Regulators may soon issue their first formal warnings about rare blood clots, threatening to cloud the global rollout of a cheap and easy-to-store vaccine.
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The ‘Joy and Envy’ of Vaccine FOMO
As some people start to shake off coronavirus precautions, those who are waiting their turn for a vaccine say the FOMO is real. “It’s like when every friend is getting engaged before you.”
He Led Hitler’s Secret Police in Austria. Then He Spied for the West.
Franz Josef Huber, responsible for deporting tens of thousands of Jews, escaped punishment with U.S. backing and went on to work for West German intelligence, newly disclosed records reveal.
Merkel’s Latest Pandemic Challenge: Leading as a Lame Duck
The German chancellor, known for her cool, solution-oriented response in the pandemic’s early stages, faces her greatest challenge yet as cases rise and patience plummets months before her final term ends.
More Covid-19 Vaccine Production Sites Have Been Approved in the E.U.
A top European drug agency gave a green light to new plants in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland for AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
Merkel Reverses Easter Lockdown Plan in Germany, Apologizing for ‘Mistake’
The German chancellor had proposed extending the Easter holiday by two days to help contain the latest wave of the pandemic, but scrapped the plan after it was roundly condemned.
Merkel Drops Easter Shutdown as Germany Flails Against Virus Surge
The abandonment of a plan for an extended spring holiday is the latest in a series of chaotic moves as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government confronts a third wave of coronavirus cases.
Germany introduces a strict, five-day lockdown over Easter, and asks citizens to stay home.
Existing restrictions will be extended until April 18 to stop rising coronavirus cases.
Why Europe Suspending AstraZeneca Vaccines May Be Political
Once it became clear Germany was pausing, the pressure mounted on other governments to hold off as well, out of fear of seeming incautious and for the sake of a united front.
AstraZeneca Blood Clot Fears Are Tamped Down but Slow Vaccines in Europe
The suspension impedes Europe’s already troubled vaccination campaign amid a third coronavirus wave. Europe’s top drug regulator said there was no sign that the shot had caused dangerous side effects.