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© PA His company's Covid-19 vaccine makes up a large share of the doses administered in Europe and North America. A patient receives an injection of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccineEurope can achieve herd immunity against coronavirus within the next four months, according to the head of German pharmaceutical company BioNTech. The company developed the first widely approved Covid-19 vaccine with US partner Pfizer. While the exact threshold required to reach that critical level of immunisation remains a matter of debate, experts say a level above 70% would significantly disrupt transmi...

© Sputnik / Timur Batyrshin Russian vaccine 'Sputnik V' for the prevention of coronavirus infection covid-19. In August last year, Russia became the first country in the world to register a vaccine against Covid-19. But eight months later, despite Sputnik V's International success, there's been a slow uptake domestically for inoculation. That's according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who revealed that the current logistics are coping well, but too few people want to receive the jab. This is despite internationally respected medical journal the Lancet publishing research in February sh...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:06 UTC © REUTERS / Thomas Peter A year after the coronavirus first erupted in Wuhan, China has declared "wartime mode" and has locked down another city of 11 million to combat a resurgence of infections. Authorities in Shijiazhuang, a city in northeastern China, have barred people and vehicles from leaving in efforts to curb infection spread after the country reported its biggest one-day increase in five months with 103 new cases. The city has been among the hardest hit after a handful of infections first cropped up in Beijing mid-December and spread across at least four...

Thu, 07 Jan 2021 17:50 UTC Ryanair has been consistently critical of governments during the COVID-19 crisisRyanair has hit out at the UK and Irish governments for their handling of coronavirus vaccine roll-outs while slashing flights and its passenger forecasts. The no-frills carrier said it was to "significantly cut" services from Thursday 21st January which would result in "few, if any, flights being operated to/from Ireland or the UK from the end of Jan". The company blamed renewed COVID-19 lockdowns for the decision and said its cutbacks would remain in place until "such time as these d...