Covid-19: UK ‘confident’ of second vaccine doses within 12 weeks BBC News Moderna Covid vaccine to be introduced in UK from April The Guardian U.K. Expects to Receive First Moderna Vaccines in Coming Weeks Bloomberg Covid: Another lockdown ‘last thing in world’ that government wants BBC News UK on...
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Covid-19: UK ‘confident’ of second vaccine doses within 12 weeks
Covid-19: UK ‘confident’ of second vaccine doses within 12 weeks BBC News UK on track to hit Covid vaccine target by July, says Oliver Dowden Guardian News Politics live: Moderna doses in April & travel traffic lights on table – as England takes ‘step towards normality’ Sky News...
Renewed concern over COVID-19 trajectory, even as vaccinations rise
There are renewed concerns that the trajectory of COVID-19 cases in the U.S is moving in the wrong direction. Hospitalization rates are on the increase and the number of cases is climbing in 33 states. Nearly 15% of the total U.S. population, however, is now...
Vaccine patents great for creators, not so much for the poor
When it comes to defeating SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, intellectual property rights protections oppose insights of evolutionary biology. It’s never a good idea to bet against evolution, to paraphrase Warren Buffet and others. Patents and international accords protect intellectual property rights of inventors. Exclusive rights to benefit from one’s creativity encourages...
3 million over-50s have not had their first Covid vaccine dose
3 million over-50s have not had their first Covid vaccine dose – with many likely to have refused or be hesitant One in eight of the older population is currently unprotected against Covid-19 Researchers found almost one in ten people believe they don’t need a...
Number of anti-vaxxers in the US refusing the vaccine ‘steadily declining’
Political Analyst Aidan Smith has touted the Biden administration’s handling of the vaccine rollout with reports indicating a record number of COVID-19 jabs are being administered each day. Mr Smith told Sky News COVID-19 vaccination refusal rates were “steadily declining” as confidence grows in the...
New study shows pregnant women and babies have strong immune response to COVID vaccine
New study shows pregnant women and babies have strong immune response to COVID vaccine KARE 11 COVID-19 vaccine registration at Toronto-run clinics expanded to include 70+ CityNews Toronto Commentary: Without a vaccine, how can pregnant mothers protect themselves against COVID-19? CNA Toronto to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to...
Chile’s world-leading vaccine rollout fails to halt spread of Covid as country goes into lockdown
Chile’s world-leading coronavirus vaccination rollout is failing to halt the spread of Covid-19 as the majority of the country goes into lockdown, with many blaming the use of China‘s CoronaVac jabs. By Thursday the narrow South American nation, hemmed in by the Andes mountains and...
Heroes to zeros: how German perfectionism wrecked its Covid vaccine drive
In December, two weeks before the European Medicines Agency authorised the first vaccine against Covid-19 for use across the European Union, Berlin unveiled a plan to rocket-fuel its immunisation drive with German precision engineering. Jabs would be mass-administered in purpose-built vaccination centres where patients could...
Covid-19 Live Updates: E.U. Approves 3 New Vaccine Production Sites
Here’s what you need to know: A line for vaccines in Munich, earlier this week. Only about 10 percent of Europeans have received a first dose.Credit…Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times The European Union’s stumbling Covid-19 vaccination drive, badly shaken by the recent AstraZeneca safety...