coronavirus

Italian paediatricians talk about the Covid vaccine. Why vaccinate children against Covid-19? And then: is the vaccine safe? Does it protect against variants? Are there any side effects?

Ema gives go-ahead to Covid Moderna vaccine for young people aged 12 and over, company says: "We hope to help get teenagers safely back to school in the autumn".

Funds will be used in research. for clinical trials for new treatments and vaccines and to fight Covid variants

Third dose of Covid vaccine: Turkey and the Dominican Republic have begun administering a further booster of serums against the coronavirus

According to monitoring by the Gimbe Foundation, the incidence of the Delta variant of Covid is increasing, while the vaccination campaign seems to have come to a standstill

Delta and Epsilon variant, Professor Liborio Stuppia, Director of Molecular Genetics at the University of Chieti: 'I'm not worried about rare variants, but those that immediately create outbreaks'

South Sudan, zero anti-Covid vaccines. The president of the National Forum of Journalists in the African country describes the emergency situation: "We continue to deal with insecurity, violence and lack of food and services"

Covid, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus "On distribution of vaccine doses horrible injustice in the world"

Vidprevtyn serum to be evaluated by the European Medicines Agency, EMA

South Sudan, no more Covid vaccines: most of the drugs were donated to neighbouring Kenya because of the risk that the vials would expire before they could be efficiently distributed