Canada approves Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, first shots expected next week
4 years ago

Canada approves Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, first shots expected next week

India Today  

Canada on Wednesday approved its first Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the way for doses of the Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE shots to be delivered and administered across the country. Canada has a temporary accelerated drug review system very similar to the US Food and Drug Administration's emergency use authorizations. The news comes a day before a panel of advisers to the FDA is set to review and recommend whether the US agency should authorize use of the Pfizer vaccine, and a day after UK citizens become the first in the world to get the shots outside of clinical trials. "Today's decision from Health Canada is a historic moment in our collective fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and is a major step towards returning to normalcy in Canada," said Cole Pinnow, president of Pfizer Canada, in a statement.

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New COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1 variant under review by Therapeutic Goods Administration
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1 variant under review by Therapeutic Goods Administration

ABC  

Australia's national drug regulator is evaluating the safety and efficacy of two new COVID-19 vaccines designed to provide better protection against new variants of the virus. While there is no longer much circulation of the original JN.1 variant in Australia, Professor Esterman said the new vaccines — targeting JN.1 — would likely still prove highly effective. While TGA approval isn't …

New COVID-19 vaccines available in Australia: Millions urged to get a booster as cases rise
1 year ago

New COVID-19 vaccines available in Australia: Millions urged to get a booster as cases rise

Daily Mail  

New COVID-19 vaccines targeting the current Omicron variant of the virus are available in community pharmacies throughout Australia. Pharmacy Guild of Australia National President Trent Twomey says the new vaccine available on Monday is targeted at the strain of the virus which is currently circulating among the population. 'With COVID-19 cases on the rise, it is important anyone who is …

US FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna's updated Covid shots
1 year, 3 months ago

US FDA authorizes Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna's updated Covid shots

India Today  

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target a recently circulating Omicron variant of the coronavirus, paving the way for the launch later this week of a fall vaccination campaign. Pfizer and Moderna said their updated vaccines, which target the XBB.1.5 subvariant of the virus, were expected to be available …

COVID-19: Centre approves Bharat Biotech's intranasal vaccine, to be available on CoWIN
2 years ago

COVID-19: Centre approves Bharat Biotech's intranasal vaccine, to be available on CoWIN

Firstpost  

The needle-free vaccine will be available at private centres. It will be introduced on the Co-WIN platform on Friday evening New Delhi: Bharat Biotech’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for inclusion in the vaccination programme as a booster dose for those above 18 years of age, official sources said on Thursday. …

BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine sent to China for Germans
2 years ago

BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine sent to China for Germans

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany has dispatched a batch of the BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to China, where it will be administered to Germans who live in the country. He said that the Chinese government formally informed Berlin in a diplomatic note that German citizens can be inoculated with the vaccine, which otherwise isn’t cleared for use in China. Some 20,000 Germans in …

Husband and wife team behind Pfizer-BioNTech COVID shot insist pandemic ISN'T over
2 years, 2 months ago

Husband and wife team behind Pfizer-BioNTech COVID shot insist pandemic ISN'T over

Daily Mail  

The husband-and-wife duo behind BioNTech, the German firm that joined Pfizer to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine, have unveiled plans for yet another new virus shot while warning that COVID isn't even close to being over. Dr. Ugur Sahin and Dr. Ozlem Tureci founded BioNTech in 2008 and count the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as one of their major investors …

China Approves World's First Inhalable Covid-19 Vaccine
2 years, 3 months ago

China Approves World's First Inhalable Covid-19 Vaccine

News 18  

Chinese drug regulators have approved the world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based manufacturer CanSino Biologics, boosting the company’s share price by seven percent on Monday. The National Medical Products Administration gave the go-ahead for the vaccine for emergency use as a booster, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday. Scientists in …

UK Approves Pfizer Bivalent Covid Vaccine Ahead of Booster Drive
2 years, 3 months ago

UK Approves Pfizer Bivalent Covid Vaccine Ahead of Booster Drive

News 18  

The UK’s drug regulator said Saturday it had approved an updated Covid-19 jab by Pfizer/BioNTEch targeting the original virus and a subvariant ahead of an autumn booster drive. The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency approved the Pfizer jab as a booster for those aged 12 and over after a “careful review of the evidence”. MHRA chief executive June …

Canada to Lift Covid Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Travel from June 20
2 years, 6 months ago

Canada to Lift Covid Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Travel from June 20

News 18  

Canada’s Covid-19 vaccination requirement for domestic travellers will be suspended starting next week, officials said Tuesday. “I’m pleased to announce that on June 20 our government will suspend the requirement to be vaccinated in order to board a plane or train in Canada,” transport minister Omar Alghabra told a news conference. The mandatory vaccine policy for travellers was rolled out …

Pfizer to offer low-cost medicines, vaccines to poor nations
2 years, 6 months ago

Pfizer to offer low-cost medicines, vaccines to poor nations

Associated Press  

Pfizer said Wednesday that it will provide nearly two dozen products, including its top-selling COVID-19 vaccine and treatment, at not-for-profit prices in some of the world’s poorest countries. The drugmaker announced the program at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, and said it was aimed at improving health equity in 45 lower-income countries. “What we discovered through …

India’s ‘other’ COVID vaccines: Status of under-trial & approved but unused jabs
2 years, 7 months ago

India’s ‘other’ COVID vaccines: Status of under-trial & approved but unused jabs

The Hindu  

As India nears the 200-crore COVID-19 vaccination mark, Serum Institute of India’s Covishield accounts for 80 per cent of the jabs, while Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin accounts for 16.75 per cent jabs. As of date, India has granted emergency usage authorisation to nine COVID-19 vaccine candidates in total – Covishield, Covaxin, Covovax, Corbevax, Zydus Cadila’s ZyCoV-D, Moderna’s Spikevax, Sputnik-V, Sputnik Light, …

Fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose provides strong immunity boost: UK study
2 years, 7 months ago

Fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose provides strong immunity boost: UK study

India TV News  

A fourth dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is safe and boosts antibody levels, even higher than that of a third dose, according to the latest results from a nationwide study in the UK. The findings, published in The Lancet Infectious Disease journal, show that fourth dose mRNA booster vaccines for COVID-19 are well-tolerated in people who received …

Covid cases rise globally, over 180 crore vaccines administered in India | 10 points
2 years, 9 months ago

Covid cases rise globally, over 180 crore vaccines administered in India | 10 points

India Today  

Fresh cases of Covid are again spiking globally, especially in parts of Asia. Here's the latest Covid-19 updates from across the world: GERMANY, FRANCE, UK REPORT RISE IN CASES On Thursday, South Korea reported a record 6.2 lakh new cases in a country of 50 million, the highest single-day tally logged in any nation except the US. OVER 30 FIRMS …

Pfizer vaccine less effective against Covid19 in kids aged 5-11: Study
2 years, 9 months ago

Pfizer vaccine less effective against Covid19 in kids aged 5-11: Study

India TV News  

Highlights The effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine for children waned quickly during the Omicron surge in US Effectiveness against hospitalisation in children from age 5 to 11 dropped substantially dropped Vaccine effectiveness fell more slowly for smaller children as it did for older children The effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children waned quickly during the Omicron surge in …

Canada authorises first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine
2 years, 9 months ago

Canada authorises first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine

India Today  

Canadian regulators said Thursday Medicago's two-dose vaccine can be given to adults ages 18 to 64, but said there's too little data on the shots in people 65 and older. The decision was based on a study of 24,000 adults that found the vaccine was 71% effective at preventing COVID-19 — although that was before the omicron variant emerged. While …

Canada authorises first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine
2 years, 10 months ago

Canada authorises first plant-based COVID-19 vaccine

India TV News  

Highlights Canada has become the first country to authorize use of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine Medicago's two-dose vaccine can be given to adults ages 18 to 64, Canadian regulators said The decision was based on a study of 24,000 adults Canada has become the first country to authorize use of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine. Canadian regulators said Thursday Medicago's two-dose …

A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new shots?
2 years, 10 months ago

A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new shots?

LA Times  

A technician inspects filled vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the company’s facility in Puurs, Belgium. to believe that any kind of vaccination is going to protect people from infection, from mild symptomatic disease, forever.” If the goal is preventing serious illness, “we may not need to be doing as much fine-tuning of the vaccines every time a new …

Pfizer and BioNTech seeking emergency use authorization from FDA for Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5
2 years, 10 months ago

Pfizer and BioNTech seeking emergency use authorization from FDA for Covid-19 vaccine for children younger than 5

CNN  

CNN — Pfizer and BioNTech are requesting emergency use authorization for their two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children age 6 months up to 5 years, the companies said Tuesday. “Ultimately, we believe that three doses of the vaccine will be needed for children 6 months through 4 years of age to achieve high levels of protection against current and potential future …

Latest COVID updates: Canada approves Pfizer COVID pill
2 years, 11 months ago

Latest COVID updates: Canada approves Pfizer COVID pill

Al Jazeera  

COVID news from January 17: Canada authorises pill for adults with mild, moderate COVID who are at high risk of becoming seriously ill. Canada’s health regulator has approved a pill by Pfizer that treats the effects of COVID-19 amid soaring numbers of infections across the country. 17 Jan 2022 - 19:50 GMT Hospitalisations in France see biggest jump since Nov …

India announces precautionary COVID-19 doses for above-60 category: What you need to do to get the third shot
2 years, 11 months ago

India announces precautionary COVID-19 doses for above-60 category: What you need to do to get the third shot

Firstpost  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that the country would begin administering ‘precautionary doses’ to those above the age of 60 and suffering from co-morbidities from 10 January 2022 Wondering how you will be able to apply for the ‘precautionary dose’ that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on 25 December? He also announced that the country will begin administering …

Pfizer Pill Becomes First US-authorized Home Covid-19 Treatment
3 years ago

Pfizer Pill Becomes First US-authorized Home Covid-19 Treatment

News 18  

U.S. health regulators on Wednesday authorized the first pill against COVID-19, a Pfizer drug that Americans will be able to take at home to head off the worst effects of the virus. The long-awaited milestone comes as U.S. cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all rising and health officials warn of a tsunami of new infections from the omicron variant that …

US expands Pfizer’s COVID booster jab to 16- and 17-year-olds
3 years ago

US expands Pfizer’s COVID booster jab to 16- and 17-year-olds

Al Jazeera  

CDC recommendation comes amid increasing fears the new Omicron variant will lead to a surge in infections in the US. The United States is expanding access to COVID-19 booster jabs, as the country contends with rising numbers of coronavirus infections and growing concerns over the potential spread of the new Omicron variant. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …

Pfizer and Merck covid-19 pills are coming soon in the US, but other countries will have to wait
3 years ago

Pfizer and Merck covid-19 pills are coming soon in the US, but other countries will have to wait

Live Mint  

Promising Covid-19 treatment pills are likely to take longer to reach patients in low- and middle-income countries than in rich ones because of manufacturing and pricing obstacles, despite efforts by drugmakers to make them more available, drug-access advocates and public-health experts say. Yet drug-access advocates and public-health experts express concern that the pills will arrive months later in poor countries …

110 Countries Recognise Covishield, Covaxin; Govt Plans to Expand CoWIN to Blood Banks, Kids Vaccination
3 years, 1 month ago

110 Countries Recognise Covishield, Covaxin; Govt Plans to Expand CoWIN to Blood Banks, Kids Vaccination

News 18  

So far 110 countries have agreed to mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccination certificates with India, official sources told PTI on Thursday. The digital platform, which currently captures vaccination data of adult Indian citizens and helps schedule inoculation appointments, can be extended to record data on child immunization as well as blood banks, according to R. S. Sharma, chief executive officer …

Canada authorises Pfizer Covid vaccine booster for adults
3 years, 1 month ago

Canada authorises Pfizer Covid vaccine booster for adults

Hindustan Times  

Canada on Tuesday authorised the use of the booster dose of the Covid vaccine co-developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for those aged 18 years and above. The booster, according to Health Canada, can be administered to those who completed the full “primary series” of two doses at least six months earlier. Last month, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended …

Pfizer asks FDA to OK COVID-19 booster shots for all adults
3 years, 1 month ago

Pfizer asks FDA to OK COVID-19 booster shots for all adults

LA Times  

Pfizer says its new study concluded that its booster could restore protection against symptomatic COVID-19 infection to nearly 96%. Pfizer’s new study concluded a booster could restore protection against symptomatic infection to about 95%, even as the extra-contagious Delta variant was surging. Researchers tracked any infections that occurred at least a week later, and so far have counted five cases …

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
3 years, 1 month ago

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Pfizer Inc. said Friday that its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk adults, as the drugmaker joined the race for an easy-to-use medication to treat the coronavirus. Competitor Merck’s COVID-19 pill is already under review at the Food and Drug Administration after showing strong initial results, and on …

Coronavirus updates | Moderna lowers forecast for 2021 COVID-19 vaccine deliveries
3 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus updates | Moderna lowers forecast for 2021 COVID-19 vaccine deliveries

The Hindu  

With 12,885 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,43,21,025, while the active cases were recorded at 1,48,579, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. Here are the latest updates : South Korea South Korea buys 30 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for 2022 South Korea on …

Britain becomes first country to approve Merck's Covid-19 pill molnupiravir
3 years, 1 month ago

Britain becomes first country to approve Merck's Covid-19 pill molnupiravir

India Today  

Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by U.S.-based Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in a boost to the fight against the pandemic. Britain's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency recommended the drug, molnupiravir, for use in people with mild to moderate COVID-19 and at …

COVID-19 cases to place further strain on hospitals, AMA warns, as SA boosts vaccine program
3 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 cases to place further strain on hospitals, AMA warns, as SA boosts vaccine program

ABC  

The Australian Medical Association has expressed severe doubts about the capacity of South Australia's health system to cope with an anticipated influx of COVID-19 cases once border restrictions are repealed later this month. Key points: SA is currently COVID-free but is preparing to repeal border restrictions on November 23 The AMA's Public Hospital Report Card has provided a snapshot into …

Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine for young children to be reviewed by FDA advisers
3 years, 1 month ago

Pfizer-BioNTech covid-19 vaccine for young children to be reviewed by FDA advisers

Live Mint  

Experts advising the Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet Tuesday to consider endorsing the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE for use in young children. The FDA last week said the results from the companies’ late-stage study met the criteria for immune responses in children 5 to 11 years. After the FDA’s action, the Centers for …

Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot is safe, 95.6 percent effective against virus in patients 16 years and older
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shot is safe, 95.6 percent effective against virus in patients 16 years and older

Firstpost  

Several countries have already approved Covid-19 booster shots to increase immunity in people who have already been vaccinated, but whose protection may have dipped after several months, per some studies. A booster shot of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech is 95.6 percent effective against symptomatic infection, according to trial data published by the makers on Thursday. The clinical phase …

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine appears more than 90% effective in kids 5 to 11
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine appears more than 90% effective in kids 5 to 11

NPR  

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine appears more than 90% effective in kids 5 to 11 Enlarge this image toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images Mario Tama/Getty Images Pfizer and its partner BioNTech say their data supports authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine in kids 5 to 11. The Food and Drug Administration released the companies' briefing document Friday morning in a prelude to a …

Canada launches COVID vaccine passport for travel
3 years, 2 months ago

Canada launches COVID vaccine passport for travel

Al Jazeera  

The standardised certificate will have a QR code for scanning at airports, train stations and other entry points. “As Canadians look to start travelling again, there will be a standardised proof-of-vaccination certificate,” Trudeau said, urging Canadians who have not done so to get vaccinated as soon as possible. “We can end this pandemic and get back to the things we …

Pfizer-BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID boosters in study
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer-BioNTech report high efficacy of COVID boosters in study

Al Jazeera  

The companies say phase III trial data show booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine was 95.6 percent effective against the disease. American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have said data from a Phase III trial demonstrated high efficacy of a booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccine against the coronavirus, including the Delta variant. They said a trial of 10,000 …

WHO 'Deeply Concerned' Over Covid Vaccines Approved for Emergency Use Not Being Recognised in All Countries: Official
3 years, 2 months ago

WHO 'Deeply Concerned' Over Covid Vaccines Approved for Emergency Use Not Being Recognised in All Countries: Official

News 18  

The World Health Organisation is deeply concerned that COVID-19 vaccines that have proven to be effective and have been approved by the global health body for emergency use are not being recognised in all countries, an official said on Thursday. Addressing a press briefing, Dr Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the organisation …

WHO 'deeply concerned' over Covid vaccines approved for emergency use not being recognised in all countries
3 years, 2 months ago

WHO 'deeply concerned' over Covid vaccines approved for emergency use not being recognised in all countries

India TV News  

The World Health Organisation is “deeply concerned” that COVID-19 vaccines that have proven to be effective and have been approved by the global health body for emergency use are not being recognized in all countries, an official said on Thursday. Addressing a press briefing, Dr. Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the organization again …

UK recognises Indian vaccine certificate: No quarantine for Covishield-vaccinated travellers from Oct 11
3 years, 2 months ago

UK recognises Indian vaccine certificate: No quarantine for Covishield-vaccinated travellers from Oct 11

India Today  

On Thursday, UK announced that fully vaccinated Indian travellers will no longer have to quarantine on entering the country. Alex Ellis, British High Commissioner to India, posted from his official Twitter handle, "No quarantine for Indian travellers to UK fully vaccinated with Covishield or another UK-approved vaccine from 11 October. No quarantine for Indian travellers to UK fully vaccinated with …

Pfizer vaccine highly effective against Covid hospitalisations for six months: Study
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer vaccine highly effective against Covid hospitalisations for six months: Study

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: Two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are 90 per cent effective against hospitalisation from the disease for all variants, including Delta, for at least six months, according to a study published in The Lancet journal on Tuesday. The researchers found that over the study period, effectiveness of the vaccine against all SARS-COV-2 infections declined, falling from 88 per …

Pfizer vaccine’s protection wanes over time, and not because of Delta, study says
3 years, 2 months ago

Pfizer vaccine’s protection wanes over time, and not because of Delta, study says

LA Times  

Research conducted in Southern California has confirmed the dramatic erosion of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine’s protection against “breakthrough” coronavirus infections. But even as the Delta variant became the predominant strain across the Southland, the vaccine’s effectiveness at preventing COVID-19 hospitalizations held steady at close to 90% for as long as six months. The researchers, led by infectious disease epidemiologist Sara …

US coronavirus: Antiviral pill could be a game changer, but vaccines are still America’s way out of the pandemic, experts say
3 years, 2 months ago

US coronavirus: Antiviral pill could be a game changer, but vaccines are still America’s way out of the pandemic, experts say

CNN  

CNN — A pill that could potentially treat Covid-19 is a “game-changer,” but experts are emphasizing that it’s not an alternative to vaccinations – which remain the most effective path to ending the coronavirus pandemic if enough people get their shots. “I think getting an oral pill that can inhibit viral replication – that can inhibit this virus – is …

Covid-19 Booster Shots Not Imp, Govt Focusing on Vaccinating Adult Population: ICMR DG
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19 Booster Shots Not Imp, Govt Focusing on Vaccinating Adult Population: ICMR DG

News 18  

Union Health Ministry on Thursday said the rollout of the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine or booster shots was not important and the government is focusing on providing complete vaccine cover to the entire adult population in the national inoculation drive. Announcing the decision, top Israeli health officials said the effectiveness of the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine …

Q&A: Why COVID-19 booster shots turned out to be more complicated than vaccines
3 years, 2 months ago

Q&A: Why COVID-19 booster shots turned out to be more complicated than vaccines

LA Times  

Just a few months ago, the protection offered by COVID-19 vaccines brought Americans joy and relief, allowing the fully immunized to ditch their masks and return to a semblance of pre-pandemic life. For instance, in declining to recommend that a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine be made available to all who got their second dose at least six months …

With one simple decision, the Canadian government can save lives
3 years, 2 months ago

With one simple decision, the Canadian government can save lives

Al Jazeera  

With one simple decision, the Canadian government can save lives. On May 11 of this year, the Plurinational State of Bolivia signed an agreement with the Canadian manufacturer “Biolyse Pharma” to produce 15 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines using the Jensen vaccine formula of the North American company Johnson and Johnson. The implementation of this agreement depends on the Canadian …

Coronavirus updates | September 24, 2021
3 years, 3 months ago

Coronavirus updates | September 24, 2021

The Hindu  

The World Health Organization on September 24 recommended the synthetic antibody treatment Regeneron for Covid-19, but only in patients with specific health profiles. - Reuters WHO recommends antibody treatment for critical Covid patients COVID-19 patients at high risk of hospitalisation or those with severe disease should be given a combination of two antibody treatments, according to latest World Health Organization …

ATAGI puts off decision on COVID booster shots, leaves door open for third doses for immunocompromised
3 years, 3 months ago

ATAGI puts off decision on COVID booster shots, leaves door open for third doses for immunocompromised

ABC  

The federal government's vaccine advisory body says some Australians might need a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine to be best protected against the virus. Key points: ATAGI says it is still looking at emerging evidence on boosters from overseas The US and UK have both approved booster programs for specified groups but not for the general community ATAGI expects …

CDC advisers recommend booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine for certain adults only
3 years, 3 months ago

CDC advisers recommend booster doses of Covid-19 vaccine for certain adults only

CNN  

CNN — Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention argued long and hard Thursday before endorsing giving booster doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine to people 65 and older, long-term care facility residents and certain people with underlying conditions. The CDC advisers voted unanimously to recommend a single Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine booster to people 65 or older …

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine: FDA authorizes booster dose for people 65 and up
3 years, 3 months ago

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine: FDA authorizes booster dose for people 65 and up

CNN  

CNN — The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would grant emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in people 65 and older, people at high risk of severe disease and people whose jobs put them at risk of infection. “After considering the totality of the available scientific evidence and the deliberations of our …

Covax misses its 2021 delivery target — what’s gone wrong in the fight against vaccine nationalism?
3 years, 3 months ago

Covax misses its 2021 delivery target — what’s gone wrong in the fight against vaccine nationalism?

The Hindu  

The latest supply forecast for Covax — the programme for sharing COVID-19 vaccines around the world — suggests that accelerating vaccination in low-income countries looks unlikely. Covax estimates it will have distributed 1.425 billion vaccine doses by the end of 2021, significantly less than the 2 billion doses it was aiming for earlier this year. Only 280.5 million COVID-19 vaccine …

Queensland records no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, vaccination rollout expanded, Pfizer for over 60s and new Goondiwini exposure alert
3 years, 3 months ago

Queensland records no new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, vaccination rollout expanded, Pfizer for over 60s and new Goondiwini exposure alert

ABC  

Queensland has recorded no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19 as the state government revealed the vaccination rollout will be expanded to encourage walk-ins this weekend. Key points: Hubs across Queensland will allow walk-in vaccinations this weekend Queenslanders aged 60 or older can now opt for the Pfizer vaccine An extra 189,455 Pfizer doses arrived in Queensland this week Premier …

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