Coronavirus live news: jabs like Pfizer and Moderna appear able to ‘neutralise’ Indian variant, says EMA

European medicines watchdog says there is‘promising evidence’ the vaccines work against variant first encountered in IndiaCovid pandemic was preventable, says WHO-commissioned reportChina has used pandemic to boost global image, report saysUK prime minister announces independent inquiry into Covid handlingSpike in India variant poses threat to UK reopening, scientists sayAustralia: fresh outbreak blamed on hotel quarantine leak4.49pmBSTCovid-related deaths in theUS have fallen to an average of around 600 per day — the lowest level in 10 months — with the number of lives lost dropping to single digits in well over half the states and hitting zero on some days.AP reports:Confirmed infections, meanwhile, have fallen to about 38,000 day on average, their lowest mark since mid-September. While that is still cause for concern, they have plummeted 85% from a peak of more than a quarter-million cases per day in early January.The last time deaths were this low was early July, nearly a year ago. Covid deaths in the U.S. topped out in mid-January at an average of more than 3,400 a day, just a month into the biggest vaccination drive in the nation ’s history.4.41pmBSTTheUS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said it has identified 28 cases of serious blood clotting among the more than 8.7 million people who had received theJohnson& Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.The CDC said in a presentation that the highest rates of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome – blood...
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