Top news of the week: 26.10.2021.
Coronavirus
New York City Inches Toward Covid-19 Becoming Endemic
High rates of vaccination and some prior infection have bolstered protection, epidemiologists say, helping the city transition toward treating the coronavirus as chronic.
The Unlikely Outsiders Who Won the Race for a Covid-19 Vaccine
Uğur Şahin and Stéphane Bancel were long underestimated by investors and scientists. But when Covid-19 threatened the globe, these two unknowns had a solution.
U.S. to Exempt Certain Foreign Air Travelers From Covid-19 Vaccine Rules
Children and those from countries with low supplies of Covid-19 vaccines will be exempt from new requirements that foreign nationals show proof of vaccination to fly to the U.S., the Biden ...
Covid-19: Face coverings not required for dancers in nightclubs
Ministers met on Thursday to assess the latest data on public health, ahead of the reopening of nightclubs.
Risk Factors for Severe COVID-19 in Children
In previously healthy individuals <21 years of age, infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 …
Covid-19: Italy sees protests against mandatory health passports for workplaces
A demonstration in Trieste, Italy, against the mandate for health passports in the workplace turned into a riot on 18 October, with police using tear gas and water cannons to disperse ...
Covid-19: UK cases top 50,000, and fireworks in Manchester cancelled again
Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Thursday evening.
Endemic Covid-19 Has Arrived in Portugal. This Is What It Looks Like.
The country has one of the world’s highest coronavirus vaccination rates. Its cautious return to normality is being closely watched by other countries as their inoculations inch higher.