France, Britain impose Covid tests on travelers from ChinaDespite its hospitals and morgues being overwhelmed -- and international concern over the low official figures on infections and deaths the...
31 Dec, 2022, 06.21 AM IST
Spain announces Covid restrictions for travellers from ChinaFollowing a surge in COVID-19 cases in China, Spain has become the second European country to announce new restrictions for visitors arrivi...
30 Dec, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
33 countries report 650 cases of mysterious hepatitis in kids: WHOOut of the 650 probable cases, at least 38 (6 per cent) children have required transplants, and nine (1 per cent) deaths have been reported...
29 May, 2022, 10.23 PM IST
More than 200 cases of monkeypox worldwide: EU disease agency"This is the first time that chains of transmission are reported in Europe without known epidemiological links to West or Central Africa, w...
26 May, 2022, 10.51 AM IST
Children in more countries suffer mystery hepatitisThe infection mainly affected children aged under 10 and symptoms included jaundice, diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
19 Apr, 2022, 09.52 PM IST
Omicron could cause over half of Europe's Covid cases in 'next few months': EU health agencyNew Covid 19 variant, Omicron is believed to be more contagious than the previous strains and is likely to cause more than half of the new ...
02 Dec, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
Forty-two cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant confirmed in 10 EU statesMeanwhile, new findings about the coronavirus's omicron variant made it clear that the emerging threat slipped into countries before their ...
30 Nov, 2021, 09.07 PM IST
EU regulator to decide on Pfizer booster at the start of October: SourceThe EU regulator said on September 6 it had begun its evaluation of data submitted by Pfizer and BioNTech for a booster dose to be given si...
23 Sep, 2021, 03.42 PM IST
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says 70% of adults in the bloc fully vaccinatedVon der Leyen heads the European Commission, which is responsible for ordering vaccines for the EU’s 27 member states, and had already anno...
01 Sep, 2021, 07.33 AM IST
EU says it has enough doses to vaccinate 70% of adult population by month-endAccording to the European Centre for Disease Control, 44 per cent of the adult EU population is fully vaccinated, and 64 per cent have rece...
11 Jul, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
Delta variant to account for 90% of new EU Covid cases: Agency"The Delta variant is more transmissible than other circulating variants and we estimate that by the end of August it will represent 90 per...
23 Jun, 2021, 08.01 PM IST
Interventions like masks must until vaccines 'fully mitigate' Covid impact: European Centre for Disease Control chiefA significant increase in COVID-19 related cases and deaths can be anticipated if NPIs are not strengthened and complied with, the German p...
16 Apr, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
Scientists say UK strain unlikely to affect efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, warn against more mutationsMore than 40 countries, including India, have banned travel to and from the UK, a move several scientists said was necessary in view of the...
22 Dec, 2020, 06.45 PM IST
Can first COVID-19 vaccines bring herd immunity? Experts have doubts"Herd immunity is sometimes wrongly understood as individual protection," said Josep Jansa, an expert in health emergency preparedness and ...
18 Nov, 2020, 03.18 PM IST
Microsoft launches coronavirus trackerAccording to sources, data is being aggregated from sources like the World Health Organization (WHO), the US Centers for Disease Control an...
17 Mar, 2020, 09.28 AM IST
EU raises coronavirus risk level to 'moderate to high'The European Centre for Disease Control issued a statement describing the new risk of infection for Europeans as "moderate to high". Earlie...
02 Mar, 2020, 06.20 PM IST
- "Super superbug" NDM-1 spreads in Europe
Some 77 cases of a multi-drug resistant "superbug" from India first reported in Britain in August have now been detected in 13 European cou...
17 Nov, 2010, 08.30 PM IST