カテゴリー: Vaccines and immunisation
Washington reverses vaccine export ban while Downing Street dispatches ventilators and oxygen Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageInternational efforts to help India fight its devastating coronavirus crisis have stepped up as th…
Global vaccine rollout reaches one billion mark as India continues to battle overwhelming surge of casesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US has promised to “rapidly deploy” aid to beleaguered healthcare workers in India where there has been a fourth…
Only a fifth of doses expected by May delivered as export bans, hoarding and supply shortages biteCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe global vaccine-sharing initiative Covax has so far delivered about one in five of the Oxfo…
Hospitals are being pushed to the brink after more than 1m people infected in just four daysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has reported 314,835 new coronavirus cases over the previous 24 hours, the highest number of i…
Japan has vaccinated less than 1% of the population, leaving many expatriates frustrated London is not helping themJapan’s troubled vaccination rollout has left British residents feeling “trapped” in their adopted home, preventing them visiting parents…
Rise in cases feared as murders halt campaigns and leave many women too afraid to workGul Meena Hotak was on her regular rounds, going door-to-door giving polio vaccinations in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, when she heard gunshots.The 22-year-o…
A ‘double mutant’ strain, lack of medical supplies and the relaxation of lockdowns have combined to foment disasterIndia has seen a terrifying increase in coronavirus cases in the past few weeks. Tuesday saw another new record when the country racked u…
Emotional scenes in arrivals hall as hundreds of travellers touch down on first day of quarantine-free travel from AustraliaLove in a travel bubble: Australia and New Zealand embrace quarantine-free flights – in picturesLisa Tetai warned her son not to…
Doctors speak of a new variant of the virus that appears to be spreading faster than ever beforeCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDr K Senthil had feared it was coming.He had feared it as he saw the reckless crush of hundreds …
New infections passed 160,000 a day over the weekend, and vaccine shortages are being reportedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMore than two million devotees bathed in the River Ganges on Monday despite soaring rates of new C…
Head of country’s disease control centre says vaccines ‘don’t have very high protection rates’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s top disease control official has admitted that the efficacy of the country’s domestically …
States consider tougher restrictions to slow spread of virus as country fights second wave of infectionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Covid-19 cases in India surged to a record 152,879 as the country battled a second w…
Chinese capital rolls out grading system as part of campaign to vaccinate 560m people by June Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBeijing authorities are colour-coding buildings to show the public the rates of vaccination among …
Country reports 115,000 fresh infections in 24 hours, the highest single-day total anywhere in worldCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has carried out a record 4.3m daily vaccinations as its second wave of coronavirus con…
‘We just need to be cautious,’ warns British prime minister; 1,200 homeless and vulnerable people to be given jabs in RomePakistan, Bangladesh, Kenya and Philippines on England travel ‘red list’Further rare blood clot cases found in Oxford/AstraZeneca …