(Bloomberg) The European Union’s executive arm asked the bloc’s 27 member states to ban all non-essential travel to and from India. The World Health Organization should be overhauled and given more authority to investigate global disease threats, a new report recommended. A full public inquiry will be launched next spring into how the U.K. government handled the pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced. Greece plans to ease most remaining restrictions. Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out Covid-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for developing countries reliant on the Chinese shot, which performed worse than Western alternatives in clinical trials. Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan said vaccines that have been widely administered to the nation’s population are working, even as the Indian Ocean archipelago experiences a surge in cases. Key Developments Global Tracker: Cases top 159.7 million; deaths exceed 3.3 million Vaccine Tracker:
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(Bloomberg) A full public inquiry will be launched next spring into how the U.K. government handled the pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced.
The more infectious variant driving a catastrophic Covid-19 epidemic in India has been detected in 44 countries, as the Asian nation reported a record daily death count.
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out Covid-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for developing countries reliant on the Chinese shot, which performed worse than Western alternatives in clinical trials.
A group of medical experts said children ages 12 to 15 years old can safely take the vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, opening an important new phase of the U.S. immunization effort.
India s New Covid Cases Have Peaked, Shows Cambridge Tracker India s New Covid Cases Have Peaked, Shows Cambridge Tracker A variant of the virus first identified in India appears to have higher rates of transmission and preliminary evidence suggests potentially reduced effectiveness of certain antibodies, the World Health Organization said in its latest report.
Health services remain overwhelmed and several hospitals face a shortage in oxygen supplies.
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Health services remain overwhelmed amid India s fight against Covid
India reported over 300,000 new infections for 20 straight days
The number of new coronavirus infections in India has peaked, according to a new tracker developed by researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.