Today’s covid-19 news: · Denmark is the first country to halt covid-19 vaccinations · We are ‘increasingly blind’ to covid-19, says WHO · Covid-19 is the sixth leading cause of death in England
, down from 21,592 on 16 April. New symptomatic infections stood at 2417 on 18 April, down from 3238 the previous day.than those born before the outbreak emerged, according to research published by Brown University and LENA, a US non-profit organisation.
. The CDC’s “Level 4: Special Circumstances/Do Not Travel” designation previously urged people to avoid all non-essential travel to these destinations. In March, Bahrain was the first country in the world to approve the vaccine for emergency use. Now, the UK is the first in Europe to sign off on the jab, which can be stored for up to a year in a standard fridge.
The rate of covid-19 infections was “similar” between the two groups, with no severe disease occurring among any of the study’s 4012 participants.