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School staff check for "green pass" certificates at a school in Turin, Italy, 13 September 2021

Italy to require all workers to show Covid pass

New rules mean workers must show they are vaccinated, have tested negative, or recovered from Covid.

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School staff check for "green pass" certificates at a school in Turin, Italy, 13 September 2021

Italy to require all workers to show Covid pass

New rules mean workers must show they are vaccinated, have tested negative, or recovered from Covid.

School staff check for "green pass" certificates at a school in Turin, Italy, 13 September 2021

Italy to require all workers to show Covid pass

New rules mean workers must show they are vaccinated, have tested negative, or recovered from Covid.

Person getting the Covid vaccine in Nantes

France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers

The country has made Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for all healthcare and care home workers.

People in masks

Covid booster jab rollout to begin in UK next week

Experts say a single dose of Pfizer should be offered at least six months after a second dose.

Child holding his vaccination card

Vaccinating children - how the UK compares

Millions of children around the world are being offered a Covid vaccine.

Agnès Buzyn, who served as French health minister from 2017 until 2020

French ex-minister investigated over Covid response

Ex-health chief Agnès Buzyn is investigated for "endangering lives" in the management of the crisis.

Biden

Biden on vaccines fact-checked

The US president said he was "frustrated" with the nearly 80 million Americans still not vaccinated

People wearing masks walk past the Sydney Opera House during a state-wide lockdown in August 2021

Why has Australia switched tack on Covid zero?

Australia is racing to vaccinate its population ahead of a huge shift in its pandemic strategy.

Person getting the Covid vaccine in Nantes

France suspends 3,000 unvaccinated health workers

The country has made Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for all healthcare and care home workers.

People in masks

Covid booster jab rollout to begin in UK next week

Experts say a single dose of Pfizer should be offered at least six months after a second dose.

Child holding his vaccination card

Vaccinating children - how the UK compares

Millions of children around the world are being offered a Covid vaccine.

Agnès Buzyn, who served as French health minister from 2017 until 2020
Biden
People wearing masks walk past the Sydney Opera House during a state-wide lockdown in August 2021

Coronavirus explained

A woman walks past a graffiti on a street, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, May 10, 2021.
Computer illustration of the unicellular fungus (yeast) Candida auris. C. auris was first identified in 2009. It causes serious multidrug-resistant infections in hospitalized patients and has high mortality rates. It causes bloodstream, wound and ear infections and has also been isolated from respiratory and urine specimens.
Man walking past a poster of PM Modi in Mumbai
A woman wearing a face mask walks past a graffiti painted to create awareness about the coronavirus disease. Graffiti, besides creating awareness about coronavirus pandemic, it is painted to beautify the walls in Vashi (a suburb in Navi Mumbai).
An Indian health worker mocks the vaccination process during a dry run of Covid-19 vaccination inside a Covid-19 vaccination centre at Rajawadi Hospital, in Mumbai, India, 08 January 2021.

Advice and support

French Health Minister Olivier Veran

Is Europe's AstraZeneca jab decision-making flawed?

Nick Triggle
Nick Triggle

Health correspondent

Bar opening in Texas
Woman coughing
lllustration of a needle

The world's hotspots

Doctors of the Rajawadi Hospital make the victory sign as they wait for the start of the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination drive in Mumbai on January 16, 2021.
A long line of vehicles line up to take Covid-19 tests at dusk at Long Beach City College-Veterans Memorial Stadium in December
A woman in Nigeria in a face mask

Live tracker: Coronavirus in Africa

Graphic showing an American woman wearing a facemask
Paris 'funeral' for restaurants and bars

Video explainers

Prof Jonathan Van-Tam and Priya
Reporter standing in front of graphic
Reporter standing in front of graphic of pregnant person
magnifying glass
The R number against a background of figures

Reality Check

Man in Peru with mask and oxygen tank
A magnet is directed towards a person's bare arm
Passenger at Heathrow
Beach on Seychelles with children playing
Boy wearing a colourful mask

Latest Updates

  16. Care worker 'resents' compulsory vaccination

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    Video caption: Care worker 'resents' compulsory vaccination

    Care home workers in England are legally required to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by November 11.

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