Vaccine – Page 35 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

USA

Election Day Covid-19 vaccine looks unlikely as FDA rolls out stricter guidelines in the face of declining public confidence

Posted on October 7, 2020October 7, 2020By Editor

The US Food and Drug Administration has released more stringent safety guidelines for Covid-19 vaccines, overriding White House resistance and making it all but impossible that an approved jab will be available by Election Day. … Read More >Election Day Covid-19 vaccine looks unlikely as FDA rolls out stricter guidelines in the face of declining public confidence

World

No long-distance travel till 2022 for Australians – and that’s IF POPULATION-WIDE vaccine is rolled out next year, budget predicts

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020By Editor

Australians weary of restrictions are out of luck, as the country’s new budget predicts social distancing will continue for two years and long-distance travel is to remain off-limits until everyone is able to get a Covid-19 jab. … Read More >No long-distance travel till 2022 for Australians – and that’s IF POPULATION-WIDE vaccine is rolled out next year, budget predicts

Maduro Says Will Get Russia’s Sputnik V Coronavirus Vaccine, Along With Son, Sister

Posted on October 6, 2020October 6, 2020By Editor

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his son and his sister plan to get the Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, Maduro said in an address broadcast on Twitter. … Read More >Maduro Says Will Get Russia’s Sputnik V Coronavirus Vaccine, Along With Son, Sister

Russia

Don’t wait on west’: MP from Ukraine’s largest opposition party urges Kiev to swallow pride & buy Russian coronavirus vaccine

Posted on October 2, 2020October 2, 2020By Editor

A Ukrainian opposition MP has called for Kiev to start a dialogue with Moscow to purchase the Russian Covid-19 vaccine. Viktor Medvedchuk is an influential member of the pro-Russia and eurosceptic ‘Opposition Platform’ group. … Read More >Don’t wait on west’: MP from Ukraine’s largest opposition party urges Kiev to swallow pride & buy Russian coronavirus vaccine

USA

‘Everybody dies’: Musk says neither he nor his family will take Covid-19 vaccine, blasts Bill Gates as ‘knucklehead’

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020By Editor

SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk has said that neither he nor his family will likely take future coronavirus vaccines even when they are readily available, saying the pandemic has “diminished [his] faith in humanity.” … Read More >‘Everybody dies’: Musk says neither he nor his family will take Covid-19 vaccine, blasts Bill Gates as ‘knucklehead’

USA

Less than 50% of Americans would take Covid-19 vaccine, even if they were paid $100 – poll

Posted on September 30, 2020September 30, 2020By Editor

Mounting skepticism around a Covid-19 vaccine in the US continues, with less than half of respondents saying they’d take one even if they were offered $100, according to a new poll. … Read More >Less than 50% of Americans would take Covid-19 vaccine, even if they were paid $100 – poll

Russia

Over 5,000 Russians have taken world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, none have reported serious side effects

Posted on September 28, 2020September 28, 2020By Editor

Trials of Russia’s Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against Covid-19, are going well, and giving hope of a return to normality. That’s according to a statement from the ministry of health in Moscow. … Read More >Over 5,000 Russians have taken world’s first Covid-19 vaccine, none have reported serious side effects

USA

US Vaccine Reportedly Shows Strong Immune Response to Coronavirus in Clinical Trials

Posted on September 27, 2020September 27, 2020By Editor

US pharmaceutical and medical device company Johnson and Johnson is reported to have developed a vaccine that, in early trials, shows a strong immune response to the novel coronavirus in a single dose, an interim report published on the medical website medRxiv has revealed. … Read More >US Vaccine Reportedly Shows Strong Immune Response to Coronavirus in Clinical Trials

Russia

More than 60,000 volunteer for final trial of pioneering ‘Sputnik V’ Covid-19 vaccine, 100s get jab and ‘feel well’ – Moscow mayor

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020By Editor

Tens of thousands of people have volunteered to take part in trials of Russia’s pioneering Covid-19 vaccine, known as ‘Sputnik V,’ the mayor of Moscow has revealed. Hundreds have already been immunized with the formula. … Read More >More than 60,000 volunteer for final trial of pioneering ‘Sputnik V’ Covid-19 vaccine, 100s get jab and ‘feel well’ – Moscow mayor

UK

Second AstraZeneca volunteer reportedly suffers rare neurological condition, but UK company says it’s not related to vaccine

Posted on September 22, 2020September 22, 2020By Editor

Two people have fallen ill during the trials of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine in the UK, the company’s internal papers revealed, and a source said they had both suffered from the same serious neurological disorder. … Read More >Second AstraZeneca volunteer reportedly suffers rare neurological condition, but UK company says it’s not related to vaccine