Covid live: travel in and out of Lisbon to be banned after Portugal cases surge; Nepal plea for vaccine doses

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Spike in new Covid-19 cases in Lisbon region; Nepal reduces coronavirus infections but is in need of vaccine doses

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EU states must use all the vaccine options available to fight Covid, and it is too early to tell if a particular type is best, the European Medicines Agency said.

The comments come as several countries limit the use of so-called viral vector jabs like AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson due to a link with rare blood clots, and opt instead for Messenger RNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna.

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Vietnam has called on the World Health Organization to speed up its stuttering Covax vaccine drive as the country’s new daily infections hit a record high.

Reuters reports that a new outbreak has infected 8,914 people since late April, or 75% of the total cases over the pandemic, prompting calls for Vietnam’s government to accelerate its vaccination programme.

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