Over 3 million people have now died of COVID-19 worldwide.
The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal.
The number of lives lost, as compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Kyiv, Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or metropolitan Lisbon, Portugal.
The head of the WHO said coronavirus cases are continuing to rise globally at “worrying” rates and noted that the number of new cases per week has nearly doubled in two months.
China’s success at controlling the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a population that has seemed almost reluctant to get vaccinated.
The United States is preparing for the possibility that a booster shot will be needed between nine to 12 months after people are initially vaccinated against COVID-19.
Most cases of blood clots occurred within two weeks of the person receiving their first dose, and most of the cases reported in Europe have been in women under 60.
There is a much higher risk of brain blood clots from COVID-19 infection than there is from vaccines against the disease, British researchers said on Thursday.
Denmark this week became the first country to stop using AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine altogether.
Japan is grappling with rising COVID-19 cases with numbers trending higher in Tokyo after the government ended a state of emergency, yet preparations for the Games have continued.
Travel restrictions will make it impractical to get players across the border to their Canadian teams from their American colleges, the Riverhawks said.
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Denmark will cease to administer AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine entirely following its possible link to very rare cases of blood clots.
Moderna said the vaccine's efficacy kicked in two weeks after the second dose.
The U.S. health agencies wrote in a Twitter thread that a pause of the COVID-19 vaccine has been recommended "out of an abundance of caution"
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Transmission of COVID-19 is being driven by "confusion, complacency and inconsistency in public health measures," he said.
The tiny Himalayan kingdom wedged between India and China has vaccinated nearly 93 per cent of its adult population since March 27.
After imposing the most onerous restrictions in Britain's peacetime history, Boris Johnson said the reopening was a "major step" towards freedom.
Chief Karen Fry said they are seeing presymptomatic or asymptomatic staff unknowingly bringing the virus into Vancouver fire halls after being exposed in the community.
In an email to Global News on Sunday, a spokesperson for Health Canada confirmed the agency had "not yet received a submission for this."
Health experts say Chinese vaccines are unlikely to be sold to the United States, Western Europe and Japan due to the complexity of the approval process.