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WB working with countries to resolve vaccine legal hurdles: Malpass

-- 2021-01-06 11:15:14

The World Bank is working closely with over 100 countries to pave the way for them to receive low-interest loans and funding to purchase and distribute Covid-19 vaccines, World Bank Group President Da...

WHO chief "very disappointed" China hasn't granted entry to corona experts

-- 2021-01-06 10:42:28

The head of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that China has still not authorised the entry of a team of international experts to examine the origins...

Moderna's vaccine gets approval in Israel

Reuters 2021-01-05 16:59:33

Israel's health ministry has authorised a COVID-19 vaccine developed by US drugmaker Moderna Inc, the company and an Israeli official said, marking the vaccine's third regulatory authorisation and the...

What you need to know about the coronavirus right now

Reuters 2021-01-05 15:54:07

Here’s what you need to know about the coronavirus right now: England back in lockdown  England wakes up on Tuesday to a new national lockdown to contain a surge in COVID-19 cases that th...

Moderna may produce up to 600m doses of vaccine in 2021

-- 2021-01-05 13:06:54

Moderna Inc said on Monday it would produce at least 600 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine in 2021, up by 100 million doses from its previous forecast, as the United States continues to roll-out t...

Vaccines may not work on South African variant, scientists say

-- 2021-01-04 19:52:27

Scientists are not fully confident that COVID-19 vaccines will work on a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, ITV's political editor said on Monday, citing an unidentified scientific...

Why Indonesia’s Covid-19 vaccination programme is putting working people first, not elderly

REUTERS 2021-01-04 16:01:32

As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against Covid-19, its plan to prioritise working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast and revive the economy, will be closel...

UN agency approves Pfizer, BioNTech vaccines for emergency use

-- 2021-01-01 16:12:57

In an effort to speed up access to Covid-19 vaccination in the developing world, the UN health agency approved Pfizer and BioNTech’s vaccines for emergency use. Regulatory experts convened by t...

How does AstraZeneca's vaccine compare with Pfizer-BioNTech?

Reuters 2020-12-31 16:03:42

Britain on Wednesday became the first country to approve AstraZeneca and Oxford University's home-grown UK COVID-19 vaccine, adding an easy-to-manage shot to the arsenal of a nation desperate...

Over 10m children to undergo acute malnutrition in 2021, says UNICEF

Xinhua 2020-12-31 15:54:03

More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen will suffer from acute malnutrition in 2021, the United Nations...

New COVID-19 variants: What we know so far, in 500 words

Al Jazeera 2020-12-26 15:47:06

Three new variants of COVID-19 have been detected in recent weeks, discoveries which have led to fresh fears across the world because some make the virus up to 70 per cent more transmissible. Viruses...

AstraZeneca says its vaccine should be effective against new coronavirus variant

Reuters 2020-12-23 17:24:11

British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc told Reuters on Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine should be effective against the new coronavirus variant, adding that studies were underway to fully probe the impact of t...

Production and delivery challenges beset the 2021 year of the vaccine

REUTERS 2020-12-23 16:33:13

As 2020 closes, regulatory approval of Covid-19 vaccines has raised hopes the world can defeat the pandemic next year. But production and delivery challenges suggest beating the disease will be a mara...

Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus variant

CNN 2020-12-22 19:00:26

Pfizer and Moderna are testing their coronavirus vaccines to see if they work against the new mutated version of the virus that's recently been found in the United Kingdom and other countries, accordi...

WHO calls meeting on new virus variant, European chief says

Reuters 2020-12-22 18:32:03

The World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a meeting of members to discuss strategies to counter a new, more infectious coronavirus strain that emerged in Britain, its European chief said on Tue...

AstraZeneca-Amgen drug fails main goal of late-stage asthma study

-- 2020-12-22 16:18:14

AstraZeneca and Amgen said on Tuesday their experimental asthma drug tezepelumab failed to meet the main goal of reducing patients’ dependence on steroids, while keeping the respiratory conditio...

New coronavirus variant may infect children more easily: Scientists

REUTERS 2020-12-22 12:13:51

A new variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly in Britain carries mutations that could mean children are as susceptible to becoming infected with it as adults - unlike previous strains, scientists...

WHO advises against major alarm over new coronavirus strain

-- 2020-12-22 09:03:11

The World Health Organization cautioned against major alarm over a new, highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that has emerged in Britain, saying this was a normal part of a pandemic’s ev...

New coronavirus variant: What do we know?

JAMES GALLAGHER, BBC 2020-12-21 20:54:59

The rapid spread of a new variant of coronavirus in the United Kingdom has been blamed for the introduction of strict tier four mixing rules for millions of people, harsher restrictions on mixing at C...

COVAX alliance doubles global vaccine supply deals to 2.0b doses

-- 2020-12-18 20:01:55

The COVAX alliance, which aims to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the world’s most vulnerable people, said on Friday it had gained access to nearly 2 billion doses, roughly doubling its supply, wit...

Study finds babies born to COVID-19 mothers have antibodies

Reuters 2020-12-18 18:22:55

All five babies born to women with COVID-19 infection during a study in Singapore have had antibodies against the virus, although the researchers said it is not yet clear what level of protection this...

US FDA advisory panel sets stage for Moderna vaccine authorisation

Reuters 2020-12-18 15:27:30

A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine, virtually assuring a second option for protec...

EU to start Covid-19 vaccination on December 27

-- 2020-12-18 15:12:16

The European Union (EU) will start vaccination for coronavirus (Covid-19) after Christmas, the bloc's executive chief Ursula von der Leyen has announced. "It's Europe's moment. On 27, 28 and 29 Decem...

Poorer nations may not get Covid shots until 2024 as WHO vaccine scheme risks failure

-- 2020-12-17 10:58:00

The global scheme to deliver coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines to poorer countries faces a “very high” risk of failure, potentially leaving nations home to billions of people with no access...

EU could give final consent for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Dec 23

-- 2020-12-16 21:57:12

The European Union could give final approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as early as Dec 23, a senior Commission official said on Wednesday, only two days after a possible green light fro...

One in four people globally may not get vaccines until 2022

-- 2020-12-16 16:23:20

Nearly one in four people may not get Covid-19 vaccines until at least 2022 because rich countries with less than 15 per cent of the global population have reserved 51 per cent of the doses of the mos...

Poorer countries face long wait for vaccines despite promises

-- 2020-12-15 18:26:46

With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take many mo...

IFRC hands over four ambulances, sample collection van to BDRCS

FE Online Report 2020-12-14 17:22:16

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has handed over four new ambulances and a COVID-19 sample collection van to Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) to help...

Five key genes linked to severe Covid19 found

-- 2020-12-12 12:14:54

Five key genes are linked with the most severe form of coronavirus (Covid-19), scientists said on Friday, in research that also pointed to several existing drugs that could be repurposed to treat peop...

Sanofi, GSK delay COVID-19 vaccine, marking setback for global fight

Reuters 2020-12-11 21:51:07

Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said clinical trials of their COVID-19 vaccine showed an insufficient immune response in older people, delaying its launch to late next year and marking a setback in the glo...