This news shows an analysis of the evolution of COVID-19 in America with the data provided by the Johns Hopkins University. September has ended with an increase of 6.38% of COVID-19 diagnosed cases (89,964,588), and a growth of 4.62% (2,214,867) in deaths by the aforementioned disease. In August these numbers were 83,799,880 diagnosed cases and 2,103,067 deaths by […]
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EMA clears Pfizer’s third dose for the general adult population
EMA recommendations on extra doses and boosters EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has concluded that an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccines Comirnaty (BioNTech/Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna) may be given to people with severely weakened immune systems, at least 28 days after their second dose. The recommendation comes after studies showed that an extra dose of these vaccines increased […]
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COVID-19 Vaccination in Europe – September
In this article, and with data collected from Our world in Data, we provide an analysis of the evolution of COVID-19 vaccination and hospitalizations in Europe during the moths of August and September. Vaccination in Europe During September Europe reached 411,745,042 vaccinated citizens, which means that 51.87% of Europeans have already received the full course […]
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COVID-19 developments in Asia, Oceania and Eastern Mediterranean during September
This news item shows an analysis of the evolution of COVID-19 in Asia, Oceania and Eastern Mediterranean with data provided by Johns Hopkins University during the months of August and September. The month of September closed with an increase of 6.44% in diagnosed cases of COVID-19 (15,009,585) in the eastern Mediterranean part of Asia, 3.77% […]
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7.2% of people in the EU suffer from chronic depression
In 2019, 7.2% of EU citizens reported having chronic depression, a small increase compared with 2014 (+0.3 percentage points). Among the EU countries, Slovenia (15.1%) had the highest share of the population reporting chronic depression in 2019, followed by Portugal (12.2%) and Sweden (11.7%). In contrast, the share of people reporting chronic depression was lowest in Romania […]
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COVID-19 Vaccination in Europe – August
In this article, and with data collected from Our world in Data, we provide an analysis of the evolution of COVID-19 vaccination and hospitalizations in Europe. Vaccination in Europe During the month of August, a total of 66,817,834 people were vaccinated in Europe, reaching a total of 388,418,962 citizens, which means that 47.86% of the […]
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The EU and AstraZeneca agree on COVID-19 vaccine supply and on ending litigation
The EU and AstraZeneca have reached an agreement which will secure the delivery of the remaining COVID-19 vaccine doses to Member States under the terms of the Advance Purchase Agreement concluded on 27 August 2020 with AstraZeneca. The agreement will also end the pending litigation before the Brussels Court. Commissioner for Health and Food Safety […]
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COVID-19 evolution in Europe – 1st half 2021
Through data published by Johns Hopkins University and collected daily by the European Documentation Center in Almeria, an analysis of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe during the first half of the year 2021 has been performed. During the first half of 2021, COVID-19 cases continued to increase steadily. The European continent began […]
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Vaccination in Europe – First semester 2021
Although the vaccination process is progressing steadily in all EU countries, the pace of vaccination is uneven in the different European territories, with some countries being more efficient in vaccinating their population. As of July 30, 39.21% of the EU/EEA population had received the full course of one of the EU-licensed vaccines and had therefore […]
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