Coronavirus news: Latest vaccine and case updates from around the world

WHO welcomes China's decision to allow entry to team investigating virus origins Source link

“Covid” is written on a casket containing a deceased person who died from the coronavirus. The coffins stand in the crematorium’s worship room before cremation in Saxony, Meissen, Germany, on January 8. Robert Michael/picture alliance/Getty Images More than 40,000 people have died from symptoms related to the novel coronavirus in Germany, according to data from … Read more

Andy Beshear, governor of Kentucky, arrives at the University Of Louisville Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, on December 14, 2020. Scotty Perry/Bloomberg/Getty Images The weekly tallies of Covid-19 cases and deaths in the United States have never been higher, and state officials are warning of more alarming patterns following the holiday season.  The total number of Americans infected with … Read more

United States reports over 130,000 Covid-19 hospitalizations Source link

Queen Elizabeth II looks on during the Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph at The Cenotaph on November 8, 2020 in London, England. Chris Jackson/Getty Images The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh have received their Covid-19 vaccinations, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said Saturday. The inoculations were administered by a Household Doctor at Windsor Castle, a … Read more

A nurse prepares a syringe of the Sputnik V vaccine at a clinic in Moscow on December 28, 2020. Vladimir Gerdo/TASS/Getty Images Russia’s Gamaleya Institute, which developed the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, has applied for emergency use authorization in the Philippines. The Moscow-based company filed its application on Thursday, according to the Philippines News Agency. … Read more