COVID-19

AstraZeneca said Monday that US tests on more than 30,000 people showed no increased risk of thrombosis.

The Trump family became a trending topic again after Melania shared a picture to mark the 15th birthday of her only son Barron.

The coronavirus, which has killed more than 2.7 million people, has been spreading faster recently, with new infections up globally by 14 percent in the last week.

By early February, the city's average daily death toll from Covid-19 soared to more than 110, nearly triple the first wave.

However Norway and Sweden said they were not ready to resume using the vaccine.

Zevallos resigned last month over a vaccine scandal that saw well-connected individuals, including his mother, jump the queue for their coronavirus jabs.

The researchers were not able to estimate protection against reinfection with Covid-19 variants -- some of them more transmissible -- that did not emerge until after the period studied.

The exit polls showed Rutte's liberal VVD (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy) gaining three seats to win 35 in total, up from the 33 it won four years ago.

Polls show that Republican men, who are overwhelmingly supporters of Trump and his "Make America Great Again" or MAGA platform, are the leading vaccine skeptics.

Coronavirus deaths across Europe meanwhile passed the 900,000 mark on Tuesday.

More than 350 million vaccines have now been administered globally, but poorer countries are still lagging far behind.

AstraZeneca became embroiled in a bitter row with European leaders earlier in the year when it announced it would not be able to supply the number of doses it had promised.

Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel are showing mild symptoms and are isolating at home with their two children.

With vaccines starting to make a real impact and production soaring, the mood is shifting in the United States, with the stimulus bill poised to push the US economy into a sustained rebound.

The J&J shot however appears less protective than Pfizer and Moderna's regimes, which both have an efficacy of around 95 percent against all forms of Covid-19 from the classic coronavirus strain.

On Thursday, the EMA approved the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is stored at warmer temperatures than its competitors and is easier to distribute.

Republican lawmakers attacked what they called the bill's "socialist agenda" and massive cost, saying more than 90 percent does not go to directly combatting Covid-19.

The virus and the severe restrictions imposed to battle its spread have crushed global economic growth and plunged millions into poverty.

Twelve hours after he was placed in a prone position, medics turned him face up and were surprised that he had an erection.

The nurses at St. Vincent alleged they are required to take care of five patients, while other hospitals only care for four.

Trisha Yearwood thanked everyone who sent her messages of love and support and "sweet tweets" while she battled COVID-19.

Women took to the streets in peaceful democracies and in countries gripped by conflict, though in far smaller numbers than last year

The Global Engagement Center said that thousands of Russian-linked social media accounts have run a coordinated campaign to undermine official narratives on Covid-19.

Brazil, the country second-hardest hit after the United States, has registered more than 266,000 deaths from 11 million reported infections.

Youngsters aged four to eight in Northern Ireland are also back on Monday, with secondary pupils aged 13 to 18 on March 22. Others have to wait until April.

Merck is also working on another oral Covid treatment called MK-711.

Foreign visitors to China will have to undergo an anal swab test or give a stool sample to test for COVID-19.

Under the EU scheme, a company wanting to export doses out of the bloc needs to apply to the member state government to do so.

Brazil is so far using Chinese-developed CoronaVac and the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine, both of which require two doses.

Torino's previous match against Sassuolo had already been suspended five days before the Lazio encounter.