News Round-Up
24 April 2024
Has the winter 'flu season' begun in northern Europe, with signs of upticks in Covid positive tests in the U.K., Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and also Russia?
Fans attending upcoming England rugby matches will need to take vaccine passports proving either that they've been jabbed, tested negative for, or recovered from Covid.
The Welsh Government has introduced vaccine passports for nightclubs and large indoor and outdoor events in spite of only securing approval for it in the Senedd by one vote after a Tory MS was unable to connect via Zoom.
Free lateral flow tests are being scrapped in Germany, putting financial pressure on those who don't want to get jabbed but must show proof of vaccination or recent testing to attend public gatherings.
The Welsh Government has refused to allow another vote on the introduction of vaccine passports despite winning simply because of a Zoom error.
Two recent studies compared natural and vaccine-induced immunity at the cellular level. They found evidence that natural immunity is more robust, and that it confers greater protection against novel variants.
A new study in the Lancet finds that vaccine effectiveness against infection drops fast over five months – but protection against serious disease is more robust.
Mark Drakeford's plans to mandate vaccine passports for nightclubs and other 'large' events have passed through the Welsh Senedd after a Zoom failure prevented a Tory MS from casting his vote.
Sajid Javid says there are currently no good reasons to introduce vaccine passports, but concedes that his comments do not mean "there can’t ever be a role for such an intervention".
More than a million Israelis could be stripped of their vaccine passports because they’ve not received a booster jab following the country's update of the meaning of 'full immunity'.
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