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UK regulator says COVID vaccines meet strict safety standards

Most of the reported side effects from COVID vaccines are "mild and short lasting", the UK medicines regulator said.

World

Merkel asks Germans to 'hold out a little longer'

Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that Germany is past the peak of the latest surge in coronavirus cases. But the German leader wants to wait for more data on the spread of new variants before deciding whether to ease lockdown restrictions.

Germany

Merkel says Germany past peak of second COVID wave

“I can see a light shining at the end of the tunnel,” Merkel said, but she also urged Germans to be patient and warned against "false hopes."

France

Lockdown will be 'last resort' in France even as COVID variants spread

A lockdown "is not justified" yet and should only be used as a "very last resort", Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday.

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World

COVID in Europe: Denmark announces plans for digital vaccine passport

Spain registered one of its worst months of the pandemic in January with 900,000 new coronavirus infections while Denmark launched plans to reopen society with a new COVID-19 vaccine passport.

World

Could more have been done to stop the new B117 UK COVID variant?

Peter Openshaw, an Immunologist at Imperial University, says hospital admissions were the first clue.

United Kingdom

UK 'past the peak' of COVID wave as hospitalisations decrease

The UK has vaccinated more than 10 million people but experts said it will still be weeks before it begins to have an effect on deaths and hospitalisations.

World News

COVAX to distribute more than 330 million COVID vaccines through June

Over 10 of the 145 countries that will receive vaccines through the global initiative are in Europe.

Germany

Germans call for crackdown on COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumpers

It emerged that at some clinics in the country managers were vaccinated ahead of doctors and frontline medical staff.

World News

France, Poland, Sweden rule out AstraZeneca jab for elderly

The three EU member states join Germany and Italy in their recommendations, citing insufficient clinical trial data.

World News

COVID vaccine: One dose of AstraZeneca jab cuts transmission by 67%

Primary analysis of phase III trials also showed that the vaccine efficacy is stronger when the period between the two doses is lengthened to 12 weeks.

Europe News

EU will have 400M COVID vaccine doses by June, says von der Leyen

If no other vaccines are obtained in the meantime, that's only enough doses to inoculate fewer than half of the EU's 447 million population.

World News

Denmark has biggest share of people 'fully vaccinated' for COVID-19

Denmark had given first and second doses to a greater share of its population — 1.42% — than other European countries. In contrast, France had fully vaccinated only 0.07%.

World

Serbian PM: Vaccine success down to prioritising health over politics

The latest data shows that 6.4 doses have been administered per 100 people in the Balkan state. That's higher than any EU state.

Travel News

Could your flight cancellation voucher now turn into a cash refund?

Millions of Europeans are still waiting for refunds from their airlines. Many accepted a vouchers after their flights were cancelled, but could those travellers now be entitled to cash instead?

United Kingdom

COVID-19: UK deploys surge testing to track South African variant

Additional mobile testing units, door-to-door testing and home testing kits are being deployed in eight areas of England where the variant has already been identified.

Spain

Vaccine brings hope to Spanish care homes devastated by COVID-19

There's a light at the end of the tunnel in Spain for care home residents and workers who have received their COVID vaccines. But they also recall the horror of the first wave.

World News

BioNTech/Pfizer pledges up to 75 million extra vaccine doses to EU

COVID: BioNTech/Pfizer pledge up to 75 million extra vaccine doses to EU

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AstraZeneca will deliver nine million additional vaccine doses to EU

Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that AstraZeneca would deliver the EU nine million additional doses of its coronavirus vaccine but it still falls short of what they originally agreed on.

Ireland

Irish Taoiseach says 'lessons to be learned' over EU exports chaos

Irish PM Micheál Martin said there were "lessons to be learned" over the EU's move to tighten coronavirus vaccine exports.