Category: Vaccine
Russia: Putin asks army to build field hospitals for Covid patients
President Vladimir Putin said that Russia may need the army’s help to build field hospitals for Covid-19 patients as Russia battles a surge in infections that has led to a nationwide workplace shutdown. More...
China: Zero Covid is still less costly than living with it
China’s top respiratory diseases expert has defended the country’s zero-Covid strategy against scrutiny from some public health experts, saying it was still less costly than living with the disease and reintroducing restrictions each time outbreaks occurred. More...
Five million Covid dead, 250 million infected in less than two years
At least five million people have died, and 250 million have been infected with Sars-Cov-2 in less than two years. More...
Scotland: 88% of Covid deaths and 66% of new Covid cases are fully vaccinated
The Covid-19 situation for the fully vaccinated in Scotland continues to deteriorate. More...
Will the UK’s mass Covid infection experiment pay off?
On the 19th July 2021, Britain’s mass Covid infection experiment began. More...
USA: Covid vaccine breakthrough in three more tigers
San Diego Zoo officials announced Wednesday that three of their Malaysian tigers have COVID-19, marking the first wildlife cases the organization has reported since vaccinating hundreds of animals this summer. More...
Wales: The vaccine breakthrough rate for people over 60 is 96%
The vaccine breakthrough rate for the over 60’s is 96% for the two-week period up to 17th October 2021 in Wales. More...
UK ZOE Covid app shows 1,096,370 are currently symptomatic – a record high for the pandemic
1,096,370 people are currently symptomatic for Covid-19 in the UK. More...
Romania: “A cry of despair” from Romanian doctors – the full letter in English
Dear Bucharestians, Dear Romanians,
It is becoming increasingly difficult for us, the medical staff, to cope with the wave of COVID-19 diseases, both among the population and among us, the medical staff. More...
UK ZOE app reports the highest UK Covid daily case rate ever recorded
The UK Covid App ZOE is reporting 76,402 daily Covid cases today, a figure that is higher than the previously reported official peak of 68,192 daily Covid cases on the 8th January 2021. More...