Australia scraps Covid vaccination timeline; India becomes second-worst affected country worldwide after US * Vaccination level in Germany reaches 15% of the population * Denmark to give 100,000 shots in ‘the big vaccine day’ * Morrison admits all Australians may not be vaccinated by end of year * Ardern tells New Zealand border staff: get vaccine now or be redeployed * UK coronavirus updates – live 11.39am BST A drug company will seek approval in the US for its Covid-19 antibody cocktail as a preventative treatment after a trial showed it helped reduce the risk of symptomatic infections in households where someone else is ill. Reuters reports: REGEN-COV, as the combination shot of casirivimab and imdevimab is called, reduced the overall risk of progressing to symptomatic Covid-19 by 31%, and by 76% after the third day. 11.30am BST Plans to copy GREECE by creating ‘Covid-free’ islands are causing a ruckus in ITALY. Leaders of small Italian islands, including Elba off the Tuscan coast and Capri in the bay of Naples, are striving to vaccinate all residents by the end of April in order to salvage the tourism season. Continue reading...
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