President Joe Biden said that the U.S. will have enough vaccine supply for all adults by the end of May, two months earlier than originally anticipated. “We are now on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of...
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350 Montreal pharmacies to administer COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March: health minister
The Quebec government has reached a deal with pharmacies that will allow them to start administering COVID-19 vaccines by mid-March, Health Minister Christian Dube said Tuesday. Dube told a news conference that some 350 pharmacies in the Montreal area will start taking appointments for vaccinations...
Whole towns are refusing Covid-19 vaccines in Mexico
“Today we launched our vaccination plan and it won’t stop. We will press ahead with the goal of vaccinating all the people, according to pre-established priorities,” the President added. But there are already clear signs that not every Mexican is ready or willing to get...
Joe Biden urged to stop blocking of COVID-19 WTO waiver suggested by India
Coming out in support of India and South Africa, hundreds of American civil society organisations and three top lawmakers have urged US President Joe Biden to not block the waiver to COVID-19 vaccines at the WTO, asserting that it will boost the treatment of coronavirus...
Fauci: U.S. must stick with two-shot strategy for Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna vaccines
“We’re telling people [two shots] is what you should do … and then we say, ‘Oops, we changed our mind’?” Fauci said. “I think that would be a messaging challenge, to say the least.” Fauci said he spoke on Monday with health officials in the...
De Blasio says up to 75% of vaccines handed out at state-run centers in NYC given to non residents
Mayor Bill de Blasio has said up to 75 percent of the COVID-19 vaccines given out at state-run centers in New York City have been given to people who are not residents. In an apparent shot at embattled the state’s governor Andrew Cuomo, de Blasio...
UK ‘will be in a very different world in months’ thanks to Covid vaccines: Hancock and JVT claim
Britain’s lockdown-ending hopes were given another huge boost tonight as Matt Hancock revealed a single dose of the coronavirus vaccines being rolled out in the UK cut hospital rates in the most elderly by 80 per cent. The Health Secretary said Government analysis of figures...
COVID news live – UK latest as vaccines minister says risk to community ‘minimal’ – while officials hunt for person with Brazil coronavirus variant
What is the Brazil ‘variant of concern’? In case you missed the news yesterday, here’s all you need to know about the Brazil variant after it was detected in the UK… The variant, called P1, is a branch of the B.1.1.28 lineage that was first...
AstraZeneca has sold its stake in Moderna for more than $1 billion: The Times
FILE PHOTO: The AstraZeneca logo is pictured outside the AstraZeneca office building in Brussels as part of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign, Belgium, January 28, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc has sold its 7.7% stake in Moderna Inc for more than $1...
Fauci urges Americans to take any of three Covid vaccines available to them
The nation’s leading infectious disease expert has urged Americans to take whatever vaccine is immediately available to them, following this weekend’s approval of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose jab as a third option in the fight against Covid-19. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he “would...