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Germany

Germany to buy 30 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V this summer

The agreed purchase will be made pending the vaccine's approval by the European Medicines Agency, a German minister has said.

India

India shatters the global record for daily COVID-19 infections

The enormous number of new cases comes as major hospitals warn of oxygen running out - and many more in search of beds.

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.

Europe News

EU countries should lower price of PCR tests, says commissioner

The European Commission expects to start negotiations on the green pass at the beginning of May and launch a pilot project in early June, justice commissioner Reynders explained.

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Denmark

Denmark loans 55,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Germany

The Danish Foreign Ministry said they were still deciding what to do with the remaining 145,000 unwanted doses of AstraZeneca.

World News

Vaccine doubts could delay EU's inoculation target by several months

Projections show issues with the AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson vaccine rollouts could seriously dent the EU’s goal of vaccinating 70% of adults against COVID-19 by the end of summer.

Travel News

France is working on a 'special pass' for vaccinated US travellers

France is the world's top destination for tourists and now it is finding a way to welcome back American travellers.

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.

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.

France

'Highly probable' the EU will ditch its AstraZeneca contract: minister

France's industry minister said on Friday that while a final decision was yet to be made, it was "highly probable" the EU wouldn't renew its contract for the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID vaccine.

World News

Pfizer CEO says third COVID jab 'likely' needed within 12 months

Authorities in the US and the EU have already started planning for such an eventuality.

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.

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.

World News

J&J COVID vaccine rollout delayed in Europe amid blood clot reports

Johnson & Johnson will delay the rollout of their COVID-19 vaccine in Europe following reports of blood clots in six people after receiving jab.

Europe News

How a court ruling lays the ground for mandatory COVID-19 vaccination

A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has set a precedent that European countries could use to make COVID-19 vaccines compulsory.

China

COVID-19: Chinese official says homegrown vaccines not very powerful

Chinese vaccines "don’t have very high protection rates," said the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, Gao Fu, at a conference Saturday.

Australia

Australia buys 20 million more Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines for COVID-19

The announcement comes hours after Australia said it would stop using the AstraZeneca jab on those under 50 years old.

World News

Vaccination success sees Gibraltar enjoy life post-pandemic

The British Overseas Territory has become one of the first places in the world to ease restrictions including outdoor mask wearing

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.

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".