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. 11/04/2021
Europe EU received only half of AstraZeneca doses it was meant to this week AstraZeneca's deliveries to the European Union have been beset by delays. 09/04/2021
Europe EMA launches blood clots probe related to Johnson & Johnson vaccine It comes after the regulator said there was a possible link between very rare cases of blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine. 09/04/2021
state of the union Europe's week: AstraZeneca jab troubles and Turkey's diplomacy mistake The European Medicines Agency said the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine could potentially cause rare blood clots and Commission President von der Leyen got sidelined in Ankara. Here's a look at two key stories making the news in Brussels this week. 09/04/2021
France AstraZeneca: France says under 55s to receive different second dose France's health authority has recommended that adults under 55 who received a first dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine should receive a different vaccine for their second dose. 09/04/2021
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
Serbia Serbia invites its neighbours over for a COVID vaccine It's been claimed the vaccines given to Serbia's neighbouring citizens were about to expire. Speaking to Euronews, the country's prime minister, Ana Brnabić, did not deny the allegation. 08/04/2021
Brazil Brazil's daily deaths from COVID pass 4,000 mark for first time Only the US and Peru have had daily death tolls higher than 4,000. Brazil's pandemic toll is quickly approaching 340,000, the second-highest in the world. 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
World France and Spain ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations as cases surge The Stade de France stadium was on Tuesday turned into a mass vaccination centre while across the border the Spanish Prime Minister called on people to "vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate". 06/04/2021
Denmark Denmark among first in Europe to introduce COVID pass scheme The COVID-19 "passport" is available via a secure application or in paper format to people who have either been fully vaccinated, have tested positive for COVID-19 two to 12 weeks previously or negative over the previous 72 hours. 06/04/2021
world news EU's Michel visits Libya as nation battles instability and COVID-19 European Council President Charles Michel visited Libya on Sunday as the nation grapples with continuing instability and rising covid cases. 04/04/2021
France France enters partial lockdown as hospital pressure reaches new highs The new restrictions entered into force as France reported 5,273 patients in intensive care on Saturday, one of the highest levels recorded since April last year. 04/04/2021
Germany German president calls for unity amid COVID-19 'crisis of trust' "We must all pull together, my dear fellow Germans," urged President Frank Walter Steinmeier in a rare televised address on Saturday. 03/04/2021
