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The Latest: Mexico receives shipment of Sputnik V vaccine The Associated Press © Dmitri Lovetsky A medical worker prepares a shot of Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine in a local rural medical post in the village of Ikhala in Russia’s Karelia region, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Russia took pride in being the first country to approve a coronavirus vaccine, although it faced criticism from aboard for doing it before completing the advanced testing necessary to ensure Sputnik V’s safety and effectiveness. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) MEXICO CITY — Mexico has received its f...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it won’t require huge, months-long studies if COVID-19 vaccines eventually need tweaking to better match a mutating virus -- small, short studies will suffice. The vaccines now being rolled out do still protect against different variants of the virus, the FDA stressed. But viruses mutate constantly, and some new versions are starting to raise concerns. So FDA issued new guidelines for vaccines -- as well as for virus tests and treatments -- on steps that companies can start taking to get ready. “We’re trying to be prepared...

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has received its first shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. Some 200,000 doses arrived to Mexico City’s international airport late Monday night aboard a British Airways flight from Moscow.

Opposition mounts to unsafe opening of schools in Spain Opposition is mounting to the continued opening of unsafe schools in Spain. There are growing calls by educators and parents to close schools, and strikes have broken out among students as infection rates in education centres soar. Coronavirus cases in schools have rapidly increased since children returned to classrooms after the holidays, with the number of outbreaks in education centres more than quadrupling in only two weeks. In the week ending January 22, the Ministry of Health reported 95 new outbreaks in a seven-day period; by Febr...

An open sidewalk café in Madrid.David G. Folgueiras Coronavirus infections continue to fall in Spain, but the country is still far from getting the pandemic under control. The peak of the third wave of the health crisis is now over, but while new cases and hospital admissions are falling, there is still a high level of pressure on the country’s healthcare systems – a total of 3,822 Covid-19 patients are currently receiving treatment in intensive care units (ICUs). In its daily report released on Thursday, the Health Ministry reported 14,515 new coronavirus cases and added 388 fat...