With Christmas now two weeks in the rearview mirror, British Columbia appears to be seeing a feared spike in new COVID-19 cases. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry reported 761 new cases of the virus Thursday, along with eight more…
#London will move into England’s highest tier of #Covid-19 #restrictions, the government said on Monday, citing an exponential rise in infection rates as one of the world’s richest cities struggles to contain the disease. Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE…
The Netherlands will return to a “partial lockdown” on Wednesday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said, closing bars and restaurants as it battles to control the coronavirus in one of Europe’s major hotspots. Subscribe to France 24 now: FRANCE 24…
Subscribe to the Evening Standard on YouTube: Deliberately allowing Covid-19 to spread in the hope of achieving so-called herd immunity is “unethical”, an expert has warned. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the concept, which occurs when a large portion…
Scientists at Oxford University said Monday their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. Researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in…
An experimental vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University against the new coronavirus produced an immune response in early-stage clinical trials, data showed on Monday, preserving hopes it could be in use by the end of the year. Subscribe…
