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World's first doses of Covax vaccines delivered
The vaccine-sharing scheme aims to help poorer countries like Ghana get Covid-19 jabs.
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World's first doses of Covax vaccines delivered
The vaccine-sharing scheme aims to help poorer countries like Ghana get Covid-19 jabs.
What 500,000 US deaths look like
Half a million Americans have died of the coronavirus. Here's a look behind this grim milestone.
Video 3 minutes 31 seconds
The 'colourful' lives lost
The sheer scale of the US death toll is hard to comprehend - it helps to hear the individual stories.
Video 2 minutes 42 seconds
Do I send my child back to school?
President Biden wants most children in classrooms again by April - but do parents think that's safe?
South Korea aims for 'herd immunity by autumn'
The prime minister says vaccinations are on track after criticism the country has been slow to start.
What Europeans have learned from a year of Covid
Since the first case in northern Italy a year ago the lives of Europeans have been changed forever.
Video 3 minutes 35 seconds
Lockdown in Britain's 'plague village'
Almost a year since the start of the pandemic, how have Eyam residents been coping?
What 500,000 US deaths look like
Half a million Americans have died of the coronavirus. Here's a look behind this grim milestone.
Video 3 minutes 31 seconds
The 'colourful' lives lost
The sheer scale of the US death toll is hard to comprehend - it helps to hear the individual stories.
Video 2 minutes 42 seconds
Do I send my child back to school?
President Biden wants most children in classrooms again by April - but do parents think that's safe?
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Video caption: 'Home truths' needed on post-Covid spending, says Hammond Moderna to test Covid shot for South African strain
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Copyright: Getty ImagesThe US company that produces the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine says it's ready to test a booster shot to target the South African variant of the virus.
Early studies showed that its original vaccine - which is approved in the US and EU - is less protective against this strain, which has now been detected in at least 40 countries.
The company says its ready to do human trials with several different strategies to see what gives more protection - an additional booster to the original vaccine, combining the booster with the original, or giving two separate variant-specific vaccines.
Moderna says the new trials will also monitor the immune responses of people already vaccinated and those receiving their first dose of the vaccine.
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Video caption: Covax vaccine plan: What is it and how will it work? A global scheme aims to ensure people in poorer countries get vaccinated against Covid.
