Top news of the week: 23.03.2021.
Coronavirus
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 Vaccine Is Found to Be 79% Effective in U.S. Study
The company is preparing to apply for emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. But the shot may not be needed in the United States.
Covid-19: Hancock hails UK vaccine success after record day for jabs
The health secretary announces half of all adults in the UK have now received a first vaccine dose.
Covid-19: How positive do NI's statistics look?
Infection rates fall and vaccine doses continue to rise as NI edges closer to lockdown easing.
EU Threatens to Tighten Covid-19 Vaccine Export Restrictions
The European Union will consider giving member states more power to block vaccine exports, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, amid a slow rollout of shots and rising ...
Spring Arrives in Paris, Along With Another Covid-19 Lockdown
France’s third lockdown is less severe than the one that paralyzed the country a year ago, but it is perhaps the most demoralizing.
Covid-19: Concern over 'do not resuscitate' decisions during pandemic
Some people's human rights may have been breached during the pandemic, the care watchdog says.
PHE monitoring of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination
Data on the real-world efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Covid-19 nearly disabled NHS says hospital boss
The outgoing chief executive of a London trust warns the health service needs more capacity to avoid crisis.