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1 Billion Covid-19 vaccines to be received by EU in end of September

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The EU is on track to receive enough Covid-19 vaccination doses by the end of July to inoculate 70 per cent of its adult population, and the member states can join its travel certificate system from mid-June, the European Commission has announced.


Delivery estimates released to EU leaders as they convened in Brussels showed the bloc was on course by the end of September, to receive more than a billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines more than enough to fully vaccinate its population of 446 million.

In a joint conclusions the 27 national leaders noted that vaccination campaigns had “accelerated across the EU” and that this would “allow for a gradual reopening of our societies”.
46 per cent of the eligible EU population will have received at least one dose of a vaccine, by the end of May, as per the figures from European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, she said, expected a decision by the European Medicines Agency on whether to clear the BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine in use for 12-15-year-olds soon.

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Covid 19 Updates: France to reopen bars as the lockdown ceases

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As France starts lifting restrictions aimed at preventing the spread of Coronavirus bars, shops and cultural spaces across France are set to reopen.


As decides on Wednesday, groups of up to six people will be allowed to eat together at outdoor restaurant terraces. France’s nationwide curfew is also being pushed back.

Some medical expertise in the country had raised concerns about the number of new daily Covid-19 infections, which now average about 13,000.

But that figure is far lower than the peaks of more than 40,000 daily cases recorded as recently as last month.


France’s vaccination campaign has also been accelerating in recent weeks, with more than 20 million people now having received at least one dose, and almost nine million having received both.

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Indian Covid-19 Variant Detected in at least Seven European Countries

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The Covid-19 variant which is believed to have a devastating surge of infections and deaths in India is been found in 17 countries worldwide including several European nations.

According to the data received by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the B.1.617 variant which is also known as the Indian variant as it was first detected in the Southeast Asian country has now been found in seven European countries – Belgium, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, and the UK.

In response to this variant, the UK, France, Germany, and Belgium have closed their borders to travelers from India, wherein it only allows their citizens and residents to enter with strict quarantine requirements upon their arrival.

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Disneyland Paris to Open Mass Covid-19 Vaccine Site

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Europe’s biggest tourist attraction, Disneyland Paris, will be hosting a mass Covid-19 vaccination site at its convention center as France is trying to speed up its inoculation drive, as the officials said Wednesday.

The amusement park was being closed since October 30, when non-essential businesses were asked to close amid a surge in infections, putting its 17,000 employees out of work. Later it had plans to re-admit visitors on April 2, but the conditions kept worsening forcing it to postpone. The vaccination site will be conducted outside the amusement park proper at its Newport Bay Club, a convention center near its hotel complex.

As per the reports, it will be run by local authorities and the regional ARS health center service and will be only on weekends. Its goal is to give shots to at least 10,000 people a day, wherein France aims to give at least one jab to 20 million people by mid-May.

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Germany Mourns 80,000 Covid-19 Victim in National Service

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Germany has held a national memorial day on Sunday as part of remembering the 80,000 victims who lost their lives to the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier had attended a morning Mass in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, which is a Berlin landmark dedicated to peace and reconciliation. The number of guests to this has been limited due to the coronavirus.

The national mourning day had come as Germany battles the third wave of coronavirus, with newly recorded cases and deaths on the rise. Its death toll stood at 79,914 on Sunday, with an increase of 67  over the previous day.

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Swiss Students Falsified Covid-19 Results to Skip School

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A few students in the Swiss city of Basel have falsified positive Covid-19 results wherein they planned to skip school, resulting in the entire class being put in quarantine.

According to the reports, three students in Basel’s Kirschgarten High School have made a hoax from Switzerland’s Covid-19 contact tracing app, which has forced about 25 students to be confined to their homes for nearly 10 days. It is also stated that several teachers were also being affected by the incident just days before the Spring break in March.

The School has now planned to take criminal charges for falsifying health-relevant documents though they have no plans to expel them.

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Four European Countries Suspend AstraZeneca Vaccines

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Germany, France, Italy, and Spain have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over reports of dangerous blood clots in some recipients.

To this, the company and European regulators have commented that there is no evidence for the shot to be blamed. The four countries have joined the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, and a few other nations that have already paused the use of the vaccine.

However, the World Health Organization is still recommending the vaccine and stated that the greatest threat facing the countries is the lack of access to vaccines and not blood clot concerns.

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Italy Second European country to cross one lakh Covid deaths

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On Monday Italy logged 318 deaths from COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, putting its count at 100,103 and making it the second country after the UK to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 fatalities from the disease.

New Prime Minister Mario Draghi cautioned of additional distress in the coming days as hospitalisations hopped. One year prior, Italy forced the first Covid lockdown of any European country however now, following quite a while of a level in day by day cases, there has been a consistent move in new infections.

And specialists say the nation ought to be prepared for another pinnacle of diseases in about fourteen days, cautioning that every day cases could reach as high as 40,000 except if more serious limitations of residents’ development and exercises are quickly placed into place.

In reaction to the rising instances of COVID-19, the specialists are putting three additional locales under more tight limitations. Two in the north of the nation – Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto – will be raised to orange zones. While the Campania area, which incorporates Naples, will be renamed as a red zone, the most noteworthy danger level.

Europe recorded 1 million new Covid cases a week ago, an increment of 9% from the earlier week and an inversion that finished a six-week decrease, as indicated by the World Health Organization.

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