COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus live: Malta offers tourists up to €200; EMA reviewing vaccines – as it happened
Island to pay visitors after tourism sector hammered by pandemic; EMA looking at reports of rare bleeding condition and four cases of rare blood clots in J&J jab EU agency…
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Coronavirus origins: how unseen Wuhan research notes could hold the answers – and why lab-leak rumours refuse to die
Every five years, Germany’s Robert Koch Institute hosts a summer open day for the public featuring party games, a barbecue, and the chance to meet real scientists from among the…
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A&E ‘swamped’ with patients seeking help for mild Covid jab side-effects
Emergency departments report surge in cases of headaches linked to AstraZeneca jab amid concerns of blood clots People who have had the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine are seeking help at A&E despite…
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say Prince Philip ‘will be greatly missed’
Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the duke and duchess of Sussex, have marked the passing of Harry’s grandfather, Prince Philip, with a message on their website.“In loving…
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From reassurance to shambles: how Australia’s coronavirus vaccine rollout unravelled
Even before advice to limit AstraZeneca distribution over clotting, the government was under pressure to explain why the rollout was so far behind Australian doctors condemn vaccine ‘farce’ after AstraZeneca…
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Coalition’s ‘stupid’ October target creates more problems for Australia’s vaccine rollout, thinktank says
Massive gap between the promise and the delivery could see rise in vaccine hesitancy and loss of public confidence The federal government’s promise that every eligible Australian would be vaccinated…
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Scott Morrison spun a Covid vaccine story the public believed – and then it fell apart | Paul Karp
How forgiving are Australians likely to be? If history is any guide, things could get ugly for the prime minister Tens of thousands left in the lurch as AstraZeneca advice…
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‘Public trust is vital’: what should happen next in Australia’s vaccine rollout | Bruce Thompson, Jennifer Doggett, Hassan Vally, Meru Sheel
After the government’s new advice on the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine, we ask four experts about what this means for Australia The recent announcement by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on…
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Greece seeks clarity from UK on travel traffic light system
Tour operators ‘very opposed’ to proposals for the lifting of travel restrictions in May, Athens says Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage It is one of the…
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Duke of Edinburgh funeral plans being revised to avoid mass gatherings
Queen will give personal approval to arrangements, with traditional horse-drawn procession unlikely Carefully laid plans for the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral, revised over many years, have been abandoned owing to…