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Many countries cannot produce enough face masks for their citizens, so let's get to know the leading exporters of face masks during the COVID-19 epidemic.

Hendrik Streeck, one of Germany's top virologists, told DW that the German health minister's bleak warning didn't reflect how the virus travels nor how long the pandemic might last.

According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Germany's vaccination rate could be up to five percent higher than previously thought. What could this mean for the Health Ministry's Covid strategy over autumn and winter?

Gavi and WHO reps say no causal link between AstraZeneca and blood clots Representatives from both Gavi and the World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday defended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine in The Bahamas as more European countries halt its use due to concerns about blood clotting. The Bahamas has secured 20,000 doses of the vaccine, which were donated by the Indian government, and is awaiting an additional 100,800 doses from the COVAX facility, which is led by Gavi, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and WHO. When asked about the safety of the vaccine, a Gavi ...

Plastic surgeon Paolo Mezzana, a representative for the group of 3,500 private specialists, said: “It’s not that we are acting like spoiled children. “We are not against AstraZeneca for the sake of it, but we know that with their vaccine it takes longer to get a complete immunisation. “We are not class B doctors.” Healthcare chiefs have struggled to roll out the AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been publicly criticised by French President Emmanuel Macron, in a number of member states. Italian doctors, led by Paolo Mezzana, have called for AstraZeneca vaccine to be dropped (Image: GETT...