ReutersRussian doctors complete open-heart surgery as tsarist-era hospital burnsverified_publisherReuters - by Maria VasilyevaMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian doctors stayed behind in a burning, tsarist-era hospital in the country's Far East on Friday to complete open-heart surgery after a fire broke out on the roof while they were operating. Firefighters who took more than two hours to put out the blaze in the city of …
ReutersTurkey begins administering Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shotsverified_publisherReuters - by Mert OzkanANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey on Friday began administering Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 shots, introducing a second vaccine in its campaign that began in mid-January, as new cases reached record highs. Turkey has so far delivered 16.5 million vaccine doses nationwide, including more than 7 million …
ReutersGreek PM criticises EU vaccine rollout, pledges to step up campaignverified_publisherReuters - by Angeliki Koutantou and Lefteris PapadimasATHENS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday criticised the European Union's stumbling rollout of COVID-19 vaccines but said Greece would double its vaccinations in the coming weeks and inoculate everyone over 60 years of age by the end of May. Greece, which coped relatively well …
ReutersWhat you need to know about the coronavirus right nowverified_publisherReuters(Reuters) -Here's what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: India launches biggest vaccination drive yet India began vaccinating tens of thousands of people above the age of 45 on Thursday in its biggest push yet against a surging coronavirus that has hit the highest daily count since …
ReutersFactbox-Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirusverified_publisherReuters(Reuters) -Europe, criticised by the World Health Organization over its slow rollout of vaccinations against COVID-19, is scrambling to speed up the pace of injections and to avoid being left further behind by Britain and the United States. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * Eikon users, see COVID-19: …
ReutersAustralia probes if blood clot case linked to AstraZeneca vaccineverified_publisherReuters - By Lidia KellyMELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia is investigating whether a blood clotting case recorded on Friday is related to the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, a health official said, raising concern in a nation where most people are expected to receive the drugmaker's shot. A 44-year-old man was admitted to …
