AstraZeneca Plc may have provided an incomplete view of efficacy data on its COVID-19 vaccine from a large-scale trial in the United States, a U.S. health agency said Tuesday, in a fresh setback for the shot. The concerns throw into question whether the British drugmaker can seek U.S. emergency use authorization for the vaccine in...
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AstraZeneca’s new trial data gives COVID-19 vaccine a boost in the U.S
AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine received a major boost on Monday after data from a large trial showed it was safe and effective, potentially paving the way for its emergency authorization in the United States as countries in Asia accelerated its rollout. The trials in the United States, Chile, and Peru showed the vaccine was 79% effective...
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‘None of us have had a great COVID,’ says EU Commissioner
Countries around the world were unprepared for a global pandemic and have struggled to deal with COVID-19, a European Union commissioner said on Sunday when asked by the BBC about the bloc’s stop-start rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine. “Frankly, none of us have had a great COVID. I think all of us should put our...
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Health Ministry: Sixth shipment of Pfizer vaccine to arrive this afternoon
The Ministry of Public Health announced today that the sixth shipment of Pfizer vaccine will arrive to Lebanon this afternoon, containing 53,820 vaccines. Lebanon has so far received 224,640 vaccines from Pfizer, the Ministry added. Meanwhile, it reminded me that the detailed number of those who have received the vaccine is published daily in MoPH’s...
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Spanish contingent concludes the third phase of its sessions on Coronavirus prevention
The UNIFIL Spanish contingent completed the third phase of its training course organized by GTLP Catalonia on sterilization to prevent Coronavirus, in cooperation with the Civil Defense centers in the UNIFIL area of operations, held at the Civil Defense Center in al-Khiyam. The course leader, First Lieutenant Sanchez Lyon, helped the battalion staff to verify...
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Stelis Biopharma to make 200 million doses of Russian Sputnik V vaccine
The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the country’s sovereign wealth fund, and Stelis Biopharma, the biopharmaceutical division of Bengaluru-based Strides Pharma, have entered into a partnership to produce and supply a minimum of 200 million doses (enough to vaccinate 100 million people) of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus. The agreement between RDIF and...
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Ministry of Health: 3544 new infections, 62 deaths
The Ministry of Public Health announced 3544 new coronavirus infection cases, which raises the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 426,977. 62 deaths have been recorded over the past 24 hours.
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New coronavirus variant found in French region of Brittany: French government
A new coronavirus variant has been found in the French region of Brittany, said the French health ministry in a statement late on Monday, adding that initial analysis did not show this new variant to be more serious or transmissible than others. The health ministry said the new variant had been found in a cluster...
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Kremlin says pressure on countries to reject Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is unprecedented
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that pressure on some countries to refuse to buy Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 was at unprecedented levels but had no chance of succeeding. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made the remarks when asked to comment on a U.S. government report which appeared to show that the United States had...
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Spain, Germany, France, and Italy pause AstraZeneca vaccine rollout
Spain, Germany, France, and Italy have become the latest European countries to temporarily halt the rollout of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine over a small number of blood clot concerns, going against the advice of international medical agencies as a third wave of infections looms over the continent. Spain will stop using the vaccine for two weeks, the...