AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarAstraZeneca says COVID-19 vaccine 76% effective in new analysis, to seek U.S. approvalverified_publisherReuters - Rocky Swift(Reuters) - AstraZeneca said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76% effective in a new analysis of its U.S. trial - only slightly lower than the level in an earlier report this week criticised for using outdated data. Interim data published on Monday had put the vaccine's efficacy rate at 79% but had not …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarBrazil passes 300,000 COVID-19 deaths, as minister pledges 1 million shots per dayverified_publisherReuters - Pedro FonsecaRIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -As the number of COVID-19 deaths in Brazil passed 300,000 on Wednesday, President Jair Bolsonaro's fourth health minister used his first official day in the job to pledge a vaccination goal of 1 million shots a day to put the brakes on the snowballing crisis. Latin …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarVienna and nearby regions to reinstate coronavirus lockdown over Easterverified_publisherReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Vienna and two other provinces in eastern Austria will go back into lockdown for several days over Easter in a bid to ease the growing strain on intensive care wards from rising coronavirus infections, Austria's health minister said on Wednesday. The three provinces - Vienna and …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarFinland proposes home lockdown for Helsinki residents for first time during pandemicverified_publisherReutersHELSINKI (Reuters) - The Finnish government on Wednesday proposed locking down residents of five cities, including the capital Helsinki, and only allowing people to leave their homes for limited reasons, to curb rising coronavirus infections and hospitalisations. The lockdown, which would be the …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarU.S. administers nearly 130.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines: CDCverified_publisherReuters(Reuters) - The United States has administered 130,473,853 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Wednesday morning and distributed 169,223,125 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The tally is for Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech, and Johnson & Johnson's vaccines as of …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarUkraine procurement agency says cannot accept first batch of China's Sinovac vaccineverified_publisherReutersKYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's state Medical Procurement Agency (MPA) said on Wednesday it cannot accept the first batch of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine because the supplier did not provide the required documents.
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarScience vs skeptics: some in France struggle to trust in AstraZeneca shotverified_publisherReuters - Caroline PailliezPARIS (Reuters) - Brigitte Becker knows that her asthma leaves her vulnerable to COVID-19, but brief suspensions of the AstraZeneca vaccine in some countries over a small number of blood-clotting cases have deepened her resolve to await a different shot. "Some say the vaccine leads to thrombosis, …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarBolivia aims to vaccinate all adults against COVID by October - presidentverified_publisherReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Bolivia aims to have vaccinated its adult population against COVID-19 by October, President Luis Arce said on Wednesday. Arce, who took office in November, said during a visit to Mexico that a small number of vaccines first reached Bolivia in January, with gradually larger …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarKaleido Biosciences says oral drug cuts COVID-19 recovery time, hospitalizationsverified_publisherReuters - Mrinalika Roy(Reuters) - Kaleido Biosciences said on Wednesday its experimental oral treatment cut recovery time as well as hospitalizations and emergency room visits in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19, in an early trial. The treatment, KB109, reduced the total number of hospitalizations, emergency room …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarNearly all Havana to receive experimental Cuban COVID-19 vaccinesverified_publisherReuters - Sarah MarshHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will administer experimental COVID-19 shots to nearly the entire population of the capital Havana by May as health authorities carry out massive interventional studies and late stage trials, officials said on Tuesday. Cuba, which has a long history of developing and exporting …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarWhat you need to know about the coronavirus right nowverified_publisherReuters(Reuters) - Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Task force sees 'unrelenting' spread The White House coronavirus task force warned that much of the country is in the grips of an "unrelenting" surge in cases and urged tough countermeasures, as the number of U.S. infections …
AvatarReutersAvatarAvatarRussia reports 8,861 new COVID-19 cases, 401 deathsverified_publisherReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday reported 8,861 new COVID-19 cases, including 1,431 in Moscow, pushing the national case tally to 4,483,471 since the pandemic began. The government coronavirus taskforce said that 401 people had died in the last 24 hours, pushing its death toll to …