Omicron poses “very high” risk but data on severity limited
Geneva, Switzerland/Frankfurt, GermanyReuters The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a “very high” global risk, with some evidence that it evades vaccine protection but clinical data on its severity is limited, the World Health Organization says. Considerable uncertainties surround Omicron, first detected last month in southern Africa and Hong Kong, whose […]
EU to funnel COVID vaccines to Balkans after China, Russia shipments
Vienna, Austria/Brussels. Belgium Reuters The European Union will ship over half a million COVID-19 shots to the Western Balkans by August using for the first time in the region a vaccine-sharing mechanism meant to help its poorer neighbours and to challenge Chinese and Russian influence. The EU move comes after China and Russia distributed millions […]