 | | | | Poland's total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed 2 million on Friday, according to health ministry data, as the country grappled with a third wave of the pandemic. | | | | | | The coronavirus variant originating in Britain, known to be highly contagious, makes up more than 60% of cases in Poland and will soon reach 80%, a Polish health ministry spokesman said on Friday. | | | | | | Nearly a dozen countries resumed use of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots on Friday as EU and British regulators said the benefits outweighed any risks after reports of rare instances of blood clotting that temporarily halted inoculations. | | | | | | Elanco Animal Health Inc said on Friday it was backing the safety of its Seresto collars for flea and ticks after a Congressional subcommittee asked for the product to be recalled following reports linking it to hundreds of pet deaths. | | | | | | German health minister Jens Spahn on Friday dampened hopes that further coronavirus restrictions will be lifted soon, saying rising infections could mean that curbs to slow the spread of the virus may have to be re-imposed. | | | | | | German Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Friday he would be in favour of signing a national supply deal with Russia for its Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19. | | | | | | In the days before an east Los Angeles COVID-19 vaccination site opened in a Latino neighborhood that was hard-hit by the pandemic, people flooded California's online booking system to snap up appointments. The software accepted hundreds of ineligible residents from wealthy enclaves such as Beverly Hills. | | | | | | India's Stelis Biopharma has partnered with Russia's sovereign fund to make at least 200 million doses of Sputnik V, its parent company said on Friday, taking the nation's total output of the COVID-19 vaccine to more than half a billion doses. | | | | | | Russia will supply a first batch of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to the Philippines in the first half of April, the Interfax news agency cited the head of Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund as saying on Friday. | | | | | | Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: | | | | | | Indonesia's Food and Drug agency (BPOM) said on Friday it has approved the usage of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after reviewing reports that it had caused blood clots among some recipients in Europe. | | | | | |
