Health

reuters- The Romanian government will reintroduce a night curfew and make health passes mandatory for entry to most public venues from Monday, as well as sending school children on vacation for two weeks, as it seeks to stem a surge...

bbc- The Valneva Covid vaccine that the UK cancelled a 100m dose order for last month, works well at priming the immune system to fight coronavirus, phase three trial results suggest. Blood results from volunteers who received the jab had...

bbc- The UK's failure to do more to stop Covid spreading early in the pandemic was one of the country's worst public health failures, a report by MPs says. The government approach - backed by its scientists - was to...

dw- The British government's reluctance to impose a lockdown at the beginning of March last year as coronavirus infections escalated led to "one of the most important public health failures" in the country's history, a parliamentary report said Tuesday. The...

In the table below, you can see how many new coronavirus cases were confirmed in each of Sweden’s 290 municipalities during the week ending April 18th (the most recent for which data is available) and how many that is per...

A second coronavirus vaccine manufacturer has warned of supply issues to the European Union, compounding frustration in the bloc. AstraZeneca said a production problem meant the number of initial doses available would be lower than expected. The fresh blow comes...

Hospitals across Sweden are now postponing urgent operations to make room for coronavirus patients, a survey by Sweden's state broadcaster SR has found. Every one of the country's 21 regional healthcare authorities reported being in a "strained" or "very strained"...

Months after similar requirements were rolled out in most other countries, Sweden has now released guidelines for when to wear face masks on public transport. The new recommendation, issued by the Public Health Agency, states: "You should, on weekdays 7-9am...

Sweden has told citizens for the first time to start wearing masks on public transport to stem the spread of coronavirus. The recommendations, announced on Friday, stipulate that Swedes should be wearing face coverings at peak times when "congestion cannot...

Sweden faces a shortage of health-care workers as the number of resignations ticks up after a relentless year of caring for Covid patients. Sineva Ribeiro, the chairwoman of the Swedish Association of Health Professionals, says the situation is “terrible.” Even...