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Initial claims for state unemployment benefits decreased 38,000 to a seasonally adjusted 326,000 for the week ended October 2

US weekly jobless claims fall, layoffs up in September

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, but layoffs increased from a 24-year low in September in part as hospitals fired unvaccinated staff and lack of workers forced closures of facilities.

Business • 07 Oct 21

Sanofi said today that its 'mRNA Center of Excellence' is expected to produce a minimum of six clinical candidates by 2025

Sanofi to invest €400m in a mRNA vaccines facility

Sanofi will invest about €400m in research and development of next-generation vaccines using mRNA technologies, which proved their efficiency in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.

Business • 29 Jun 21

India's gross domestic product grew 1.6% in January-March compared with the same time a year ago

India's economic growth picks up in Q1

India's economic growth picked up in the three months from January to March from the previous three months, but economists have grown pessimistic about this quarter after a huge second wave of Covid-19 infections hit the country last month.

Business • 31 May 21

Qantas has said it will require all passengers to be vaccinated when it restarts international flights beyond New Zealand

Qantas considering customer incentives

Qantas Airways said today it was considering a plan to reward customers who have received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine with incentives like frequent flyer points or flight vouchers to help boost vaccination rates in Australia.

Business • 28 May 21

Charles Michel, president of the European Council, right, holds a virtual live stream video meeting with Mario Draghi during the G20 Global Health summit

G20 leaders pledge Covid-19 vaccines for poorer nations

Coronavirus vaccine producers promised billions of doses for poor countries at a G20 health summit today, where leaders vowed to expand access to jabs as the only way to end the pandemic.

Coronavirus • 21 May 21

Dublin Chamber is calling on businesses to be flexible and to allow their staff to attend their vaccination appointments

Businesses urged to offer time off for vaccinations

Dublin Chamber has called on businesses to support their staff in attending their pre-scheduled appointments for the Covid-19 vaccination if they fall within working hours.

Business • 18 May 21

The vaccination centre at the Helix at DCU in Dublin will operate this weekend (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Vaccine appointments continue despite HSE cyber attack

People who have appointments for Covid-19 vaccinations or tests are being encouraged to show up as they are going ahead as planned, despite the ransomware cyber-attack on the HSE's IT systems launched yesterday.

Coronavirus • 15 May 21

The Tánaiste has today launched an updated 'Work Safely Protocol'

Vaccinations to remain voluntary as workplaces reopen

Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment Leo Varadkar has urged more employers to use antigen testing, but not as a substitute for other public health precautions.

Business • 14 May 21

The HSE has said that so far more than 100,000 people aged between 65 and 69 have registered for vaccines

Covid-19: 269 new cases reported, one further death

There have been 269 new cases of Covid-19 and one further Covid-related death reported by the Department of Health.

Coronavirus • 18 Apr 21

The pound had its best quarter against the euro since 2015 in the first three months of 2021

Sterling set for biggest weekly loss since 2020

Sterling fell today, touching a two-month low against the dollar, and was set for its biggest weekly drop so far this year, hit by concerns about vaccinations and profit-taking after a strong first quarter.

Business • 09 Apr 21

BA CEO Sean Doyle said the roll-out of vaccines made him optimistic BA would be back flying this summer

Vaccinated people should travel without curbs - BA

British Airways' new boss said vaccinated people should be allowed to travel without restriction and non-vaccinated people with a negative Covid-19 test, as he set out his ideas for a travel restart a month before the UK government finalises its plans.

Business • 15 Mar 21

Professor Philip Nolan said the average case counts have fallen by at least 100 week-on-week over the past four weeks

'Sustained progress' in suppressing Covid-19 - Nolan

There is sustained and "perhaps even accelerated progress" in suppressing transmission of Covid-19, a briefing by the National Public Health Emergency Team has heard.

Coronavirus • 09 Mar 21