 | | | | Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday criticised the European Union's stumbling rollout of COVID-19 vaccines but said Greece would double its vaccinations in the coming weeks and inoculate everyone over 60 years of age by the end of May. | | | | | | (Reuters) -Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: | | | | | | (Reuters) -Europe, criticised by the World Health Organization over its slow rollout of vaccinations against COVID-19, is scrambling to speed up the pace of injections and to avoid being left further behind by Britain and the United States. | | | | | | Australia is investigating whether a blood clotting case recorded on Friday is related to the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, a health official said, raising concern in a nation where most people are expected to receive the drugmaker's shot. A 44-year-old man was admitted to a Melbourne hospital with clotting days after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine, suffering serious thrombosis and a low count of platelets, or blood cells that stop bleeding. | | | | | | TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan will receive bigger shipments of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccines to immunise the elderly faster, the government said on Friday after negotiating the increase in supplies. | | | | | | (Reuters) -The U.S. drug regulator gave Moderna Inc clearance to speed up output of its COVID-19 vaccine by letting it fill a single vial with up to 15 doses, with the United States banking on rapid immunisation to stem the spread of the deadly virus. | | | | | | India reported 81,466 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, the highest daily number in six months, as several states were hit by a second wave of the coronavirus. | | | | | | The United States may not need AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, even if it wins U.S. regulatory approval, Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease doctor told Reuters on Thursday. | | | | | | China's Sinovac Biotech said on Friday its third production plant for its COVID-19 vaccine was ready and had started manufacturing procedures for bulk vaccine ingredient, doubling its annual capacity to 2 billion doses. | | | | | | (Reuters) -British regulators on Thursday said they have identified 30 cases of rare blood clot events after the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, 25 more than the agency previously reported. | | | | | | Nigeria hopes to receive up to 70 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine this year through the African Union (AU), its primary healthcare chief told Reuters, amid concerns about delayed deliveries of AstraZeneca shots. | | | | | |
