US health authorities are calling for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, after reports of extremely rare blood clotting cases. The Food and Drug…
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USA: Utah making men pay women’s pregnancy costs
Fathers in Utah are now legally obliged to pay half the cost of a mother’s medical care related to pregnancy and delivery. Supporters of the law – which is thought…
USA: Rules out federal vaccine passports
The White House has ruled out introducing mandatory federal Covid-19 vaccination passports, saying citizens’ privacy and rights should be protected. Schemes to introduce such passports have been touted around the…
UK: Child jabs halted in trial as adult clot link probed
A trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on children has stopped giving out jabs while the UK’s medicines regulator investigates a possible link with rare blood clots in adults. Prof…
New Zealand: Australia and New Zealand to start quarantine-free travel
Australian and New Zealand residents will be able to travel between the two nations without having to quarantine from 19 April. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the move…
France: Paris police probe ‘secret luxury dinner parties’
French police have launched an investigation into alleged clandestine fine dining and parties in Paris, revealed in an undercover TV report. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin ordered the probe, saying…
UK: Covid Passport Trials to begin for return of England mass events
The UK government is to trial a series of measures in England, including Covid passports, to allow the safe return of sports matches, events and nightclubs. Passes would show if…
France: Third national lockdown amid ICU surge
France has entered its third national lockdown as it battles a surge in cases of Covid-19 that threatens to overwhelm the country’s hospitals. All schools and non-essential shops will shut…
Italy: Rome returns to strict lockdown for Easter
Italy has entered a strict three-day lockdown to try to prevent a surge in Covid-19 cases over Easter. All regions are now in the “red zone” – the highest tier…
UK: Seven blood clot deaths after AstraZeneca vaccine
Seven people have died from unusual blood clots after getting the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the UK, the medicines regulator has confirmed. In total, 30 people out of 18 million vaccinated…