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Italy to restart AstraZeneca vaccinations Friday: PM

Italy will resume administering AstraZeneca/Oxford coronavirus vaccines on Friday after the EU’s drugs regulator declared them safe, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said. Italy suspended the use of the jab on Monday, one of a number of European countries taking precautionary action following concerns it was linked to blood clots. “The administration of the AstraZeneca vaccine

India’s PM warns of new wave as COVID-19 cases rise

Credit: CC0 Public Domain India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for increased testing and local restrictions to halt an “emerging second peak” of the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, as fresh daily cases hit a three-month high. The world’s third most infected nation with more than 11.4 million cases, India recorded a peak of just under

Spain to vaccinate third of population by June: PM

Spain plans to vaccinate at least a third of its 47 million residents by June, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday, with the COVID-19 immunisation campaign to start in January. Some 2.5 million people will be vaccinated in the initial stage, which will last two months, Sanchez said. Elderly care home residents and those