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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German State Signs Agreement For Sputnik Purchase Pending Regulatory Approval
The German state of Bavaria has signed an agreement to buy 2.5 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine once it is approved by European regulators. Markus Soeder, the premier of the southeastern German state, said on April 7 that Bavaria signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of Sputnik V. If the...
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EU drug regulator: Unusual blood clot is ‘very rare AstraZeneca side effect’
The EU’s medicines regulator says unusual blood clots should be listed as a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19. After a study looking at 86 such cases in the EU, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded the benefits of the vaccine outweighed the risk. There was no definite causal link, and...
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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.
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Britain advises alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for under-30s
Britain should give an alternative to Oxford/AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to under the 30s where possible due to a “vanishingly” rare side effect of blood clots in the brain, Britain’s vaccine advisory committee said on Wednesday. Safety concerns have prompted more than a dozen countries in recent weeks to suspend the use of the vaccine, which...