カテゴリー: Vaccines and immunisation
European centre for disease control warns it is vital for people to get fully vaccinated as the summer holiday season beginsAll UK arrivals in EU should be quarantined, says Angela MerkelCall to speed up jabs as Delta variant spreads across EuropeWHO v…
The US donation has more than doubled Taiwan’s available vaccine stocks as it battles a rise in coronavirus infectionsSee all our coronavirus coverageTaiwan has reacted with an outpouring of thanks to the United States for shipping 2.5m Covid-19 vaccin…
Instead of cutting the aid budget – including 95% from the plan to stamp out the disease – Britain should take a global leadDespite the Covid pandemic, there have been just two recorded cases of wild polio in 2021 – in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the two…
As island faces new outbreak and mistrust of Chinese jabs, Beijing objects to donations from US and JapanVaccines are the latest flashpoint inflaming cross-strait tensions between China and Taiwan, as the latter tries to fend off its worst coronavirus …
Migrant labourers tell of being forced to isolate in brutal conditions as Covid wave grips regionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt was around mid-May when workers at the Cal-Comp factory in Phetchaburi, central Thailand, he…
Capital and three other municipalities will remain under restrictions until at least 27 June due to rise in infections; Russia reports 10,407 new casesEuropeans’ confidence in EU hit by coronavirus responseLink between cases and deaths has been broken,…
Offer a welcome boost for Taiwan, which says China has interfered with its attempts to secure vaccines internationallySee all our coronavirus coverageThe United States will donate 750,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan as part of the country’s plan t…
Analysis: the failings of the Covax programme, logistical issues and governments’ own inadequacies are making a bad situation worseCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOnly 1% of the 1.3 billion vaccines injected around the world…
President says agreement with German firm BioNTech has been delayed after Beijing interventionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTaiwan’s president has accused China of interfering in its vaccine acquisition programme, as the i…
Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore race to contain clusters as experts warn jabs must be distributed more evenlyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSouth-east Asian countries, including nations that managed to control the…
Greg Hunt says travellers returning to Australia may have to undergo two tests before boarding flights home • Australia’s Covid vaccine rollout: how is your state doing? • Experts say Australians need incentives to get Covid vaccine • People under 50 a…
Instead of sequencing or data collection, the government is offering patriotic bluster in the face of this deadly second waveThe variant that threatens the British summer has already done far more damage in India. In October last year a sample from the…
Efforts in Africa and elsewhere hit by decision not to export Serum’s AstraZeneca jab until end of yearCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVaccine programmes across Africa and much of the developing world will suffer big delays …
I am exhausted by corporate Australia’s celebration of the rising economic tide, as the world divides into one of medical oases and deserts“Many people are dying,” Pralhad tells me. He pauses. “But it is not useful to be paralysed. We must act.”Pralhad…
Pressure builds on Indian government to announce national lockdown; third of UK adults now fully vaccinated against Covid-19; Laos records first Covid deathSee all our coronavirus coverage 11.44pm BST We are now closing this blog. You can stay up to da…