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'Irresponsible and bizarre': Expert slams AstraZeneca jab suspension

Sweden and Latvia join other European countries in suspending the use of the jab amid reports of dangerous blood clots in some people recipients

Austria

Austria's vaccine official resigns over distribution mistakes

The senior Austrian official in charge of his country's COVID-19 vaccine orders has resigned for failing to buy all the doses available.

Italy

Italy plans to have 80% of population vaccinated by end of September

Italy plans to vaccinate around 80% of the population against COVID-19 by the end of September, the new government said.

World News

COVID in Europe: Italy and France concerned over rising cases

Italy will tighten its restrictions and the French government is concerned about ICU COVID-19 patients reaching 95% in Paris.

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Is there any substance behind the AstraZeneca vaccine doubts?

Despite being shown to prevent against severe disease, AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine has attracted negative publicity. Here's a closer look.

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EU's COVID vaccine distribution is unfair, says Austrian chancellor

He accused some member states of signing non-disclosure agreements about vaccine contracts and called for "transparency and clarification" on vaccine contracts.

Slovakia

Slovakia's health minister quits over buying Russia's COVID-19 vaccine

He resigned to avoid Slovakia's ruling coalition crumbling apart.

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EU's 'vaccine passports' only valid with EMA-approved COVID jabs

It raises a potential problem for Europeans who have had the Russian or Chinese vaccine.

World

Scientists race to find 'universal vaccine' effective against variants

Delphine Guyon-Gellin is the manager of the 'universal vaccine' project at Osivax based in Lyon. She says, "We are targeting a part inside the virus, which is not accessible for the antibodies, so we train the immune system to develop another type of response: a cellular immunity"

Japan

Japan tightens border controls over rise in new COVID-19 variant cases

Japan has confirmed 345 cases of the more contagious new variants.

Serbia

Serbia to produce Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

"We will start producing the vaccine from October 15," President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.

World News

One year on, a look back at how COVID-19 upended life in Europe

The lockdown scenes in Wuhan initially seemed completely alien. But the virus raced across the globe, and soon the streets of Europe also became eerily quiet.

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Euroviews. Rich countries must stop ‘vaccine apartheid’ | View

"We need courageous leadership that suspends rules that are barriers to expanding life-saving vaccine access," write Aruna Kashyap and Margaret Wurth, both from Human Rights Watch

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COVID vaccine: EU says it has exported 34m doses to over 30 countries

The latest vaccine exports figures from the EU Commission come days after London and Brussels lobbed accusations of vaccine nationalism at each other.

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'No indication' AstraZeneca COVID jab led to Austria death, says EMA

Austria suspended the use of an AstraZeneca vaccine batch on Sunday following the death of a woman and the hospitalisation of another.

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EU's much-criticised vaccination plan 'better than the alternative'

The EU's vaccination strategy has come under heavy criticism for being too slow but some say the alternative would have been worse.

Greece

COVID-19: Greece to open borders to foreign tourists by mid-May

Greece and Cyprus have both unveiled their summer tourism plans as vaccination accelerates.

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Europe must speed up vaccine rollout to boost economy, says OECD

The Paris-based group warns that sluggish vaccine rollouts in Europe could see the economic recovery lag behind the likes of Israel, the US and the UK.

Russia

Russia wants apology after EMA official warns against Sputnik V jab

Russia has questioned the neutrality of the European Medicines Agency after a senior official urged EU member states not to rollout the Sputnik V vaccine yet.

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'Motherhood biggest obstacle to my career,' says leading scientist

"It was a very difficult time for me to balance my teaching and research activity due to the duties connected to the role of mother, but I overcame this," said Dr Maria Rosaria Capobianchi.