The Recap: Household, Health & Failing

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European Commission takes legal action against AstraZeneca: The European Commission is taking action against Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for failing to resolve issues with its coronavirus vaccine distribution.

Hungary expects EU funding with no reduction for rule of law violations: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on Friday evening to discuss his country’s share in the EU recovery package Covid-19. If the rule of law mechanism is implemented, Hungary could lose some of the funding.

‘Calculated risk’: Belgium eases rules while Covid-19 numbers stagnate: As the end of the “Easter break” is marked today and the terraces will soon be reopened, the virologist Marc Van Ranst warned that relaxing measures while the coronavirus numbers are no longer falling pose a calculated risk.

Vaccination rates in Brussels: big differences between the municipalities: According to the Joint Community Commission (COCOM), the vaccination rate in the Brussels-Capital Region is influenced by large differences between the municipalities.

Mobile vaccination teams start their work in Brussels: The mobile vaccination teams in the Brussels-Capital Region will start their work at full speed this week. The teams will vaccinate members of the population who cannot move or are difficult to reach.

Pfizer will begin vaccinating family members right away: Pharmaceutical company Pfizer will begin vaccinating family members of its employees, including those at the Puurs site in Antwerp. You will be using additional doses in addition to those supplied to the government.

A year of bans has put young athletes out of shape and out of training, experts fear: A year of coronavirus and related lockdowns has seen the number of youth sports club admissions drop sharply and concerns about the physical fitness of children across the country.

A case of an Indian variant of the coronavirus found in person from Saint-Josse: A person from the Brussels district of Saint-Josse has tested positive for the highly contagious Indian variant of the corona virus.

Chloe Zhao makes history as the first woman of color to win the Oscar for best director: Chloe Zhao made history by becoming the first woman of color to win the Best Director Award at the Academy Awards. She is also only the second woman to ever receive an award in this category.

Cyprus lifts quarantine for fully vaccinated travelers from May 10th: Starting May 10, Cyprus will lift the quarantine requirement for arriving travelers who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or who can present a negative Covid-19 test.

The Brussels times