![]() ![]() 00.22 GMT EU lists rare spinal condition as side-effect of Johnson & Johnson Covid shotĮurope’s drug regulator on Thursday recommended adding a rare type of spinal inflammation called transverse myelitis as a side-effect of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, Reuters reports. The wellness industry may have turned its back on Covid science by promoting vaccine scepticism, conspiracy theories and the myth that ill people have themselves to blame.The UK government’s vaccine mandate for care home workers came into effect as about 50,000 care home staff have not been fully vaccinated in England and will not be allowed to work from Thursday.About 65% of Austria’s population is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, the lowest rate of any western European country apart from Liechtenstein. ![]() Austria will place millions of people not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 in lockdown in a matter of days, as daily infections are at a record high and intensive-care units are increasingly strained, the chancellor, Alexander Schallenberg, said.Dutch health experts have called on the government to impose a partial lockdown to fight the increase in cases. The Netherlands on Thursday recorded more than 16,000 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, the highest number since the start of the pandemic.Morgues are filling up in Romania and Bulgaria as the countries record the EU’s highest daily death rates from Covid-19, after superstition, misinformation and entrenched mistrust in governments and institutions combined to leave them the least vaccinated countries in the bloc.The UK reported another 42,408 Covid cases and a further 195 deaths within 28 days of a positive test.Sweden has seen a sharp decline in Covid testing this month after its health agency said vaccinated Swedes no longer need to get tested, even if they have symptoms.Brazil reports 188 Covid deaths in past 24 hours and 15,300 new cases of the coronavirus.Australia passes the 90% first dose vaccination milestone for those aged 16 and over.Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting Olaf Scholz has pushed ahead with a plan to phase out a state of national emergency by the end of the month, despite the country recording the highest coronavirus case numbers since the start of the pandemic.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was also assessing reports of a rare blood condition known as capillary leak syndrome (CLS) following inoculation with Moderna’s vaccine. EU drug regulator lists rare spinal condition as side-effect of Johnson & Johnson Covid shot.00.36 GMT Summary of today's key developments ![]()
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