Vaccination campaigns against the coronavirus in the EU are recovering ground lost in the early days of the pandemic, although the European Commission says “we need to keep up the effort.”

The WHO indicates that several claim applications have been made under the COVAX no-fault lump-sum compensation program for COVID-19 vaccines. It remains to be seen how the scheme may apply to countries like India, which is also expected to take a call on indemnity to vaccine makers.

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Patients 18-60 had a protection rate of 53%, but there were too few cases among those older than 60 – a crucial subgroup – in HERALD to draw conclusions about the vaccine’s efficacy among older people.