Omicron surges in Europe as Italy and Spain tighten restrictions - BBC News

Omicron surges in Europe as Italy and Spain tighten restrictions – BBC News

Italy and Spain are the latest European countries to tighten coronavirus restrictions in an effort to curb the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Countries across the Continent are struggling to cope with the pressure on health services and…

3 doses of Pfizer vaccine may be needed to protect against Omicron Covid variant - BBC News

3 doses of Pfizer vaccine may be needed to protect against Omicron Covid variant – BBC News

Pfizer has said that initial lab studies suggest that a third dose of their Covid-19 vaccine may be needed to neutralise the new Omicron covid variant. The study suggested that people who had received just two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech…

US promises half billion more Covid vaccine doses for poorer nations - BBC News

US promises half billion more Covid vaccine doses for poorer nations – BBC News

President Biden is asking world leaders to pledge to vaccinate 70% of the world’s population against Covid by September 2022. During a virtual meeting he said the US would buy an additional 500m doses of the Pfizer vaccine to donate…

George Floyd murder: President Biden announces investigation of Minneapolis policing - BBC News

George Floyd murder: President Biden announces investigation of Minneapolis policing – BBC News

Within hours of the conviction of a former US police officer for the murder of an African-American man a full federal investigation has been launched into policing practices in the city of Minneapolis. The justice department will look at whether…

Guilty of George Floyd murder: Jury convicts Derek Chauvin on all charges - BBC News

Guilty of George Floyd murder: Jury convicts Derek Chauvin on all charges – BBC News

A jury in Minneapolis has found Derek Chauvin guilty of the murder of George Floyd. The former police officer was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes while arresting him. The jury reached its verdict and…