Coronavirus Vaccine

Government has relentlessly been trying to snuff out every source of infection and deploying various measures – and all signs point to it continuing with approach.

Demonstrations took place in European capitals Athens, Helsinki, London, Paris and Stockholm on Saturday.

Study by university researchers finds people’s neutralising antibodies – the first line of immune defence – diminishes three to five weeks after receiving second vaccine shot.

Scientists say the highly infectious strain should not be underestimated, and they warn there will be more variants to come as it spreads, replicates and mutates.

School staff who cannot enter campus because they are unvaccinated and do not have a medical exemption will be considered absent without leave, senior official says.

Researchers found a couple’s chances of conceiving decreased slightly if the male partner had got the virus 60 days or less before a menstrual cycle.

We must not forget there is a human cost to Hong Kong’s pandemic response, which can be taken seriously without compromising the quest for zero Covid. The pain of Hongkongers, from Covid-19 patients to restaurateurs and pet owners, must not be overlooked.

The world has produced enough Covid-19 vaccines for every adult, yet some 3 billion people in low-income countries are still waiting for their first dose. Such disparity could lead to an endless cycle of boosters for rich countries and new variants emerging among the unvaccinated in poorer nations.

Hypersonic weapons, the climate crisis, disinformation and threats to democracy mean the world remains caught in ‘a dangerous moment’, experts say.

PM Ardern said when Omicron starts to spread in the community, a ‘red’ traffic light setting would be imposed, which will see limits on public gatherings.

The member of Czech folk band Asonance exposed herself to her sick husband and son because she wanted a health pass that would allow her to travel and access sports and cultural facilities.

The billion-dose factory would be the largest on the continent, which struggled to secure shots while rich nations were already inoculating their populations.

Michael Ryan, the agency’s emergencies director, raised the prospect of three to four doses being considered the full course of vaccination for enduring protection against severe Covid-19 disease.

Plan, launched on Monday in Manila area, accused of being ‘draconian’; government tries to clarify new rules while mentioning ‘reason to apologise’.

The twists and turns of the unvaccinated tennis star’s fight to play in the Australian Open in Melbourne pale in comparison to the hard reality of empty supermarket shelves, an overburdened health system and vaccine shortages that Melburnians struggle with daily.

A second booster jab brings antibodies to even higher levels but is not enough to prevent infection, according to the first-of-its-kind trial.

Just under half the country has been double-vaccinated, while the Duterte administration has ruled out another punishing lockdown ahead of polls in May.

Sinovac jabs will be available to children as young as five in coming week, while ‘off-label’ reduced dosage of BioNTech will be offered after Lunar New Year.

Experts say viruses do not always get less deadly over time, and people may get double infections that could spawn ‘Frankenvariant’ hybrids.

A woman in the Chinese capital tests positive with just weeks to go until the Winter Olympics.

Same extension for German-made BioNTech jabs to be offered after Lunar New Year.

From Saturday, a prior concession that allowed unjabbed employees who test negative to go to workplaces will be removed.

Reveals 8 per cent were hospitalised or died within 14 days of being diagnosed with Covid-19 in the Omicron-driven wave compared with 16.5 per cent over the three earlier waves

Court rules that the Biden administration doesn’t have the authority to impose vaccine-or-testing requirements on employers that would have covered tens of millions of Americans.

A surge of cases around the world has seen more under-18s infected but scientists say in many cases this reflects lower vaccination rates in this age group.