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JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) — Israel Sunday widened access to a third coronavirus vaccine jab to anyone aged 12 and up, with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett insisting it was an effective way to contain an infection surge. Moves by several nations to offer third jabs have faced criticism including from the World Health Organization, which insists poorer countries should gain wider access to vaccines before wealthy ones offer booster shots. But with Israel, a country of […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan is investigating the death of two men who received jabs from batches of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine suspended from use due to contamination, the health ministry said Saturday. The men aged 30 and 38 died earlier this month after getting their second Moderna doses from one of three manufacturing lots suspended by the government on Thursday after several vials were found to be contaminated, the ministry said in a statement. […]
by Françoise KADRI / Paul RICARD Agence France Presse As the Delta variant continues its global surge, experts are questioning whether the long-held goal of achieving herd immunity from Covid-19 through vaccination is still viable. Herd immunity is achieved when a certain threshold of the global population has either been inoculated against a pathogen or has recovered from infection. But whether or not it is achievable with Covid-19, with the regular emergence of more […]
SPRINGS, South Africa (AFP) — A rundown South African railway station has been converted into an unlikely vaccination site where a shiny white train brings jabs to remote areas and boost sluggish uptake. One by one, people waiting in plastic chairs spaced out across a platform in the town of Springs, 50 kilometers (30 miles) east of Johannesburg, were called to board a vaccine center on rails — the “Transvaco”. “We want to try and […]
(Eagle News) – Some 362,700 doses of Pfizer vaccines were delivered on Wednesday night, Aug. 26, bringing to almost 5 million the total number of Pfizer doses in the country. The latest batch of government-procured Pfizer vaccines will benefit Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao and other areas with high COVID-19 cases. “From this shipment, both Cebu and Davao will receive 50,310 doses each while the remaining 262,080 doses will be brought to PharmaServ Express’ cold-chain […]
With this EUA, there are now 2 single-dose Covid vaccines allowed for PHL use: Sputnik Light and Janssen (Eagle News) – The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Russia’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik Light. Sputnik Light is the ninth COVID-19 vaccine to be given an EUA in the Philippines. Before this, FDA granted EUA to China’s Sinopharm vaccine on June 7. The other vaccines with EUA are […]
(Eagle News) – More than half a million AstraZeneca vaccine doses arrived in the country on Friday, Aug. 20, further boosting the country’s vaccine supplies which now reached more than 46.5 million doses. The China Airlines flight carrying 582,500 AstraZeneca jabs procured by local government units and the private sector through the “A Dose of Hope” project arrived on Friday afternoon, August 20, as scheduled. The latest delivery brings to 2,309,100 the total procured AstraZeneca […]
(Eagle News) – Some three million doses of Sinovac vaccines arrived in the country on Thursday, Aug. 19, becoming the largest delivery of COVID-19 vaccines in a single day. The three million Sinovac doses which were purchased from China arrived just a day after 365,040 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrived in the country. The latest deliveries bring to almost 46 million doses the total vaccines delivered so far. The Philippine Airlines aircraft carrying the […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 declines faster than that of the AstraZeneca jab, according to a new study published on Thursday. “Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech have greater initial effectiveness against new COVID-19 infections, but this declines faster compared with two doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca,” researchers at Oxford University said. The study, which has not been peer reviewed, is based on the results of a survey by Britain’s […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines has already vaccinated more than 29.1 million individuals, with around 13 million already fully vaccinated, Malacanang said on Thursday, Aug. 19. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that as of Wednesday, Aug. 18, the total doses administered have reached 29,127,240. Those fully vaccinated have reached 12,877,197, while those who only received the first dose were 16,250,043. Roque also urged the public to register for vaccination before going to the sites, […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization condemned Wednesday the rush by wealthy countries to provide Covid vaccine booster shots, while millions around the world have yet to receive a single dose. Speaking before US authorities announced that all vaccinated Americans would soon be eligible to receive additional doses, WHO experts insisted there was not enough scientific evidence that boosters were needed. Providing them while so many were still waiting to be immunised […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he will make Covid-19 booster shots available to all American adults beginning next month, as his administration warned that vaccines are showing a declining effectiveness against infection. The move comes as scientists and health experts grapple with how to beat back the surging Delta variant of the coronavirus, and follows extensive debate over whether a third injection […]
