Top news of the week: 17.05.2022.
Coronavirus
WHO and MPP announce agreement with NIH for COVID-19 health technologies
WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) today finalized a licensing agreement with the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the ...
World complacent on Covid, warns former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
Wealthier countries must share the cost of global vaccinations, tests and treatments, the former PM says.
European CDC Calls Omicron BA.4, BA.5 Covid-19 Variants Of Concern
The BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants may soon become the dominant versions of the Covid-19 coronavirus in Europe.
Covid mask rule partially eased for EU air travel
Masks are no longer required on many EU flights, but countries including Germany, Italy and Spain keep the rule.
Europe’s handling of war on its doorstep breaks a decade-long streak of fumbled crises
It is fifth time lucky for the EU
Covid: Wales' hospital admissions lowest for nine months
Hospital admissions of patients with Covid drop to their lowest level for nine months.
Unmet demand for employment falls to 14% in 2021
In 2021, the unmet demand for employment (labour market slack) in the EU, amounted to 14.0% of the extended labour force (aged 15-74 years), corresponding to 31.2 million people. The labour ...
Why Won’t More Older Americans Get Their Covid Booster?
Approximately 1 in 3 Americans 65 and older who completed their initial vaccination round still have not received a first booster shot. The numbers dismay researchers, who say the lag has ...