Category: Europe
European Coronavirus News
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...
Healthy woman dies at Lund Hospital, Sweden after AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination – blood clot in both arteries and veins and major bleeding
Skåne University Hospital, has reported a death to the Swedish Medical Products Agency, which will investigate whether there is a connection with the person’s vaccination.
EMA: The report from the research group at Rikshospitalet on the connection between AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and blood clots has not been assessed by them
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says that the report from the research group at Oslo Rikshospitalet on the connection between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots has not been assessed by them. More...
Norway: “there is no other thing than the [AstraZeneca] coronavirus vaccine that can explain that we have received that immune response”
The experts have worked on the basis of a hypothesis that the AstraZeneca vaccines triggered an unexpected immune reaction in the sick health workers, who have triggered the system so that a combination of blood clots and low platelets has been obtained. More...
Danish study: Protection against coronavirus reinfection is just 80·5%, and less than 50% for those 65yrs+.
Protection against repeat infection was 80·5%. Among those aged 65 years and older, observed protection against repeat infection was 47·1%. More...
North Yorkshire, UK: Vaccination site reported that 50% of patients booked in for AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday 17th March 2021 failed to turn up
“Lots of patients are very cautious,” one doctor in north London told The Independent. More...
British man dies and four suffer blood clotting after receiving AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
A British man has died and four others have suffered a dangerous blood clotting condition after being given the AstraZeneca vaccine, the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) confirmed on Thursday. More...
Wastewater analysis shows spike in coronavirus viral load in Greece
Laboratory tests conducted by the National Network of Sewage Epidemiology in urban wastewater from March 8-14 show a significant increase in the average viral load [in Greece] over the previous week. More...
Finland: The number of coronavirus infections in children under the age of 10 is growing rapidly
In Finland, the increase in the number of new cases of corona has been about 250 per cent among children under the age of 10, when comparing the situation in the last four weeks (weeks 7–10) with the four weeks in November last year. More...