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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.

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

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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.

Europe Decoded

Debunk: Pfizer and Moderna did not skip animal trials

All vaccines rolled out within the EU trialed on animals, but people on social media have been pushing false claims that people taking the jabs are acting as 'lab rats.'

Denmark

Denmark drops Johnson and Johnson COVID vaccine over side effect fears

The Danish Health Authority has concluded that the benefits of using the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson do not outweigh the risk of causing the possible adverse effect, VITT, in those who receive the vaccine.

Russia

Russia lags behind the West in its COVID-19 vaccination drive

By late April, just over 8.2 per cent of Russia's population had received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccine compared to 43 per cent in the US and 27 per cent in the EU.