Germany warily welcomes slight dip in COVID cases
German health officials have cautiously welcomed an apparent downturn in incidences of coronavirus cases in recent days. However, they warned it was still far too early to celebrate.
Spahn said Germany s accelerated vaccination campaign was beginning to have an effect
German Health Minister Jens Spahn on Thursday said that the number of coronavirus infections seemed to be on the downturn after a fall in infection rates over the past three days.
However, he added that the decline was not enough to be sure that Germany s third wave of the pandemic had been broken.
Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab could be available to 12-year-olds in EU from June
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29/04/2021 - 16:02 Tomer, an 18-year-old teenager, receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine in Tel Aviv. Europe hopes to begin administering the BioNTech vaccine to teenagers in June. AFP - JACK GUEZ 3 min BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine, which it has jointly developed with Pfizer, should be available to 12- to 15-year-olds in Europe from June, the chief executive of the German company said on Thursday. Advertising
The German firm s CEO Ugur Sahin told
Der Spiegel weekly that it was in the final stretches of preparing its submission for European regulatory approval.
Germany intends to inoculate all citizens by June
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April 27, 2021
MUNICH: German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Thursday that he expected coronavirus vaccinations to be available for all those willing to be vaccinated in Germany by June at the latest. He told Germany s upper house of parliament that he assumes that we can lift the prioritisation in June. He said he would be happy if it were possible even earlier. Currently, half of people over 60 in Germany have already been vaccinated at least once, Spahn said, adding that the pace of vaccinations will pick up now, with the number of available vaccines and inclusion of distribution practices increasing. Currently, more than one in five in the population have received a first vaccination, and by the end of May, that figure will be one in three.
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Australia suspends incoming flights from India until May 15 IPL cricketers, coaches and broadcasters left in a bind
Australia suspends incoming flights from India until May 15 IPL cricketers, coaches and broadcasters left in a bind
Prabhjote GillApr 27, 2021, 13:24 IST
Glenn Maxwell is among the IPL players stranded in India as Australia bans all incoming flights from India until May 15RCB
Australia has suspended all incoming flights from India for the next three weeks, until May 15.
The move is likely to impact thousands of Australians currently in India, including cricketers participating in the
Indian Premier League (IPL).
The order will be reassessed before May 15, according to Australian Prime Minister
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