NPHET strongly opposed to some parts of Government plans to exit lockdown next week
Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan is believed to have briefed Health Minister Stephen Donnelly on NPHET’s concerns. The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) is believed to be strongly opposed to certain aspects of the government’s plans to exit Level 5 restrictions next week. The entire country has been under Level 5 restrictions since late […]
6 years ago
Trump administration finally gives go-ahead for transition of power to Joe Biden
Trump has told his team “to do what needs to be done”. Donald Trump seems finally set to concede defeat in the US presidential election, having given the go-ahead for the transition of power to president-elect Joe Biden. As part of his apparent refusal to accept that he had lost the election, Trump had previously […]
6 years ago
Covid-19 vaccine from US firm Moderna 94.5% effective, clinical trials show
A further promising development in the fight against Covid-19. US pharmaceutical company Moderna has announced that its Covid-19 vaccine was found to be 94.5% effective in analysis of Phase 3 clinical trials. The news comes a week to the day after Pfizer announced that a Covid-19 vaccine it had manufactured with BioNTech was over 90% […]
6 years ago