Instead of being poked with a needle, inhaling a little bit of aerosol – that’s how getting vaccinated against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus could soon look like.
"The COVID-19 pandemic’s disruption to health services has seen an increase in tuberculosis deaths in Africa, the first such rise in more than a decade," alarms WHO Africa.
Numerous European governments are considering following Austria's example, but fear of increasing vaccine hesitancy, political losses and accusations of violating human rights.
Vaccination is the most effective way to end the pandemic and get back to a normal life, says Stella Kyriakides, EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.
The ECDC has recently warned that Europe's elderly could be facing a difficult flu season, which in combination with the next pandemic wave may lead to severe health consequences.
We are not homogeneous in our views, and the pandemic has also made people express their health choices in visible ways, says Pia Vuolanto, project coordinator of VAX-TRUST project.
The European Commission has so far approved four vaccines for use throughout the European Union that provide immunity to the disease-causing COVID-19 coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Citizens in Central and Eastern Europe experienced a flush of fake news and conspiracy theories that were blooming online, because of the lack of institutional gatekeeping and proper editorial oversight present in established outlets.
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