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Could more have been done to stop the new B117 UK COVID variant?

Peter Openshaw, an Immunologist at Imperial University, says hospital admissions were the first clue.

United Kingdom

UK 'past the peak' of COVID wave as hospitalisations decrease

The UK has vaccinated more than 10 million people but experts said it will still be weeks before it begins to have an effect on deaths and hospitalisations.

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Dozens injured in nightclub stampede after police raid the venue

Dozens of people were injured after a stampede broke out during a police raid on a nightclub operating illegally in Bolivia in the early hours of Saturday.

Germany

Germans call for crackdown on COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumpers

It emerged that at some clinics in the country managers were vaccinated ahead of doctors and frontline medical staff.

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World

High infection rates and social marginalisation haunts Paris' homeless

Christophe Robert from the Abbé Pierre Foundation says “The crisis is like a ticking time bomb for all those that see their resources diminish and risk no longer being able to pay their rent.

World News

France, Poland, Sweden rule out AstraZeneca jab for elderly

The three EU member states join Germany and Italy in their recommendations, citing insufficient clinical trial data.

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COVID vaccine: One dose of AstraZeneca jab cuts transmission by 67%

Primary analysis of phase III trials also showed that the vaccine efficacy is stronger when the period between the two doses is lengthened to 12 weeks.

Europe News

EU will have 400M COVID vaccine doses by June, says von der Leyen

If no other vaccines are obtained in the meantime, that's only enough doses to inoculate fewer than half of the EU's 447 million population.

Green News

Countries prepared for the climate crisis have had fewer COVID deaths

New research shows that nations who are best equipped to fight climate change have handled the pandemic best.

United Kingdom

Britain applauds WWII veteran and NHS fundraising hero Sir Tom Moore

The 100-year-old veteran won legions of fans last year after he raised millions of euros for Britain's healthcare system by doing laps of his garden.

Russia

Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 'has efficacy of 91.6% against COVID-19'

BREAKING: Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has an efficacy of 91.6% against COVID-19, according to a study published in The Lancet.

United Kingdom

COVID-19: UK deploys surge testing to track South African variant

Additional mobile testing units, door-to-door testing and home testing kits are being deployed in eight areas of England where the variant has already been identified.

Germany

We may need COVID vaccines for 'many years to come', says Merkel

Merkel said the situation with COVID-19 is "similar to the flu vaccine, where you re-vaccinate against the new mutation of the virus every time".

Italy

Italy relaxes some of its Covid-19 measures

Restaurants and museums reopen in Italy as country eases restrictions.

World News

Nine-in-10 coronavirus vaccinations 'have been in richer nations'

North America and Europe have a higher percentage of population vaccinated against coronavirus than the rest of the world so far.

Spain

Vaccine brings hope to Spanish care homes devastated by COVID-19

There's a light at the end of the tunnel in Spain for care home residents and workers who have received their COVID vaccines. But they also recall the horror of the first wave.

France

Defiant French restaurateurs open doors despite COVID closure orders

"I will always defend my profession. My job is not to click and collect and put food in a box. I have always been a restaurateur, I love what I do," Stéphane Turillon, owner of La Source Bleue, said.

Austria

10,000 people demonstrate against lockdown measures in Vienna

Several police officers were injured in clashes, while around 850 people in total were fined following Sunday's rally.

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Anti-lockdown protests continue in Belgium, Austria and Slovenia

Resistance is growing after nearly a year of restrictions on businesses, travel, and community life.

United Kingdom

'COVID tongue': Mouth ulcers or rashes 'likely a coronavirus symptom'

"It was ignored by most doctors who didn't think it was related, but now with all these increasing reports, it's looking like it's part of this syndrome," said Professor Tim Spector.