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Sweden

Foreign-born citizens less likely to be vaccinated in Sweden & Norway

Official statistics show that foreign-born citizens elderly citizens in Sweden and Norway are much less likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

France

French lawmakers approve COVID-19 health pass to reopen economy

A bill over the creation of a health pass was approved by French MPs in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday but the government was forced to make amendments.

Slovakia

Slovakia suspends use of the AstraZeneca jab for first vaccinations

Slovakia suspends use of the AstraZeneca jab for first-time vaccinations

World News

EU demands AstraZeneca deliver COVID-19 vaccines as promised

The British-Swedish firm owes the EU 90 million doses of the vaccine, the European Commission said.

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Travel News

Romania sinks its teeth into vaccination programme at Dracula’s castle

Romania has transformed one of its most popular tourist attractions into a vaccination centre. Just remember to bring garlic.

World

Could equine therapy be the new stressbuster on the block?

Equine-assisted therapy is on the rise in Spain. For many people, riding a horse improves physical and mental health. And during the pandemic, it has also helped some people combat the stress and anxiety associated with COVID-19.

World News

European Union opts not to renew AstraZeneca vaccines contract

Commissioner Thierry Breton says a post-June order has not been made as French President Emmanuel Macron says the bloc will focus on different vaccines

World News

EU agrees to buy up to 1.8 billion Pfizer vaccine doses

The European Commission deal with Pfizer-BioNTech is its biggest vaccine contract so far

World News

EU leaders urge US to end COVID-19 vaccine export limits

EU leaders urged Washington to end COVID-19 vaccine export limits instead of focussing on waiving vaccine patents.

Germany

Germany pushes back against COVID-19 patent waiver proposal

A government spokesperson said the main issue affecting poor countries' equal access to vaccines was "not patents, but production capacity".

World

Sweden's registers increase in infections in young people

The Swedish Public Health Agency says the rise could be linked to a recent increase in testing. Among the elderly, there was a clear drop in newly reported cases, which the agency believes is largely due to the impact of the vaccination rollout.

Europe News

IP rights just one part of vaccine production, says EU's trade chief

Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU's trade chief, told Euronews that other measures, besides patent waivers, need to be considered to ramp up global production of COVID-19 vaccines.

World News

What is the argument against lifting COVID vaccine patents?

The US has backed plans to waive intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines, but the idea faces stiff opposition.

Japan

Pfizer/BioNTech to donate COVID jabs to athletes at Tokyo Olympics

The Olympic Games, which were scheduled to take place in 2020 but were postponed due to the pandemic, will kick off on July 23.

Serbia

Serbia in 'world first' as citizens offered €25 to have COVID vaccine

Serbia President Aleksandar Vucic said the government initiative was the first of its kind in the world to promote vaccinations.

India

COVID-19 catastrophe in India worsens as cases and deaths mount

India's health ministry reported 357,229 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours and 3,449 deaths.

World News

First EU-funded COVID-19 vaccines arrive in the Balkans

Most of the Balkan countries have struggled to obtain coronavirus vaccines, except for Serbia, which had launched a successful inoculation campaign mainly thanks to millions of doses of China's Sinopharm and Russia's Sputnik V shots.

World News

What is Vero Cell? EMA launches 'rolling review' of Chinese COVID-19 v

Europe's medicines regulator says it has begun a real-time review of Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine.

Europe News

EMA begins review of Pfizer COVID jab for teens as US set to OK it

The US is expected to back the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for people aged 12 to 15 within a week. Europe's watchdog launched its review on Monday with a decision expected in June.

India

India tops 20m coronavirus cases with many more likely undercounted

India confirmed more than 20 million coronavirus infections on Tuesday in an official total believed to be a vast undercount.