𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐔𝐊 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 • Half of people in the UK now have antibodies against coronavirus, either through infection or vaccination, tests conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show. According to the most recent coronavirus infection survey, an estimated 54.7% of the population in England...

𝑵𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 Survey of experts in relevant fields concludes that new variants could arise in countries with low vaccine coverage • The planet could have a year or less before first-generation Covid-19 vaccines are ineffective and modified formulations are needed, according to a survey of epid...

𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝟔𝟎% 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝟑𝟐𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑔𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑖𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑’𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑠𝑡-𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦 • Mexico’s government has acknowledged that the country’s true...

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑪𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝟐𝟗 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉? • Lockdown restrictions will be eased further from 29 March in England. Here is a roundup of what will be allowed, in accordance with government guidance. • Social contact People will be allowed to have outdoor gatherings with their friends and families, which includes within private gardens. The limit...

𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒: 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞-𝐛𝐲-𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 As of Thursday morning, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 124,823,795 people across 192 countries and territories, resulting in at least 2,744,837 deaths. In the U.S., all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying more than 30,010,933 illnesses and at least...

𝑬𝑼 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 𝒗𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒔 '𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒅' 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒁𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒂 𝒅𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔 • London (CNN)The European Union proposed tighter controls on the export of Covid-19 vaccine doses on Wednesday, marking the latest spat between the bloc and the British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca. The new export controls put forward by the...

𝐃𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 Results of Recovery drug trial also credited with successful treatment of 22,000 people in the UK, says NHS England • Dexamethasone – the inexpensive steroid that quickly emerged as a highly effective Covid therapy thanks to a large drug testing programme...

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐞𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝟔,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 • A volcano near Iceland's capital city and the country's Keflavik International Airport erupted Friday after sitting dormant for 6,000 years. • The Mount Fagradalsfjall volcano, located on the Reykjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland, sprung to life overnight, marking the area's first volcanic...

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜 • Despite the challenges and uncertainty created by the coronavirus pandemic over the last year, Finland has maintained its status as the happiest country in the world. • That’s according to the 2021 World Happiness Report, which was released on Friday...

𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐙𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐚 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 '𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞' 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐄𝐔 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 • A safety committee with Europe’s regulator concluded AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective, with no ties to an overall increased risk of blood clots in vaccinated individuals. However, a definitive link to...