World / Europe

Czech Republic's coronavirus cases surpass 1 million 03 Feb 2021 - 01:05 pm

PRAGUE: Nearly one in 10 people in the Czech Republic have been infected by the coronavirus, data showed on Wednesday, as the total...

Britain mourns 'hero' Captain Tom Moore with flowers and lights 03 Feb 2021 - 01:00 pm

MARSTON MORETAINE, England: With flowers and lights, Britain paid tribute on Wednesday to Captain Tom Moore, 100, who touched the hearts of millions...

Oxford vaccine gives good immune responses in elderly, trial chief says 03 Feb 2021 - 11:05 am

London: The Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca give good immune responses in older people, even if there is a lack...

Glaxo, CureVac team up to develop next-generation Covid-19 shots 03 Feb 2021 - 10:52 am

GlaxoSmithKline Plc and CureVac NV joined forces to create next-generation Covid-19 messenger RNA vaccines that could help protect against multiple variants of the...

Oxford says COVID-19 vaccine 76% effective for 3 months after one shot 02 Feb 2021 - 08:45 pm

LONDON - The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca has 76% efficacy against symptomatic infection for three months after a single...

Reaction to the death of UK's Captain Tom Moore 02 Feb 2021 - 08:03 pm

Tributes poured in on Tuesday following the death of Captain Tom Moore, 100, the British World War Two veteran who raised millions of...

Swiss pleasure cruiser turned into vaccine 'shot ship' for lakeside towns 02 Feb 2021 - 07:46 pm

ROMANSHORN, Switzerland - An 89-year-old passenger ship, out of commission due to the coronavirus pandemic, was re-purposed on Tuesday as a COVID-19 vaccination...

Scotland toughens quarantine rules, hopes for lockdown easing in March 02 Feb 2021 - 07:29 pm

LONDON - Scotland will toughen its coronavirus controls on international travellers but it also hopes to start relaxing its lockdown restrictions in early...

UK's Captain Tom Moore has died - family says 02 Feb 2021 - 07:13 pm

LONDON: Captain Tom Moore, the British World War Two veteran who raised millions of pounds for health service workers on the frontline of...

Does wearing two masks provide more protection? 02 Feb 2021 - 04:31 pm

It depends, but it’s possible that doubling up could help in some situations. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends wearing...

Study suggests Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine less effective against S.African variant 02 Feb 2021 - 04:15 pm

London: The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine may be less able to protect against infection with a South African variant of the virus that has...

Nestle CEO seeks ways to help with COVID-19 vaccine roll out 02 Feb 2021 - 04:01 pm

ZURICH: Nestle is looking at ways to help pay for COVID-19 vaccines and projects to inoculate populations where the world's largest food company...

Mutation of concern E484k has occurred spontaneously in UK variant, scientist says 02 Feb 2021 - 03:00 pm

London: The coronavirus mutation "of most concern" has occurred spontaneously in the UK variant, a professor of outbreak medicine who is part of...

Close to 4 million jobless in Spain as the pandemic hits the economy 02 Feb 2021 - 12:21 pm

Madrid: The number of people registering as jobless in Spain rose for the fourth month in a row in January to 3.96 million,...

Lights out: Brexit shuts off market for English cheese truckles 02 Feb 2021 - 10:21 am

Matlock, England: An English company that has long been selling its wax-coated mini barrels of cheese directly to European consumers says it can...

Merkel vows to offer all Germans COVID-19 vaccine by end-summer 01 Feb 2021 - 11:28 pm

BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel defended her government against criticism that Germany's vaccine roll-out was too slow, saying that there had been good...