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Italy starts rolling out AstraZeneca vaccine
Italy started using the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the central Lazio region around Rome on Thursday, the first to rolling out jabs. The Ministry of Health recommends that AstraZeneca, added to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, must be given to the 18-55 age group in good health. Regional Health Commissioner Alessio D’Amato pointed […]
Read MoreEU: Von der Leyen acknowledges failure to launch COVID-19 vaccine
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledged on Wednesday the EU’s failure to approve and launch a vaccine against COVID-19 and said the EU has learned a lesson in the process. The European Union chief executive was speaking to members of the European Parliament after criticism of the slow introduction of vaccines […]
Read MoreItaly: Florence wants helmets mandatory for electric scooters
The mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, vowed to continue the “War of Common Sense”, after the Tuscan Administrative Tribunal (TAR) decided to revoke the city’s recent legislation to make helmets mandatory for electric scooters users. Nardella has issued an order, effective February 1st, that requires electric scooters in Florence to wear helmets, even […]
Read MoreItaly: Venice carnival starts with no tourists
Venice started its famous carnival this weekend-due to the pandemic, it is not crowded with the usual tourists. Italy eased restrictions on the coronavirus on Monday, allowing most regions to enjoy greater freedom. Venice is now one of the low-risk “yellow” categories-but residents are still not allowed to travel outside the area. Before the […]
Read MoreFrance: Restaurants offer meals for 1 euro to students
From January 25, all French students have the right to pay only one euro for meals. This discount is valid regardless of the student’s entitlement to the scholarship and can be obtained at every cafe or university restaurant in the Crous-University and Student Affairs Center network. This measure was naturally proposed in the […]
Read MoreAustria warns against travel to Tyrol amid spread of new variant
The Austrian government said in a statement on Monday that Austria warned not to travel unnecessarily to its mountain province, Tyrol, because of the outbreak of the so-called South African coronavirus variant. The federal government’s travel warnings are as follows: Unnecessarily travel to Tyrol. Everyone who was in Tyrol in the last two […]
Read MoreItaly: Birth rate falls 21.6 percent during lockdown
According to new data on a sample of 15 Italian cities released by the National Bureau of Statistics, ISTAT, the birth rate in Italy fell by 21.6% in December last year, exactly nine months after the country was locked down due to the coronavirus. ISTAT said the number of births in Italy in […]
Read MoreItaly: Number of cancer survivors increases 37 percent
The Italian Society of Medical Oncology (AIOM) said on Monday that approximately 3.6 million people are alive in Italy today having been diagnosed with some form of tumor, a 37% increase from the number of cancer survivors in the country 10 years ago. But the association also issued an alert about the impact […]
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