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CDC adds seven destinations to 'very high' Covid-19 travel risk list

Tue, 2021-08-10 15:19 — mike kraft

CDC adds seven destinations to 'very high' Covid-19 travel risk list France and Iceland are among seven destinations added on Monday to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest risk category for travel. By Marnie Hunter, CNN CNN

(CNN) — France and Iceland are among seven destinations added on Monday to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's highest risk category for travel.

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EU: too early to say if COVID booster needed as Germany, France press ahead

Fri, 2021-08-06 16:38 — mike kraft

EU: too early to say if COVID booster needed as Germany, France press ahead There's not enough data to recommend using COVID-19 vaccine boosters, the European Union's drugs regulator said on Friday, after major EU states said they would roll out a third dose for the most vulnerable from September. Francesco Guarascio Reuters

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WHO head urges moratorium on vacciine boosters in order to help countries lagging with first shots

Wed, 2021-08-04 22:58 — mike kraft

Head of UN health agency seeks vaccine booster moratorium GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization called Wednesday for a moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a way to help ensure that doses are available in countries where few people have received their first shots. AP NEWS

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Description: How vaccine-skeptic France and Germany came to support near-mandates

Mon, 2021-07-19 17:32 — mike kraft

How vaccine-skeptic France and Germany came to support near-mandates Rejecting coronavirus vaccines could mean exclusion from social life. Rick Noack Washington Post

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European nations impose incentives, penalties to encourage vaccinations

Mon, 2021-07-19 17:22 — mike kraft

European nations impose incentives, penalties to boost shots ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European nations are scrambling to ramp up vaccination drives, using a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade the reluctant to get their shots as the more transmissible delta variant drives a surge in infections. AP NEWS

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Delta's rise in Europe prompts renewed restrictions and a caution to the U.S.

Wed, 2021-07-14 18:54 — mike kraft

Delta variant’s rise plunges Europe into uncertainty — and offers a warning to the U.S. The swift spread of the Delta variant across Europe has upended wishful thinking of a quick return to normal from the COVID-19 pandemic — and is offering a warning to the U.S. Melissa Rossi YahooNews

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France and Greece mandate vaccinations for health workers

Tue, 2021-07-13 14:24 — mike kraft

Covid-19 global updates: France and Greece mandate vaccinations for health workers amid delta variant surge The two European countries also announced new restrictions that would require proof of vaccination to take part in certain activities. Erin Cunningham Washington Post

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ANALYIS: COVID Delta variant takeover in U.K. offers a warning, and some hope

Wed, 2021-06-30 15:22 — mike kraft

COVID Delta variant takeover in U.K. offers a warning, and some hope Britain, where the strain already accounts for 99% of new cases, can offer some useful insight into battling the highly-transmissible variant first detected in India. cbsthismorning

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France delays some regional relaxing of COVID restrictions as concerns grow over fourth wave

Wed, 2021-06-30 14:54 — mike kraft

France delays some regional unwinding of COVID restrictions as concerns over fourth wave grow France decided on Wednesday to delay the unwinding of COVID-19 restrictions in a southwestern region of the country, while the government's leading scientific adviser said a fourth wave of the virus was likely to the emergence of the Delta variant. Reuters Reuters

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EU drug regulator encouraged by early data on mixing coronavirus vaccines

Thu, 2021-06-24 15:55 — mike kraft

EU drug regulator positive on early data on mixing coronavirus vaccines Due to how the approved vaccines all stimulate an immune response through the spike protein, the EMA believes there is good reason to believe that mixing vaccines is both safe and effective. POLITICO

The European Medicines Agency Wednesday said there are “good scientific grounds” to suggest that mixing COVID-19 vaccines is safe and effective.

That’s because, currently, all the approved vaccines work in a similar way — by stimulating an immune response to the viral spike protein, the EMA said in an email.

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