Passengers arrive at Birmingham Airport, as Britain introduces hotel quarantine programme for arrivals from a"red list" of 30 countries, in Birmingham, Britain, February 15, 2021. The British government is backing four new studies to investigate why some people continue to have symptoms months after becoming sick with Covid-19.
The health ministry also reported 2,712 new infections, bringing the cumulative total to nearly 275,000 cases. Russia plans to register CoviVac, its third vaccine, on February 20, the Interfax news agency reported, citing a government website about the virus.Thailand's second domestically developed vaccine will soon undergo human trials, officials said, adding that the plan was to produce up to five million doses by the end of the year.
The country of 10.7 million has had the most cases per capita in Europe except Portugal on a two-week basis, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's data showed.South African scientists will meet on Thursday to discuss a laboratory study that suggests the dominant local variant may reduce antibody protection from the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by two-thirds, a health ministry spokesman told Reuters.
The curfew, which sparked rioting last month but is very broadly supported and followed, remains in force pending the outcome of that appeal.European plane maker Airbus lost $1.3 billion last year amid an unprecedented global slump in air travel because of the pandemic, but expects to deliver hundreds of planes and make a profit in 2021 despite uncertainty about when people will resume flying en masse.
The government coronavirus task force said that 480 people had died of the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the official death toll to 81,926. Africa's total reported death toll from virus was approaching 100,000, a fraction of those reported on other continents but rising fast as a second wave of infections overwhelms hospitals.
But it failed to demonstrate statistically significant results in reducing mortality among those with mild to moderate Covid-19. Thousands of aged care residents across 190 towns will start being inoculated from the beginning of next week under the Australian Government's program. Still, they are making investments and talking to regulators about developing an updated version of their mRNA vaccine or a booster shot, if needed.
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