A World Health Organization-led team of experts investigating the origins of #Covid-19 on Friday visited a hospital in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was one of the first to treat patients in the early days of the...
Morocco’s king kicks off country’s virus vaccination drive
#Morocco‘s King #MohammedVI received a shot against the coronavirus Thursday to officially kick off his country’s #Covid-19 #vaccination campaign, which initially will primarily target health care workers...
Coronavirus pandemic: WHO virus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-zero Wuhan
Experts from the World Health Organization visited a #Wuhan hospital Friday as the fieldwork began in a closely watched #coronavirus origins probe that will take in a food market presumed to be “ground zero”...
How an Irish saint’s day has become a celebration of feminism
Annette Young talks to the Irish Ambassador to France, Patricia O’Brien, on how Ireland is using St Brigid’s Day on February 1 which celebrates the country’s only female saint, to promote the...
EU-China relations: Human rights concerns over new trade agreement
The European Commission has just reached a landmark trade and investment agreement with the most populous nation in the world: China. The deal comes after seven years of talks. It aims to liberalise trade between the...
AstraZeneca to publish EU Covid-19 vaccine contract
The European Commission said on Friday #AstraZeneca has agreed to publish the contract, with parts of it redacted, that was signed between the Commission and the British drugmaker on Aug. 27 last year. FRANCE 24’s...
Germany expects limited EU approval for AstraZeneca vaccine
#Germany’s health minister says he expects the European Union’s drug regulator to authorize a further coronavirus vaccine made by #AstraZeneca on Friday, but that currently available data may mean it is not...