 01/12/2021
Now playing Next world news Brazil and Japan report first cases of the omicron variant Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant. It was already present in Europe nearly two weeks ago, the Netherlands found. 01/12/2021
Now playing Next Greece COVID in Europe: Portuguese hospital worker tests positive for Omicron A hospital worker in Portugal tested positive for the new COVID-19 variant, forcing the paediatric services unit to close. New restrictions have also entered into force in Portugal and other European countries. 30/11/2021
Now playing Next Health news COVID vaccines less effective on Omicron, warns Moderna boss The vaccine maker said the large number of mutations in the newly-identified Omicron variant could make it more resistant to current COVID vaccines. 30/11/2021
Now playing Next Health news Nurses call for COVID vaccine patents to be lifted as Omicron spreads Nursing unions representing 2.5 million healthcare workers called on the UN to back a move that supporters say will make vaccines cheaper and easier to produce. 29/11/2021
Now playing Next Netherlands Couple arrested in Netherlands after escaping COVID hotel quarantine A couple was arrested at the airport in Amsterdam after they fled hotel quarantine. 29/11/2021
Now playing Next Europe News EU to support targeted patent waiver on COVID vaccines, say sources The waiver could allow developing countries to manufacture their own COVID vaccines. 26/11/2021
Now playing Next Money Bitcoin's price has slumped after a new COVID variant was found. Why? The markets have seen investors dump riskier assets during this time of uncertainty and fears of fresh lockdowns. 26/11/2021
Now playing Next world news COVID vaccines saved nearly half a million lives in Europe A WHO and ECDC-run study shows that at least 470,000 lives were saved across 33 European countries due to vaccination rollout. 25/11/2021
Now playing Next France France pushes booster vaccines and makes masks mandatory From 15 January, booster vaccines will be required for health passes to be valid. 25/11/2021
Now playing Next Russia Doctors invite anti-vaccine celebrities to visit Russia's COVID wards "Since many people are reading and listening to you, we will find time to arrange a tour of the 'red zones'," the letter read. 24/11/2021
Now playing Next Health news Developing countries get free access to Spanish COVID testing tech Spain's public medical research body and the World Health Organization struck a deal that could make COVID testing cheaper and more accessible for poorer nations. 24/11/2021
Now playing Next Netherlands Social distancing mandatory as Dutch COVID infections spike Dutch coronavirus infection numbers hit a new weekly record on Tuesday. 23/11/2021
Now playing Next Germany German defence ministry to make COVID-19 jab mandatory for soldiers German soldiers could soon be required to get a COVID-19 jab, amid a growing debate over vaccine mandates. 23/11/2021
Now playing Next world news Europe and Central Asia 'could see 700k extra COVID deaths by March 1' “Cumulative reported deaths are projected to reach over 2.2 million by spring next year, based on current trends,” WHO said in a statement. 23/11/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Is it fair for European countries to single out the unvaccinated? Before, whole populations were locked down. Now, some countries are targeting only the unvaccinated. Is it justified? 23/11/2021
Now playing Next Czech Republic Czechs protest restrictions on unvaccinated as cases soar Protesters marched through the Czech capital of Prague on Monday to decry the government’s restrictions on unvaccinated people as new infections soared. 22/11/2021