Tag: Vaccine

Categories World

Ban vaccine export? We can do the same, French minister says, after Italy stopped AstraZeneca shipment to Australia

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France could take a cue from Italy and ban the export of Covid-19 vaccines, the French health minister said. Italy blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca jabs to Australia under the EU’s anti-shortfall rules. … Read More >Ban vaccine export? We can do the same, French minister says, after Italy stopped AstraZeneca shipment to Australia

Categories World

South Africa in talks with African Union to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after initial AstraZeneca order proves ‘disappointing’

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South Africa’s Health Ministry has revealed it’s in talks with the African Union (AU) to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after an initial order of AstraZeneca vaccines proved “disappointing” in fighting the new variant of the virus. … Read More >South Africa in talks with African Union to buy 10 million Covid vaccines after initial AstraZeneca order proves ‘disappointing’

Categories Asia & Pacific

Duterte can choose which Covid-19 vaccine he gets because ‘he’s the president’ and he’s old, says Philippines govt spokesman

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Manila has said the country’s leader can chose which jab he wants because “he’s the president,” dismissing the guidance of the nation’s vaccine Tsar who urged Filipinos not to wait and get the first shot they’re offered. … Read More >Duterte can choose which Covid-19 vaccine he gets because ‘he’s the president’ and he’s old, says Philippines govt spokesman

Categories EU

Sputnik V beats AstraZeneca in popularity: People in Austria, Germany & Switzerland view Russia’s jab more favorably, study says

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Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine, which still hasn’t been approved in the EU, has nevertheless seemingly won the favor of people in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, beating the already available AstraZeneca jab, a study shows. … Read More >Sputnik V beats AstraZeneca in popularity: People in Austria, Germany & Switzerland view Russia’s jab more favorably, study says

Categories EU

European Union agrees member states can purchase Russian & Chinese Covid-19 vaccines outside of bloc’s collective purchase program

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European Union member states have the right to acquire Covid-19 vaccines independently if the jabs concerned aren’t part of the bloc’s under-fire centralized procurement strategy, a European Commission spokesman said on Friday. … Read More >European Union agrees member states can purchase Russian & Chinese Covid-19 vaccines outside of bloc’s collective purchase program

Categories Russia

‘People deserve to have choice’: Russia ‘open’ to supplying Sputnik V to EU but doesn’t ‘insist’ on it – vaccine funder to RT

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Russia is ready to supply European nations with its Sputnik V jab as it believes people “deserve” to have a choice of vaccines but it is up to the EU to allow it, said Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. … Read More >‘People deserve to have choice’: Russia ‘open’ to supplying Sputnik V to EU but doesn’t ‘insist’ on it – vaccine funder to RT

Categories Russia

Russia’s 3rd vaccine: CoviVac developer tells RT new jab uses classic ‘dead virus’ technology

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The third Covid-19 vaccine registered in Russia is based on a “perfectly conventional” platform, and those who have been injected experienced no side effects, the head of the Chumakov Scientific Center, which created it, told RT. … Read More >Russia’s 3rd vaccine: CoviVac developer tells RT new jab uses classic ‘dead virus’ technology

Categories EU

France backs AstraZeneca Covid jab for older recipients, but only 24% of available doses have been administered

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The French health authorities have granted permission for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine to be given to people aged 65 to 75. However, a much lower number of doses of the jab than projected have been administered so far. … Read More >France backs AstraZeneca Covid jab for older recipients, but only 24% of available doses have been administered

Categories USA

Johnson & Johnson’s newly-approved Covid vaccine met with pushback as Catholic diocese condemns it for ‘ties to abortion cells’

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As Johnson & Johnson rolls out its freshly approved Covid-19 vaccine in the US, it faces a religious controversy as the Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans has labeled it “morally compromised” over links to abortion cells. … Read More >Johnson & Johnson’s newly-approved Covid vaccine met with pushback as Catholic diocese condemns it for ‘ties to abortion cells’