A masked Maduro took his jab in a video shared by TeleSUR on Saturday, with the network saying that Maduro received his shot after healthcare workers in the beleaguered Latin American country. With Venezuela’s fight against Covid-19 hampered by US sanctions, a shipment of 100,000 doses of Sputnik-V arrived in …
Read More »‘I’m not a killer’: Slovakia’s PM says he won’t give up on ‘quality’ Sputnik V vaccine only because it’s made in Russia
“Sputnik is not going back to Russia,” Matovic wrote in a post on Facebook, in capital letters. The PM recalled how he was branded “Putin’s sidekick” who deserve a place in the “hall of shame” after the first batch of Sputnik V arrived in the country earlier this week, while …
Read More »EU to seek AstraZeneca doses from US amid Covid-19 vaccine supply shortfalls – media
The European Commission plans to make the request in an upcoming meeting with its US counterparts aimed at bolstering cooperation in the fight against Covid-19, EU officials told the Financial Times. The EU will also ask Washington to allow shipments of critical vaccine ingredients needed for European production efforts. “We …
Read More »Ban vaccine export? We can do the same, French minister says, after Italy stopped AstraZeneca shipment to Australia
“I understand Italy,” French Health Minister Olivier Veran told BFM on Friday, when asked about the Italian export ban. “We could do the same.” Veran also said that Paris supports Brussels’ approach to vaccination campaigns in the EU. Brussels mandated this year that vaccine manufacturers must seek authorization from member …
Read More »‘You don’t need our vaccine’: Michael Moore, others libs rage at Texas for daring to fight Covid-19 without authoritarian lockdown
Texas’ decision to walk back Covid-19 restrictions like mask mandates has triggered plenty of meltdowns, the worst of which have included prominent liberals showing their true colors and apparently wishing death on the state. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that he was ending Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in his state got …
Read More »Russia’s 3rd vaccine: CoviVac developer tells RT new jab uses classic ‘dead virus’ technology
The CoviVac vaccine received national approval in Russia on February 20. The first batch of doses is expected to be available to the public in mid-March, according to the government. The vaccine is based on the most traditional technology that has been around for a long time and is widely …
Read More »Johnson & Johnson’s newly-approved Covid vaccine met with pushback as Catholic diocese condemns it for ‘ties to abortion cells’
Catholics are advised not to receive the vaccine because Johnson & Johnson used cell lines from abortions in both testing and production of the new product, the Archdiocese said in a statement. Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have utilized cell lines from abortions in testing their previously approved vaccines, but not in …
Read More »Indian PM Modi receives domestic coronavirus vaccine as country expands inoculation program to seniors
India entered its next stage of the mass-vaccination campaign on Monday, expanding the drive to include people aged over 60 and those over 45 who have chronic illnesses. The 70-year-old prime minister became the first person to get the jab at Delhi’s AIIMS hospital. “Remarkable how our doctors and scientists …
Read More »Vaccine passports to bolster British economy and combat impacts of Covid-19 crisis – finance minister
Sunak said the documents would potentially allow people to visit venues or events, thus, helping the economy to get back on track after a series of lockdowns imposed to contain the pandemic dragged it into its steepest crash in 300 years. “Obviously, it is a complicated but potentially very relevant …
Read More »US regulators approve Johnson & Johnson single-shot coronavirus vaccine for emergency use
The US has now approved its third vaccine, with the J&J jab joining Pfizer and Moderna in the ongoing battle against the coronavirus. “The authorization of this vaccine expands the availability of vaccines, the best medical prevention method for Covid-19, to help us in the fight against this pandemic, which …
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