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19/03/2024

The former Brazilian president should face criminal charges over claims he faked Covid-19 vaccine certificates, the federal police have recommended https://on.ft.com/3IIxoHd

18/01/2023

If the cases are proven, it would render the former president unable to contest elections for eight years

Threat of prosecution hangs over far-right former president, whose support has dwindled since election loss

12/01/2022

Cautious comments follow Spanish PM’s call for change in approach to handling the pandemic

26/11/2021

Botswana offshoot is latest to be detected as scientists anticipate one that could replace dominant Delta strain

22/10/2021

British Medical Association claims government is being ‘wilfully negligent’ in refusing to act

10/09/2021

The country is an international outlier in restoring in-person learning without mitigations or vaccination of 12 to 15-year-olds

20/08/2021

A rise in vaccinated people becoming infected with coronavirus has cast doubt over the lasting efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines, according to new research. One study found that the efficacy of the Pfizer vaccine against symptomatic infection almost halved after four months, and that vaccinated people infected with the more infectious Delta variant had as high viral loads as the unvaccinated. https://on.ft.com/3kbEmrN

18/08/2021

Some scientists expect cases to rise significantly because social mixing will increase in the coming weeks, posing a big test for the effectiveness of vaccines.

Social mixing set to rise with new football season, schools reopening and workers returning to office

13/08/2021

FT View: After a slow start, the EU campaign to vaccinate its population against Covid-19 has turned into a success. The bloc as a whole has overtaken the US in terms of first and second doses per 100 people. It should surpass the UK within a few weeks https://on.ft.com/37zKzb2

11/08/2021

China is experiencing its worst coronavirus outbreak since the virus first emerged last year, adding to concerns about the quality of its domestically developed vaccines.

Officials insist jabs work but lack of peer-reviewed research reinforces doubts about efficacy

10/08/2021

Almost 80% of the adult population has been fully vaccinated, one of the highest rates in the world, but more than 6,000 people tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday.

One of the world’s most vaccinated nations is bracing itself for more hospitalisations

09/08/2021

The German biotech group said it expected its full-year revenues from the jab to be about €15.9bn.

Expected €15.9bn revenues will enable big push into cancer, TB and malaria research

27/07/2021

There were 'two types of problems' with the existing vaccines, the chief executive says. 'Either the malaria vaccines don't work at all, or they work for a short period of time.'

German biotech group behind successful Covid-19 jab hopes to have a vaccine in trials by 2022

26/07/2021

'There’s no such thing as a perfect vaccine . . . with Covid it’s no different.'

Despite rising ‘breakthrough infections’ most cases remain mild and are in line with scientists’ expectations

22/07/2021

CureVac was supposed to be the first company to bring a revolutionary vaccine technology to market. Instead, the German biotech was left in the dust. What went wrong? https://on.ft.com/3BvXWqA

21/07/2021

New research suggests coronavirus could have been in Italy in October 2019, but is not conclusive.

New research suggests coronavirus could have been in Italy in October 2019 but is not conclusive

16/07/2021

A lot of progress has been made with managing coronavirus, but 'long Covid' continues to defy scientists' attempts to treat the syndrome and to unravel its causes: https://on.ft.com/3iiS8bf

05/07/2021

Breaking news: Boris Johnson has announced almost all remaining coronavirus restrictions in England are expected to cease on July 19, including mandatory mask wearing and working from home. The final decision on whether to proceed with this step will be taken on July 12.

Mandatory mask wearing, limits on indoor gatherings and working from home are among measures to be scrapped