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Jun

2021

Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus

JAPAN is leaning towards allowing domestic spectators at the Olympics despite the pandemic, media reports said, while Australia's second-largest city Melbourne will exit a hard lockdown as planned tomorrow. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals for a case tracker and summary of news EUROPE * The European Union's executive body urged caution in the face of calls for a public-private scheme for insuring companies against economic lockdowns in future pandemics. * Some Russian drugmakers say they will only manufacture the single-dose Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine for the time being because it is easier to make than Sputnik…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

COVID-19: Latest on worldwide spread

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THE European Union's drugs regulator approved Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine, and the European Commission extended its scheme requiring authorisation for vaccine exports until the end of June due to continued concerns about supplies within the bloc. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals for a case tracker and summary of news. EUROPE * Health authorities in Denmark and Norway said they had temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca's vaccine shots after reports of the formation of blood clots in some who have been vaccinated. * Italy's decision to ban a batch of AstraZeneca vaccine was taken following…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Latest on the spread of COVID-19

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MILLIONS of English children and teenagers headed back to school on Monday for the first time in two months, while New York City high school students are expected to return to the classroom on March 22. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals for a case tracker and summary of news. EUROPE * Greece plans to lift restrictions in the retail sector and open schools before the end of March and begin to re-open the tourism sector in May ahead of the vital summer season. * The European Union's executive criticised Belgium for extending its blanket ban on…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Latest on the worldwide spread of the COVID-19

COVID-19

US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States would have enough COVID-19 vaccine for every American adult by the end of May. The first doses of the Pfizer shots to be dispatched to Africa under the global COVAX vaccine-sharing scheme arrived in Rwanda yesterday. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals for a case tracker and summary of news. EUROPE * The European Union aims to increase the region's COVID-19 vaccine production capacity to 2-3 billion doses per year by the end of 2021, Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton was quoted as saying. * German Chancellor Angela…

Jan

2021

By The African Mirror

FACTBOX-Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus

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THE European Union said it had secured nearly half of Pfizer's 2021 global output of COVID-19 shots, while a study found that this vaccine appears able to protect against a key mutation in the new variants. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals here for a case tracker and summary of news. EUROPE * Germany has secured 50 million vaccine doses from German biotech firms BioNTech and CureVac on top of EU supplies, a document showed, amid record daily deaths and concerns about a new variant. * France and Britain approved Moderna's vaccine, while the Mayor of London declared a…

Dec

2020

By The African Mirror

FACTBOX – Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus

COVID-19

U.S. leaders urgently called on Americans to wear masks and threatened even more drastic stay-at-home orders after deaths from the coronavirus set a single-day record, with two people dying every minute, while worldwide deaths crossed 1.5- million. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread of COVID-19. * Eikon users, see COVID-19: MacroVitals for a case tracker and summary of news. EUROPE * More than half of Spaniards are not willing to get COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as they are available, a survey showed as the government announced a target of 15 million to 20 million…