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These are the 4 countries offering COVID-19 vaccines to tourists

Countries outside Europe are planning to reconnect with tourists by offering them the COVID-19 vaccine as a perk of their stay.

World News

WHO calls on the West to donate extra vaccines to poor countries

World Health Organization officials want rich countries to give their extra coronavirus vaccine doses to poor countries that haven’t yet immunised their populations, rather than using them as boosters.

Serbia

Serbian rock festival goes ahead as partygoers check for coronavirus

The Novi Sad rock festival in Serbia went ahead without face masks or social distancing after all participants were screened for coronavirus.

Travel News

Britain plans to scrap quarantine for non-UK vaccinated arrivals in weeks

Britain plans to scrap quarantine for non-UK vaccinated arrivals in weeks

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Spain

Call for new restrictions as Spain’s youth bear brunt of COVID cases

Spain’s COVID vaccination programme has been a relative success in Europe up to now - but the reopening of nightlife has led to a huge surge in cases amongst unprotected young people, who haven’t yet been able to get the jab.

Travel News

Vaccinated Brits no longer need to quarantine from amber countries

Fully vaccinated British adults will not need to quarantine on return from amber list countries from 19 July, the UK’s transport secretary Grant Shapps announced.

World News

Europeans hit the clubs amid surge in Delta variant COVID-19 cases

Nightclubs and restaurants across Europe re-open and restrictions are eased despite an increase in cases of the Delta variant of the coronavirus.

Europe

EU says it is on target to vaccinate 70% of population by end of July

In Belgium and Malta, 71% of the population have already received one jab, but in Bulgaria, that figure is just 16%.

Spain

Student trip to Mallorca fuels Spanish COVID-19 outbreak

Various clusters of COVID-19 cases have been detected across Spain after multiple end-of-year student trips to Mallorca.

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.

USA

CDC: COVID-19 vaccines beneficial despite rare heart inflammation

U.S. health officials are strengthening cautions about a rare side effect of some COVID-19 vaccines — chest pain and heart inflammation, mostly seen in teenagers and young adults

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.

Health news

French minister calls for new EU vaccine funding agency after COVID

France’s industry minister said Europe could learn from a similar US agency which has funded private research into vaccines.

World News

Our COVID vaccine is 90% effective, says US firm Novavax

Vaccine company Novavax said on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine was 90.4% effective overall, fuelling hope that there could soon be another preventive tool to fight the pandemic.

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson confirms G7 to donate one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses

The UK Prime Minister told a news conference at the end of the G7 summit in England that a billion doses will be donated to poorer countries by the end of next year.

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?

USA

US to share initial 25 million COVID-19 doses with the world

President Joe Biden has announced plans for the US to share an initial 25 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with the world.

Health news

Why are COVID vaccines linked to blood clots? Scientists have answers

A group of scientists in Germany claims they have cracked the code as to why AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are causing blood clots.

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.

United Kingdom

Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines 'highly effective' against India variant

Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines were found to be about as effective against the Indian variant than against the British one after two doses.