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Sunday, 22 December

15:51
The EU has updated the travel rules: what will change from February 1
On January 25, the Council of the European Union adopted a new recommendation on a coordinated approach to facilitate safe free movement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

06:57
Ukraine is not on the list: four countries will recover from the COVID-19 pandemic as early as 2022
The United States, Great Britain, Portugal, and India are expected to be the first countries to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic due to some combination of high rates of vaccination and natural immunity among people who were infected with the coronavirus.

15:54
The EU has updated the "green" list of countries
On Friday, October 29, review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the European Council updated the list of countries, special administrative regions, and other entities and territorial authorities for which travel restrictions should be lifted.

18:30
The advantages outweighed the risks: FDA officials back Pfizer jab for children over five in the United States
A US government panel has voted to recommend the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine should to be given to children aged five to 11.

22:17
Third booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine: 50-fold jump in antibodies after a third shot in Israel
Israeli scientists have confirmed the high effectiveness of the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

18:40
WHO demanded that revaccinations stop for two months: the reason has been named
The World Health Organization believes that wealthier countries should impose a moratorium on coronavirus revaccination by the end of September, so that poorer countries can at least slightly change the depressing situation with coronavirus vaccinations.

09:00
The US shared over two million doses of Moderna vaccine with Ukraine
On Friday, July 16, the United States sent 2 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to Ukraine via the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program, as was reported by Reuters.

11:10
This is a dangerous trend: WHO mentioned potential harm of mixing different vaccines
The World Health Organization's chief scientist advised against people mixing and matching COVID-19 vaccines from different manufacturers, calling it a "dangerous trend" since more data is needed about the health impact, Reuters reports.

11:33
Pfizer reacted to the report of death of a Ukrainian citizen after a COVID vaccination
The coronavirus vaccine manufacturer, Pfizer/BioNTech, reacted to the death of a 47-year-old Ukrainian a few hours after he received a shot of a Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on July 2, 2021.

19:44
WHO approves Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organisation validated the Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving countries, funders, procuring agencies, and communities the assurance that it meets international standards for safety, efficacy, and manufacturing, WHO press service announced in its statement.

20:54
BioNTech made a statement regarding the effectiveness of its COVID-19 vaccine against different coronavirus strains
The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine does not require any modifications to ensure the protection against new strains of COVID-19.This was stated in a statementpublished by BioNTech.

16:29
Ukrainian scientists estimated when Ukraine will reach the collective immunity against COVID-19
Ukraine may not manage to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022 and will reach the collective immunity stage only by 2023.

15:09
"This is a world prospect": Ukraine estimated the probability of introducing COVID passports
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the introduction of COVID passports is being considered by many countries, including Ukraine.

19:59
The European Union has announced the launch date of "Сovid passports"
The European Union will introduce vaccination passports in June 2021, while in Italy national COVID passports will come into force as early as mid-May, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said, according to La Reppublica.

07:44
The World Health Organization assessed the costs of vaccination against COVID-19
The vaccination of the world's adult population in 2021 against COVID-19 will cost additional US $35-45 billion dollars, as was stated by Tedros Adhanom, Director General of the World Health Organization.

13:28
The European Commission proposed to ease restrictions on non-essential travel to the EU
On Monday, April 3, the European Commission recommended that the Member States ease the current restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU to take into account the progress of vaccination campaigns and developments in the epidemiological situation worldwide.

08:58
Canada provided an update on safety review of AstraZeneca and Covishield COVID-19 vaccines
Health Canada is updating Canadians and healthcare professionals about its ongoing safety review of very rare events of blood clots associated with low levels of blood platelets following immunization with the AstraZeneca and COVISHIELD COVID-19 vaccines according to the Department of Health of Canada.

20:07
EU countries have implemented COVID passports to reopen summer travel within the Union
European Union countries formally agreed on Wednesday to launch COVID travel passes as a step towards reopening to tourism this summer and will negotiate details with the bloc’s lawmakers in May, two diplomatic sources said as was reported by Reuters.

19:26
In Europe, vaccinations with Janssen vaccine have been suspended: a serious reason has been named
In Europe, the launch of the Janssen coronavirus vaccine produced by the American company Johnson & Johnson has been postponed.

09:44
Britain reported 30 cases of blood clots after the vaccination with AstraZeneca
British Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency reported 30 cases of thrombosis after the vaccination with the AstraZeneca vaccine.