NEW DELHI (INDIA) – Any vaccine maker, including Pfizer Inc that has sought emergency-use authorisation for its COVID-19 shot in India, must conduct an additional local study to be considered for the country’s immunisation programme, a senior government official told. Serum
LONDON (UK) – British doctors have said a government decision regarding the delay in giving a coronavirus vaccine booster shot to vulnerable patients who have already been given a first dose will be upsetting and disruptive, as said by their trade union on Thursday. The government said on Wednesday it wanted to give a first […]
PRAGUE/ROME (ITALY) – The European Union was asked on Tuesday to allow an extra dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech to be taken from each vial, a practice allowed elsewhere that would make scarce supplies go further. Experts say it is possible to obtain six doses from each vial, more than […]
WASHINGTON (US) – A US army general said on Sunday the first shots of the coronavirus vaccination campaign will be given on Monday. Pfizer and partners are aiming to begin shipments across the country. The first recipients of the shots are expected to be healthcare workers and elderly people lodged in care homes. As many […]
LONDON (UK) – Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot outside of a trial as Britain began the process of inoculation of its population. Keenan received the vaccine at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, on Tuesday morning at 0631 […]
LONDON (UK) – Anthony Fauci, the key US infectious diseases expert, tendered an apology on Thursday for doubting the rigour of the British regulators who gave the nod for the Pfizer Inc vaccine against novel coronavirus, saying he trusted the quality of their work. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority said on Wednesday that […]