カテゴリー: Vaccines and immunisation
County reports more than 400,000 new infections but experts suspect figures are gross underestimateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCovid-19 deaths surged past 4,000 for the first time in India on Saturday in one of the world…
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Government admits restrictions that had been due to end on 11 May have failed to stop rising infectionsSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan has extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until at least the end of the mont…
Country appeals for international help amid vaccine shortage, overrun hospitals and reported 47% positivity rateCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNepal is struggling to contain an explosion in Covid-19 cases, as fears grow tha…
US now supports bid to allow poorer nations to make cheap copies of vaccines, but Australia is holding out • US declares support for patent waiver on Covid-19 vaccinesPressure is mounting on Australia to support the waiver of intellectual property prot…
Indian government accused of complacency, with shortage of jabs likely to continue ‘for months’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSevere Covid-19 vaccine shortages have hampered India’s plan to administer jabs to all adults, wi…
Our South Asia correspondent reflects on a catastrophe that is now affecting the lives of almost everyone in the countryYou recently lost a close colleague, Kakoli Bhattacharya, to Covid-19. Can you tell us about her and the important work that she did…
US’s top infectious disease expert lambasts wealthy countries for failing to provide equitable access to coronavirus vaccines Families of Australians caught in India Covid surge plead for repatriationWhy Australia is under pressure to upgrade advice o…
President lauds vaccination effort to reduce cases and deathsBiden raises minimum wage for workers paid by federal contractorsTexas sheriff who criticized Trump is nominated to head IceCDC relaxes guidelines on mask-wearing for AmericansRepublicans sti…
This is the only way to prevent the emergence of more dangerous variants – and end the pandemic for goodIt’s easy to forget, as pubs reopen and children fill school playgrounds again, what a brutal winter Britain faced. The second wave took more lives …
Decision leaves more than 9,000 Australian citizens who have registered with Dfat stuck, 650 of whom are considered vulnerableAustralia will immediately suspend all passenger flights from India and send an initial humanitarian support package to the Co…
Slow vaccine rollout cited as the difference between the two countries, both of which have virtually no community coronavirus casesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand has been dethroned for the first time as the best place to be during Covid 19…
Just 1.3% of Japan’s population have received at least first dose, with less than 90 days until Games Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than two months after it began its vaccine rollout, Japan still lags behind the rest …
Dr Mohga Kamal-Yanni says world leaders must stop putting big pharma’s profits before people’s lives. Sue Hoar wonders why more is not being done to help Covid patients in IndiaThe shortfall in Covid vaccine doses going to the Covax vaccine-sharing sch…
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