Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for Covid-19, the country’s health minister has said. The 68-year-old is “self-isolating at home”, the minister, Faisal Sultan, tweeted. Mr Khan, a…
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France and Poland: Increase lockdown measures as infections surge
France and Poland have reintroduced partial lockdowns as both countries battle a sharp rise in Covid infections in recent weeks. Some 21 million people in 16 areas of France, including…
Mar-a-Lago: ‘Covid outbreak’ at Trump’s Florida residence
Donald Trump’s main residence, Mar-a-Lago, has been partially closed after some staff members tested positive for Covid-19, US media report. The Florida resort has served as the former president’s official…
France: Paris lockdown amid fears ‘third wave’
The French capital Paris is set to go into a month-long Covid lockdown as the country fears a third wave. Another 15 departments in the country will also be placed…
Covid-19: EU warns UK over vaccine exports
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, has said that if Covid vaccine supplies in Europe do not improve, the EU “will reflect whether exports to countries who…
Covid: EU plans rollout of travel certificate before summer
A digital certificate to kick-start foreign travel should be given to citizens across the EU “without discrimination”, officials say. The aim is to enable anyone vaccinated against Covid-19, or who…
AstraZeneca vaccine: More countries halt use of the vaccine
13 European countries have paused their use of the vaccine. Denmark was first, followed by Norway and Iceland. Germany, France, Italy, Cyprus, Spain, Latvia and Sweden are the latest to…
Covid: Australia to send AstraZeneca to Papua New Guinea.
Australia is to provide 8,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Papua New Guinea as the island nation is reported to be struggles with an outbreak of coronavirus. Eleven European countries have…
AstraZeneca: 11 European Countries suspend the vaccine-17 million already vaccinate with the same vaccine in EU
Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after several European countries halted their roll-outs. About 17 million people in…
Ireland: The Irish suspend AstraZeneca
Health officials in Northern Ireland will continue to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after its suspension in the Republic of Ireland. The country’s National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended the move…