投稿者: Martin Belam (now) and Samantha Lock (earlier)
Russia reports 1,239 fatalities to take official death toll to 250,454; Germany’s infection rate rises to 232.1 per 100,000 residentsHesitancy, inequity: is US making the same mistakes with kids’ vaccines?Emmanuel Macron urges acceleration of France’s …
German decision comes amid swelling fourth wave; figures show slightly slower growth in positive tests but officials urge cautionPfizer pills highly effective at preventing Covid deaths, trial suggestsChinese journalist jailed over Covid reporting ‘clo…
UK government’s latest Covid case figures show 37, 269 people tested positive; only 61% of Latvian adults are fully vaccinated, less than EU average of 75%Europe once again at centre of Covid pandemic, says WHOUK first country to approval oral antivira…
US to begin giving Pfizer vaccines to children aged five to 11; WHO approves Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech’s Covid vaccine for emergency useJonathan Van-Tam voices concerns over rising UK Covid death rateUK launches trial of drug to tackle fatigue in…
China has urged its citizens to stock up on daily necessities in case of emergency; Japan will gradually ease border restrictions amid falling Covid casesThailand, Australia and Israel ease international border restrictionsFacebook failed to protect us…
Booster jabs in UK can now be given to certain vulnerable people sooner than six months after a second dose; Russia reports 1,163 new Covid deathsCovid booster jabs offered a month earlier for UK care home residentsOne person in 50 had Covid in England…
Protests over restrictions even as over 4,500 new cases recorded in Bulgaria; India has administered 1bn doses of the Covid vaccine in the country of 1.4bnMoscow announces one-week lockdown amid high Covid deathsOnly 14% of promised Covid doses reach p…
973 deaths in last 24 hours is new record for Russia; Thailand to drop mandatory quarantine for UK and US visitorsBritain’s initial response to pandemic led to more deathsWHO recommends extra jab for immunocompromised peopleFrench study of 22m people f…