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World - Europe - 2021-04-07
Regions in Spain tighten COVID-19 measures as cases creep up
Europe

Regions in Spain tighten COVID-19 measures as cases creep up

  • Spain's national infection rate, as measured over the past 14 days, rose to 165 cases per 100,000 people on Tuesday, up from 128 cases in mid-March, but still well below the 900-case peak seen in late January.
  • Officials said the data likely did not yet reflect the impact of the Easter break and warned that intensive care hospitalisations were on the rise.
Published 07 Apr, 2021 08:28pm
Britain recommends not using Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for under-30s
Europe

Britain recommends not using Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for under-30s

  • "We are not advising a stop to any vaccination for any individual in any age group. We are advising a preference for one vaccine over another vaccine for a particular age group, really out of the utmost caution, rather than because we have any serious safety concerns," he said at a briefing. It came after Britain's MHRA medicine regulator identified a possible side-effect from the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca involving rare brain blood clotting.
Published 07 Apr, 2021 08:09pm
EU expects impact on vaccination plans from new guidance on AstraZeneca shot
Europe

EU expects impact on vaccination plans from new guidance on AstraZeneca shot

  • "We expect this announcement will have a direct and immediate impact not only on our national vaccination plans, but also in our citizens' trust in vaccines against COVID-19," the letter said.
  • The EU is grappling with a slow vaccine rollout caused by supply problems and by repeated changes in the use of the AstraZeneca shot, which have increased vaccine hesitancy.
Published 07 Apr, 2021 08:05pm
Norway to ease COVID restrictions if infections decline, PM says
Europe

Norway to ease COVID restrictions if infections decline, PM says

  • Norway has had some of Europe's lowest rates of infections and deaths since the start of the pandemic early last year, but saw a rapid increase in hospitalisations in March led by more contagious variants of the coronavirus.
  • "Before we open up we need to see low and stable infection rates. It is important that the number of hospitalisations come down from today's level," Solberg said.
Published 07 Apr, 2021 07:17pm
Sweden registers 6,814 new COVID-19 cases, 45 deaths on Wednesday
Europe

Sweden registers 6,814 new COVID-19 cases, 45 deaths on Wednesday

  • The country of 10 million inhabitants registered 45 new deaths, taking the total to 13,578. The deaths registered have occurred over several days and sometimes weeks.
  • Sweden's death rate per capita is many times higher than that of its Nordic neighbours' but lower than in most European countries that opted for lockdowns.
Published 07 Apr, 2021 06:29pm
Hungary starts reopening despite highest daily COVID deaths
Europe

Hungary starts reopening despite highest daily COVID deaths

  • Even so, Hungary reported its highest ever daily coronavirus death tally - 311 - on Wednesday, bringing the total to 22,409.
  • "This virus has destroyed us," said Maria Tarnoky, a hairdresser in Budapest joyfully washing and cutting her first customer's hair after a month's pause.
Published 07 Apr, 2021 05:58pm