world news Moderna will ask for approval of its COVID vaccine in Europe today Moderna says it will today ask for approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in Europe and the US 30/11/2020
France French vaccination plan: Fragile first then general public from April France's health authority has revealed a vaccination plan in five phases, with phase one prioritising care homes. 30/11/2020
Germany Vaccine: Frankfurt Airport prepares for huge logistical challenge As a string of COVID-19 vaccines near approval, Frankfurt Airport is preparing to transport millions of life-saving doses worldwide. 28/11/2020
United Kingdom AstraZeneca reveals dosing mistake in coronavirus vaccine trials A dosing error may have contributed to the "highly effective" results of the AstraZeneca and Oxford University coronavirus vaccine. 26/11/2020
Belgium First Europeans could be vaccinated by year-end, says EU chief European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urged members states on Wednesday to get ready to roll out vaccination campaigns before the end of the year. 25/11/2020
Russia Russia says its Sputnik V vaccine is 95% effective against COVID-19 Just in: Russia says trials have shown its Sputnik V vaccine is 95% effective against COVID-19 24/11/2020
world news International travellers could soon require COVID-19 vaccination International travellers could soon be required to have a COVID-19 vaccine before flying, according to the Qantas chief executive. 24/11/2020
United Kingdom AstraZeneca executive awaiting 'relatively fast' EU vaccine approval The company's Executive Vice President for Europe and Canada told Euronews that once approved the vaccine could be distributed "very fast" across all EU member states. 24/11/2020
world news Now we must focus on distributing these COVID vaccines, says expert Dr Jeffrey Lazarus was speaking to Euronews after a third vaccine claimed to have had success at fighting COVID-19 in trials. 23/11/2020
Hungary Coronavirus: Hungary to test Russian COVID-19 vaccine Hungary’s foreign minister said the country is moving forward with testing on a Russian coronavirus vaccine. 23/11/2020
Europe News Coronavirus: Is vaccine scepticism the next hurdle to overcome? In France, for example, little more than half of adults plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a recent survey. 23/11/2020
world news Coronavirus: Oxford candidate vaccine is 70% effective, trial shows The vaccine was 90% effective if administered at a half dose and then at a full dose and 62% effective if administered in two full doses. 23/11/2020
world news Nearly 1m people given two experimental Chinese coronavirus vaccines As the race to release a viable coronavirus vaccine hots up, a Chinese pharmaceutical company claims to have inoculated nearly a million people against COVID-19 with so far still experimental vaccines. 20/11/2020
world news When will we get a COVID vaccine? This & other key questions answered Euronews spoke to experts about the challenges of getting a vaccine and what steps are left once one is approved. 19/11/2020
world news African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the 54-nation continent had crossed the milestone. Africa has seen more than 48,000 deaths from COVID-19. Its infections and deaths make up less than 4% of the global total. 19/11/2020
world news New coronavirus vaccine 'is 94.5% effective' at preventing COVID-19 US biotechnology company Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective. 16/11/2020
The Cube Project aims to inform public of vaccine research progress via social From test tubes to TikTok, scientists head to social media platforms to communicate the progress of their vaccine research. 13/11/2020
world news EU's first COVID-19 vaccinations 'could happen early next year' It comes after Pfizer and BioNTech said their potential vaccine had been found to be more than 90% effective. 11/11/2020
Good Morning Europe EU to sign a deal for 300 million doses of BioNtech/Pfizer vaccine The EU has already signed supply deals with AstraZeneca, Sanofi and Johnson & Johnson for their potential COVID-19 shots. 11/11/2020
Brazil Brazil halts trials of Chinese-made vaccine due to 'serious event' The potential vaccine is being developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac and in Brazil would be mostly produced by Sao Paulo's state-run Butantan Institute. 10/11/2020
USA Biden warns 200,000 Americans could die before a vaccine is available The president-elect lowered expectations that a vaccine could arrive soon and outlined his plans to tackle the pandemic once he is sworn into office. 10/11/2020
USA COVID-19: Joe Biden promises vaccine will be 'free for everyone' in US Biden was outlining a plan to combat COVID-19 in which he also said he would ask Congress to pass a major finance bill to fight the virus. 23/10/2020
Sweden Sweden vs France: Contrasting COVID strategies and pandemic fatigue Has Sweden's strategy served to protect its citizens from becoming tired of lockdown restrictions, while the thought of another lockdown leaves their European neighbours climbing the walls? 19/10/2020
United Kingdom Pfizer hopes to seek approval for its COVID-19 vaccine in mid-November NEW: Pfizer says it hopes to seek authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine in mid-November 16/10/2020
world news 'We need to prepare now': Brussels unveils COVID-19 vaccination plan "If we want our vaccination to be successful, we need to prepare now," Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen stressed on Thursday. 15/10/2020
The Cube Facebook to ban paid anti-vax ads but not posts The latest policy is an extension of Facebook's rules that ban adverts about vaccine "hoaxes". 14/10/2020
