A 23-year-old Italian woman was under observation in a hospital in Tuscany after receiving six doses of the Pfizer vaccine in error, news agency AGI reported Monday. The woman was in good condition after receiving fluids and paracetamol following the injection Sunday, AGI reported. Instead of...
US biotech firm Novavax on Monday said it had positive results from preclinical studies of a shot combining its influenza and COVID vaccine candidates. (FILES) This file photo illustration picture shows vials with COVID-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US biotech company...
New Yorkers will receive free train rides if they get vaccinated against COVID-19 in subway stations, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday as part of a move to speed up immunizations. New York Police Officers stand at the Union Station subway stop on May 10, 2021 in New York City. Angela Weiss /...
The WHO chief took on so-called "vaccine diplomacy" on Monday, slamming countries for using Covid-19 jabs to gain competitive advantage rather than engaging in true cooperation to end the pandemic. "Vaccine diplomacy is not cooperation," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters from the World...
French Prime Minister Jean Castex said Monday that France was "emerging on a long-term basis" from the COVID-19 crisis as he gave new details about shop and restaurant openings. The terrace of a restaurant is pictured in Paris, on May 7, 2021, ahead of the reopening of restaurant and cafe terraces...
Schools and stores reopened in parts of Europe on Monday, easing out of months of COVID-19 lockdowns, but the devastating outbreak raged on across the sub-continent and health experts declared the virus mutation in India a "variant of concern". A COVID-19 patient reacts while sitting on a bed...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday authorized the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years old. (FILES) In this file photo taken on March 4, 2021 vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 are seen as elderly people are inoculated amid...
eople who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are exempt from many restrictions in Germany from Sunday after the government passed new legislation to restore some freedoms. (FILES) In this file photo taken on October 10, 2020 people sit at a terrace overlooking the river Spree and the...
A Vietnamese woman died from COVID-19 in Laos on Sunday, according to state-run media, marking the first death from the disease in the impoverished communist country. Reclusive, landlocked Laos had appeared to escape the brunt of the pandemic in 2020, but a community outbreak uncovered last month...
The United States, which has reported the world's worst overall Covid-19 death toll, has "no doubt" been undercounting fatal cases, top pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said Sunday. White House Chief Medical Adviser on COVID-19 Dr. Anthony Fauci (SAUL LOEB / AFP) The country has officially lost over...
Variant accelerating India's COVID explosion: WHO top scientist A COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious and may be dodging vaccine protections, contributing to the country's explosive outbreak, the World Health Organization's chief scientist said Saturday. World Health...
New COVID-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world's worst outbreaks, as EU pressure mounted on Washington to end vaccine export limits and offer a concrete plan to lift patents. "I call very clearly on the United States to put an end to export bans...
