World / Europe

Portugal president's new COVID tests come back negative mid-campaign 12 Jan 2021 - 07:15 pm

LISBON - Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa tested negative twice for COVID-19 on Tuesday, his office said, after a positive test on...

UK's David Attenborough receives COVID-19 vaccine 12 Jan 2021 - 06:29 pm

LONDON: British naturalist David Attenborough, 94, has received a vaccination against COVID-19, his spokesman said on Tuesday, the latest well-known British figure to...

Spain aims for all care home residents to get first COVID-19 vaccine dose by weekend 12 Jan 2021 - 05:14 pm

MADRID: Spain aims for all its nursing home residents to have received a first dose of vaccine against the coronavirus by the end...

Snow-struck Madrid struggles with cleanup as record frost grips Spain 12 Jan 2021 - 04:44 pm

MADRID: Authorities struggled to clear ice and fallen trees from the streets of Madrid on Tuesday, and temperatures in parts of Spain hit...

Trump should leave office, German finance minister Scholz says 12 Jan 2021 - 04:44 pm

President Donald Trump should leave office before Inauguration Day after the Capitol Hill riots, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said, adding that Berlin...

Ukraine pharma group to supply 5 mln doses of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine in H1 12 Jan 2021 - 04:39 pm

KYIV: Ukrainian pharmaceutical company Lekhim plans to deliver 5 million doses of China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine in the first half of...

Swiss drugs regulator approves Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine 12 Jan 2021 - 04:36 pm

ZURICH: Switzerland approved Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, making it the second shot after Pfizer and BioNTech's to be approved in the...

UK retailers call for police help to enforce mask rules 12 Jan 2021 - 12:09 am

LONDON - British retailers called on the police to help enforce the wearing of masks to limit the spread of COVID-19, with two...

Lonza plant in Switzerland starts making ingredients for Moderna COVID shot 11 Jan 2021 - 11:47 pm

ZURICH - Contract drugmaker Lonza said on Monday it has begun manufacturing ingredients for Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine from the first of three...

Starting shots in poor nations by February hinges on vaccine suppliers - WHO 11 Jan 2021 - 10:04 pm

GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday redoubled pleas for vaccine makers to provide COVID-19 shots to its COVAX programme for...

Trial of COVID-19 blood plasma finds no benefit in severely ill patients 11 Jan 2021 - 08:57 pm

LONDON - An international trial testing convalescent blood plasma in cases of moderate and severe COVID-19 has halted enrolment of severely ill patients...

BioNTech lifts 2021 COVID-19 vaccine output target to 2 bln doses 11 Jan 2021 - 08:49 pm

FRANKFURT - Pfizer Inc's partner BioNTech SE has boosted the 2021 delivery target for their COVID-19 vaccine to 2 billion doses, up from...

English health official warns pandemic entering worst weeks 11 Jan 2021 - 05:07 pm

LONDON: England’s chief medical officer warned Monday that the coming weeks would be the worst of the pandemic for the National Health Service...

UK steps up vaccinations as Covid surges, worst weeks still to come 11 Jan 2021 - 01:46 pm

London: Britain is facing the worst weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, its chief medical officer said on Monday, with the health service facing...

Schools shut as Madrid clears record snow ahead of cold spell 11 Jan 2021 - 01:37 pm

MADRID: Schools in Madrid were closed on Monday while most trains and flights resumed as the Spanish capital tried to return to some...

Russia reports first case of more infectious coronavirus variant -RIA 10 Jan 2021 - 10:57 pm

MOSCOW - Russia has detected its first case of the more infectious coronavirus variant found in England, in a Russian who returned from...

Madrid airport reopens partially after storm hits city 10 Jan 2021 - 10:51 pm

Madrid’s international airport is now ready to resume outbound operation after a heavy snowfall covered the Spanish capital and much of the rest...

Czechs protest over the mental, economic toll of coronavirus restrictions 10 Jan 2021 - 09:14 pm

PRAGUE - Several thousand protesters in the Czech Republic, including former prime minister and president Vaclav Klaus, gathered in Prague's Old Town Square...