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Britain approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use

8th January 2021

Britain's medical regulator on Friday approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for use, the health minis...

Scarce niche syringes complicate U.S. plan to squeeze more COVID shots from Pfizer vials

(Reuters) - The U.S. government's effort to squeeze more doses from Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine vials is spurring unanticipated demand for specialized syringes that the world's largest syringe supplier says exceeds existing capacity. Becton Dickinson and Co began scaling up syringe production months in advance of the vaccine rollout, before the U.S. government or its partners knew that a niche type of syringe, known as low dead space,...

AstraZeneca denies report vaccine less effective in elderly

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - AstraZeneca denied on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine is not very effective for people over 65, after German media reports said officials fear the vaccine may not be approved in the European Union for use in the elderly. German daily papers Handelsblatt and Bild said in separate reports the vaccine - co-developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University - had an efficacy of 8% or less than 10%, respectively, in those over 65.&nb...

EU warns it may block COVID-19 vaccine exports over AstraZeneca dispute

The EU warned that it will block exports of COVID-19 vaccines outside of the EU over the AstraZeneca's announcement that deliveries will be reduced for a few weeks. On Friday AstraZeneca told the EU that there would be delivery delays in the first quarter of this year following an announcement made by Pfizer a week earlier. The relevant EU Steering Board held a virtual meeting with AstraZeneca on Monday afternoon to discuss the issue howev...

Italy sends warning letter to Pfizer over COVID vaccine delays

ROME, Jan 25 (Reuters) - The Italian government on Monday sent a letter of formal notice to Pfizer calling on the drug company to respect its contractual commitments over its COVID-19 vaccine deliveries, the government special commissioner said. The letter adds to tension between the European Union and the U.S. drug-maker, which announced last week a temporary slowdown in deliveries to the bloc. "The State Attorney General's Office has sen...

Anger and grief as United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - As the United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's handling of the worst public health crisis in a century. When the novel coronavirus, which first emerged in China in 2019, slid silently across the United Kingdom in March, Johnson initially said he was confident it could be sent packing in weeks. But 98,531 deaths...

More than 99 million persons were infected and over 2.1 million were killed by the coronavirus globally

(CDE/Reuters) - More than 99.1 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 2,130,212 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infections have been reported in more than 210 countries and territories since the first cases were identified in China in December 2019. In other news Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: Mexican president contrac...

Moderna says COVID-19 vaccine appears to be effective against new variants

(Reuters) - Moderna Inc said on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine produced virus-neutralizing antibodies in laboratory tests against new coronavirus variants found in the UK and South Africa. A two-dose regimen of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be protective against emerging strains detected to date, the company said. Moderna, however, said it would test a vaccine booster against the South Africa variant in pre-clinical trials to se...

Surge of student suicides pushes Las Vegas schools to reopen – NYT

New York Times carries a report about the impact of Covid-19 on the student life and how the pandemic has led to possibly an increase of student suicides in and around Las Vegas. The challenge for leaders is about how to balance between the mental health wellness and the Covid-19 related health issues. The report states that the 'spate of student suicides in and around Las Vegas has pushed the Clark County district, the nation’s fifth largest, ...

EU seeks answers from AstraZeneca on cut to vaccine supplies in Monday meeting

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will meet AstraZeneca executives on Monday to seek further clarification on why they unexpectedly announced a large cut in supplies of COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc for the first quarter of the year, EU officials said. AstraZeneca, which developed its shot with Oxford University, told the EU on Friday that it could not meet the agreed supply targets running up to the end of March, with an EU official tel...

White House confirms that today it will stop travel between Europe and U.S.

(Reuters / ANSA), January 25 - The White House has confirmed that US President Joe Biden will again impose a ban on entering the United States on most non-US citizens from the UK, Brazil, Ireland and most of Europe today. And he will also extend this ban to those arriving from South Africa, after the reports of the new variants in the US. This decision is part of the plan of the new US democratic administration to fight the epidemic that is s...

Communicable disease threats report, 17-23 January 2021, week 3

This issue of the ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report (CDTR) covers the period 17-23 January 2021 and includes updates on Legionnaires' disease, COVID-19, dengue, influenza, avian influenza A(H5N6), avian influenza A(H9N2), poliomyelitis and chikungunya.
Data on country response measures to COVID-19

This downloadable data file contains information on non-pharmaceutical interventions (or response measures) that countries in the EU/EEA have reported to date.
Data on testing for COVID-19 by week and country

The downloadable data file contains information about testing volume for COVID-19 by week and country. Each row contains the corresponding data for a country and a week. The file is updated weekly. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy.
Data on hospital and ICU admission rates and current occupancy for COVID-19

The downloadable data files contain information about hospitalisation and Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission rates and current occupancy for COVID-19 by date and country. Each row contains the corresponding data for a certain date (day or week) and per country. The file is updated weekly. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy.
Data on 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases and deaths

These files contain data on the 14-day notification rate of newly reported COVID-19 cases per 100 000 population and 14-day notification rate of reported deaths per million population by week and country, in EU/EEA and the UK. Each row contains the corresponding data for a given indicator, week and country. The files are updated weekly. You may use the data in accordance to ECDC’s copyright policy.
Data on the daily subnational 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases

The downloadable data file contains information on the 14-day notification rate of new cases per 100 000 inhabitants for COVID-19 by day and subnational region. Each row contains the corresponding data for a certain day and per subnational region. The file is updated weekly. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy. The source is either TESSy COVID-19, subnational daily data, or an official Github source, or an official website.
Data on the weekly subnational 14-day notification rate of new COVID-19 cases

The downloadable data file contains information on the 14-day notification rate of new cases per 100 000 inhabitants for COVID-19 by day and subnational region. Each row contains the corresponding data for a certain epidemiological week and per subnational region. The file is updated weekly. You may use the data in line with ECDC’s copyright policy.
Data for the maps in support of the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the EU/EEA

The downloadable data file contains the data on which the maps requested in the Council Recommendation on a coordinated approach to the restriction of free movement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in EU/EEA are based. They are published every Thursday.