Category: Health
Germany cancels coronavirus lockdown relaxations due to exponential growth of virus
Germany weighs longer COVID lockdown amid ‘exponential’ rise. German Health Minister Jens Spahn has said that rising infections mean it may be impossible to ease restrictions in the coming weeks. More...
Belgium postpones planned relaxation of coronavirus measures
Belgium is not going to relax the measures due to the strongly rising corona figures. More...
Efficacy of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine against the B.1.351 South African Variant
Study conclusions: A two-dose regimen of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 [AstraZeneca] vaccine did not show protection against mild-to-moderate Covid-19 due to the B.1.351 [South Africa ] variant. More...
Massive clot has AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination. No side effects reported.
More...Just had the the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab down at Selhurst Park.
France: AstraZeneca vaccine only for people aged 55 and older. Paris goes into 1 month coronavirus lockdown
France’s health authority on Friday recommended that only people aged 55 and older should be given the AstraZeneca vaccine due to reports of blood clots. More...
First potentially AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine-related deaths in Sweden
The Swedish Medical Products Agency, Läkemedelsverket, is investigating the deaths of two people who had recently received the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. More...
Finland suspends AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccinations after two more suspected cases of blood clots
Two suspected blood clots after vaccination in Finland – the use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine is temporarily suspended
The Finnish authorities have decided to take a break from vaccinations with AstraZeneca’s corona vaccine – just in case. More...
Sonia Battaglia dead: she went into a coma a few days after the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
The health conditions of Sonia Battaglia, the 54-year-old hospitalized in intensive care at the Hospital of the Sea, have worsened irreversibly until her death today. More...
Italy: Domestic cat diagnosed with B.1.1.7 UK variant of coronavirus
The laboratories of Experimental zooprophylactic institute of Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d’Aosta they identified the first case of English variant of Sars-CoV-2 in a cat. More...
European Medicines Agency on AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine: “benefits still outweigh the risks despite possible link to rare blood clots with low blood platelets”
EMA Statement: “the vaccine may be associated with very rare cases of blood clots associated with thrombocytopenia, i.e. More...