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Czech President Milos Zeman was taken back to hospital on Thursday after testing positive for the coronavirus, his office said, just hours after his release following more than six weeks of treatment for an unrelated condition. Zeman, …
The European Commission proposed to open the bloc’s external borders only to vaccinated travelers, revoking the current system of country lists granting access regardless of vaccination status. “We are moving away from this …
Germany registered 66,884 new coronavirus infections and 335 more deaths related to the virus, bringing the total number of deaths close to 100,000, according to figures by the Robert-Koch-Institute of infectious diseases on Wednesday. …
Days after Austria imposed a lockdown on the unvaccinated, it has announced a full national Covid-19 lockdown starting on November 22. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it would last a maximum of 20 days and there would be a legal …
Greece will impose more restrictions for those not vaccinated against Covid-19 from next week, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday following a steep rise in infections in recent weeks. The measures …
The Czech Republic and Slovakia tightened restrictions on people who have not had COVID-19 shots to try to encourage more to get vaccinated and ease the burden on hospitals. The measures echo steps taken against unvaccinated people in …
Mask-wearing is the single most effective public health measure at tackling Covid, reducing incidence by 53%, the first global study of its kind shows. Vaccines are safe and effective and saving lives around the world. But most do not …
Over 2.1 mln people have contracted the coronavirus infection in the European region during the past week, more than 28,000 died. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of new infections in Europe has increased by 8% over …
A new study by Dr Ruth Fairchild of Cardiff Metropolitan University has found that in pre-diabetic patients, a heaped teaspoon of wholegrain mustard ingested each evening before bed can help reduce blood glucose and/or …
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that it's the inequity in access to vaccines and inconsistent use of public health measures is prolonging the coronavirus pandemic. "The global inequity in …
There could be a shortage of one to two billion syringes needed to administer COVID-19 vaccinations in 2022 which could also impact routine immunisations and undermine needle safety, the World Health Organisation warned on Tuesday. …
Adult COVID-19 patients with sleep-disordered breathing and related low oxygen levels had a higher risk of hospitalization and death, finds a study in JAMA Network Open. A team led by Cleveland Clinic researchers conducted a …
More than 1.9 million people contracted novel coronavirus in the European region in the past week, over 26,700 of them died, the World Health Organization said in its Weekly Epidemiological Report on Wednesday. According to the global …
Russia's Gamaleya National Research Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology is developing a medicine containing antibodies to treat coronavirus patients, the centre's director, Alexander Gintsburg, said. "We are currently …
Global COVID-19 cases surpassed 250 million on Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The global case count amounted to 250,015,789, with 5,052,148 deaths worldwide, as of 8:21 a.m. local time (13:21 GMT), showed the …
The United States flung its doors open to vaccinated international travelers on November 8, welcoming many visitors who've been shut out of the country for nearly 20 months. But with new requirements going into effect for U.S. air, …
The coronavirus pandemic will be over in the world when a sufficient herd immunity level is reached, World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Russia Melita Vujnovic said on Monday. "When a sufficient immunity level is …
Vax has been chosen as the word of the year by lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Words related to vaccines have spiked in frequency in 2021 due to Covid, …
U.S. President Joe Biden tested negative for Covid-19 on Sunday, White House deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday morning. The President took the test independently of press secretary Jen Psaki's positive …
The total number of deaths caused by the coronavirus worldwide has surpassed 5 mln, according to TASS’ calculations based on the official statements of authorities as well as on the conclusions of experts and media outlets. To …
