World / Europe

Any vaccine adverse effects up to national agencies to review: WHO 11 Dec 2020 - 03:04 pm

GENEVA: Any adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines are for national authorities to review, the World Health Organization said on Friday in response to...

Russia reports record COVID-19 deaths, cases climb 11 Dec 2020 - 01:41 pm

MOSCOW - Russia reported on Friday its highest COVID-19 daily death tally a day after official data revealed a surge in excess deaths...

Germany braces for tougher lockdown before Christmas 11 Dec 2020 - 01:38 pm

BERLIN - Germany will have to shut down more parts of society before Christmas to try and get the coronavirus pandemic under control,...

AstraZeneca to test combining COVID vaccine with Russia's Sputnik 11 Dec 2020 - 12:30 pm

Britain's AstraZeneca signalled on Friday it would investigate combining its own experimental COVID-19 vaccine shot with Russia's Sputnik V, a move Russian scientists...

Sanofi/GSK announce delay in COVID-19 vaccine project 11 Dec 2020 - 12:27 pm

PARIS - An experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sanofi and Britain's GlaxoSmithKline showed an insufficient immune response in clinical trial results, the French...

UK to boost COVID-19 testing in children as London risks new restrictions 10 Dec 2020 - 09:10 pm

LONDON - Every secondary school student in several London boroughs will be tested for COVID-19 as the government tries to tackle a rise...

Sweden sets new daily COVID case record, says ICU beds not full 10 Dec 2020 - 07:28 pm

STOCKHOLM - Sweden, whose unorthodox pandemic strategy placed it in the global spotlight, registered a new record number of daily COVID-19 cases on...

As virus cases dip, western Switzerland reopens restaurants 10 Dec 2020 - 05:26 pm

GENEVA: While much of Switzerland is preparing for tighter lockdown restrictions because of COVID-19, the country's French-speaking regions are going in the other...

Latvia to roll out COVID tests via vending machine 10 Dec 2020 - 03:14 pm

RIGA: A vending machine that issues coronavirus tests and stores the samples has been installed in a Latvian hospital, as the Baltic state...

French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookies rules 10 Dec 2020 - 12:51 pm

Paris: France's data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros ($121 million) to Alphabet's Google for breaching...

'My ambition? Another Nobel prize' says chemistry laureate 10 Dec 2020 - 12:36 pm

Stockholm: Winning the Nobel prize is often the peak of professional achievement, but chemistry laureate Emmanuelle Charpentier, who received the coveted award this...

UK issues anaphylaxis warning on Pfizer vaccine after adverse reactions 10 Dec 2020 - 08:34 am

London: Britain's medicine regulator said anyone with a history of anaphylaxis to a medicine or food should not get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine,...

French coronavirus cases up again but number of intensive care patients falls 09 Dec 2020 - 11:16 pm

PARIS - The number of new coronavirus infections over 24 hours in France rose again to 14,595 on Wednesday, from 13,713 on Tuesday...

Hackers access BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine data in cyberattack on EU regulator 09 Dec 2020 - 10:02 pm

LONDON - German biotech firm BioNTech said on Wednesday that regulation documents related to the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with Pfizer were...

Slovakia orders schools, most shops to shut from Dec 21 as COVID-19 cases rise 09 Dec 2020 - 08:50 pm

PRAGUE - Slovakia on Wednesday ordered schools and most shops closed for at least three weeks from Dec. 21 as the number of...

First 'Covid-tested' flight lands in Rome from New York 09 Dec 2020 - 04:33 pm

Rome: The first "Covid-tested" flight arrived in Rome from New York on Wednesday, an initiative designed to open up air routes between Europe...

UK says those with severe allergy shouldn’t get Pfizer jab 09 Dec 2020 - 02:26 pm

People with a significant history of allergies should not currently receive the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE, the UK’s National...