US health authorities recommended a “pause” Tuesday in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine “out of an abundance of caution” over potential links to a rare type of blood clot, in a blow to the country’s immunization campaign. The US Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control are assessing...
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WHO, agencies urge countries to suspend sale of live wild mammals at markets
UN health and environment agencies jointly call on countries to halt the sale of live wild mammals in traditional markets to reduce the risk of new zoonotic diseases like COVID-19.
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Information Ministry publishes list of 51 questions, responses regarding Corona vaccine
The Ministry of Information has published, on its website, a new list (in the English language) that includes 51 questions and answers about the Corona vaccine. The list, which is the result of a joint effort between the Ministries of Public Health and Information, the World Health Organization and UNICEF, sheds light in its first...
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Ministry of Health: 2500 new infections, 43 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 2500 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 491928. 43 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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EU Agency reviewing blood clots with Johnson & Johnson vaccine
The EU’s drug regulator said Friday it had launched a review of possible links between the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and blood clots after reports of four cases, one of them fatal. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said its safety committee “has started a review of a safety signal to assess reports of thromboembolic events” with...
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No data yet on changing Covid vaccines between doses: WHO
The WHO reiterated Friday there was “no adequate data” on switching Covid-19 vaccines between doses after France said under-55s who received an AstraZeneca first jab should get their second from a different vaccine. The World Health Organization has called for studies on so-called mixing and matching between vaccines but said there was no comprehensive data...
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France to mix vaccine doses in response to concerns over AstraZeneca jab
France will give the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine as a second dose to people aged under 55 who have already received a first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab, as part of its response to concerns about rare blood clotting incidents. The decision was announced on Friday after a recommendation from the Haute Autorité de Santé,...
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Ministry of Health: 3510 new infections, 37 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3510 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 489428. 37 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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Ministers of Information, Health discuss journalists’ vaccination mechanism
Caretaker Ministers Manal Abdel Samad of Information and Hamad Hassan of Public Health held a meeting on Thursday during which they agreed to allocate 8,000 coronavirus vaccine shots to the press and media body. The pair also discussed the mechanism of vaccinations of journalists and agreed to hold a press conference on Monday to announce...
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Ministry of Health: 3120 new infections, 33 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3120 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 485918. 33 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.