China’s economy grew a record 18.3% in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same quarter last year. It’s the biggest jump in gross domestic...
US health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, after reports of extremely rare blood clotting cases....
Greta Thunberg has told the BBC she does not plan to attend the UN climate conference due to be held in Glasgow this November. The 18-year-old...
People diagnosed with Covid-19 in the previous six months were more likely to develop depression, dementia, psychosis and stroke, researchers have found. A third of those...
Restaurants say they are facing a shortage of ketchup packets The US is facing shortages of tomato ketchup after the coronavirus pandemic led to a surge...
Europe’s vaccination campaign has been hit by delays The World Health Organization (WHO) has criticised the rollout of coronavirus vaccines in Europe as being “unacceptably slow”....
Unusual blood clots in the brain have been detected in a handful of people after they were injected with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. These “cerebral venous sinus...
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode FFK, took a jab of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccine on 30th of march. This comes months after he took to his...
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has previously told Brazilians to “stop whining” about Covid-19 Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is facing the biggest crisis of his presidency after the...
China has dismissed claims of a leak from a laboratory in Wuhan The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) says further investigation is needed to...
Germany resumed using AstraZeneca after a suspension this month Germany’s vaccine committee has advised giving the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine only to people aged 60 or above...
Nicolás Maduro holds up his unproven herbal remedy “cure” Facebook has frozen Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s page after he claimed without evidence that a herbal remedy...
Misinformation around Covid-19 vaccines has led some people refusing to have them Facebook, Twitter and Google have been urged by a US lawmaker to ban a...
France’s vaccine rollout – along with the rest of the EU – is lagging behind the UK’s France has accused the UK of “blackmail” over its...
The United States has reported more than 30million cases of coronavirus since the pandemic began. The nation surpassed the milestone on Wednesday, March 24,...
Spain has resumed use of the AstraZeneca vaccine German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended the EU’s decision to procure coronavirus vaccines jointly as the bloc struggles...
AstraZeneca has updated the efficacy result of its coronavirus vaccine trial in the US, after health officials insisted they wanted to include the latest information. The...
Europe Latin America Middle East US & Canada The Vatican’s income has plummeted during the pandemic Pope Francis has ordered pay cuts for cardinals and other...
Chancellor Angela Merkel said she took “ultimate responsibility” for the U-turn German Chancellor Angela Merkel has cancelled plans for a strict lockdown over Easter, just a...
The country’s largest vaccine maker has already delayed deliveries to Brazil and the UK India has placed a temporary hold on all exports of the Oxford-AstraZeneca...