Tag: corona
Sweden: new case of suspected blood clots following Astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine
Another Swedish case is now being investigated for a suspected connection between blood clots and AstraZeneca’s vaccine. More...
Finland: coronavirus variant resembling B.1.351 (South Africa) found in the Turku infection cluster
The virus variant of South Africa has been confirmed as the cause of the coronavirus infections among students in Turku, Finland. More...
Hong Kong, Macau suspend Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine over ‘flawed’ vials
Hong Kong and Macau suspended the use of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday (Mar 24 2021) after being informed of a packaging problem affecting one batch of vials, while stressing they did not believe there was a safety risk. More...
South Korea investigating six deaths reported after coronavirus vaccination
5th March 2021: South Korean health authorities are looking into six cases of deaths reported after vaccinations, adding that a potential causal relationship between the vaccinations and the deaths will be investigated. More...
Number of coronavirus reinfections in Czech Republic up ninefold to 1,400
One year after the first confirmed case of coronavirus infection, experts in the Czech Republic recorded 1,400 cases of reinfection, in which people in both cases had symptoms of Covid-19. More...
24-year-old medical student dies of thrombosis ten days after being vaccinated with AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
In a press release on Tuesday March 23, the Nantes public prosecutor evokes “the discovery at his Nantes home of the lifeless body of a medical student“. More...
60% increase in coronavirus infections in French schools in one week
The number of Covid-19 contaminations explodes among the children: they were 15,484 infected on March 19, against 9,221 the previous week, an increase partly attributable to the increase in saliva tests, which reached 250,000 tests carried out on Friday evening. More...
Le Monde: coronavirus incidence rate in Ile-de-France is nearly 550 cases per 100,000 inhabitants
In the reports published Monday, March 22 by Public Health France, the most spectacular increase is undoubtedly that of contaminations. More...
Germany coronavirus: Angela Merkel announces “super lockdown” for Easter
The German federal and state governments decide to tighten the five-day Easter lockdown. More...
AstraZeneca may have used outdated info in its coronavirus vaccine trial
Results from a U.S. trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have used “outdated information,” federal health officials said early Tuesday.