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Carl-Olof Zimmerman/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5pm on 20 April Sweden adds another layer of restrictions to the AstraZeneca jab in younger people Sweden has said people under 65 who have had an initial dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine should get a different jab for their second dose, due to the small chance of blood clots. France also has this rule, although there the upper age limit is 55. Advertisement Many other countries have restricted use of th...

Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Volunteers will be exposed to the coronavirus to learn which immune components confer protection Young adults who have recovered from covid-19 will have live coronavirus sprayed into their noses to see whether they can be reinfected as part of a new trial. The study, which is being run by  the University of Oxford, is one of two “challenge” trials in the UK. It is designed to reveal, among other things, the elusive “correlates of protection” against SARS-CoV...

REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Latest coronavirus news as of 4.30pm on 16 April An estimated one in 480 people in England had covid-19 in the week up to 10 April Coronavirus infections in England have fallen to their lowest level since September, according to the latest results of a random swab testing survey by the Office for National Statistics. An estimated one in 480 people in communities in England had covid-19 in the week up to 10 April, down from about one in 340 the previous week. It is the low...

Hiro Komae/AP/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5pm on 15 April As Japan battles fourth wave of infections, official says cancelling the Olympics is still an option An official from Japan’s ruling party has said that cancelling the Olympics, scheduled to take place in Tokyo at the end of July, remains an option and will depend on the coronavirus situation. “If it seems impossible [to host the Olympics] anymore, then we have to stop it, decisively,” Toshihiro Nikai, a member of J...

This is an archive of the  Health 13 April 2021 Nurse Anna Briggs puts down a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Center for Empowering Refugees in collaboration with Native American. Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5pm on 13 April There have been six reports of rare blood clots among more than 6.8 million people in the US who received...

Covid-19 archive: March and April 2021 The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic Health 13 April 2021 Nurse Anna Briggs puts down a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Center for Empowering Refugees in collaboration with Native American. Gabrielle Lu...

Gabrielle Lurie/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5pm on 13 April There have been six reports of rare blood clots among more than 6.8 million people in the US who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine US health authorities, including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recommended a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson covid-19 vaccine on 13 April as a precautionary measure, following rep...

REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Latest coronavirus news as of 5pm on 12 April As millions gather to celebrate Kumbh Mela, India’s coronavirus cases surge, overtaking Brazil in total number of infections India reported a record increase of 168,912 new coronavirus cases on 12 April, bringing the country’s total number of cases since the start of the pandemic to about 13.53 million. India’s tally is now the second-highest in the world, narrowly overtaking Brazil, but remaining below the 31.2 million...

With a new skipper at the helm, Intel heads for uncharted waters John Naughton © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Yuya Shino/Reuters It’s a truism that it takes a long time for a supertanker to change course; even if the captain spots trouble ahead it may be too late to avoid it. For the last few years, that’s the metaphor that has come to mind whenever Intel was mentioned. For as long as most of us can remember, it has been the lumbering supertanker of the silicon ch...

Pat Gelsinger, the new CEO of Intel. Photograph: Yuya Shino/Reuters Pat Gelsinger, the new CEO of Intel. Photograph: Yuya Shino/Reuters Sat 10 Apr 2021 11.00 EDT It’s a truism that it takes a long time for a supertanker to change course; even if the captain spots trouble ahead it may be too late to avoid it. For the last few years, that’s the metaphor that has come to mind whenever Intel was mentioned. For as long as most of us can remember, it has been the lumbering supertanker of the sili...