On Thursday, Danish Health Minister Magnus Heunicke tweeted that the country would be suspending the use of the Anglo-Swedish vaccine, which has already come under intense scrutiny across Europe and further afield. “The health authorities have, due to precautionary measures, suspended vaccination with AstraZeneca following a signal of a possible …
Read More »Austria halts injections of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine batch as authorities probe death
The decision was made after one 49-year-old woman who received the jab later died as a result of severe coagulation disorders. In addition, a 35-year-old woman who was administered the vaccine from the same batch developed a pulmonary embolism, an acute lung disease caused by a dislodged blood clot, and …
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 »South Africa to share 1 million AstraZeneca Covid vaccine doses with continent as study says jab ineffective against local variant
Anban Pillay, the deputy director-general at the Department of Health, told Reuters on Tuesday that it is not true that Pretoria had tried to send 1 million doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine back to the Serum Institute of India, where it was manufactured, but confirmed the country would offload the …
Read More »South Korea rules out giving AstraZeneca vaccine to over-65s
The KDCA has refused to endorse giving the AstraZeneca vaccine to elderly individuals as it awaits the company’s full clinical trial results, because officials currently fear there is not enough data about its effectiveness and impact in older recipients. The decision marks a slight reversal from last week’s statement by …
Read More »South Africa considers selling or swapping its AstraZeneca vaccine stash over efficacy concerns
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed the country was set to begin rolling out Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine next week. The vaccination drive will come as an “implementation study” and will target the country’s health workers. So far, South Africa has secured only a …
Read More »South Africa considers selling or swapping its AstraZeneca vaccine stash over efficacy concerns
Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize revealed the country was set to begin rolling out Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine next week. The vaccination drive will come as an “implementation study” and will target the country’s health workers. So far, South Africa has secured only a …
Read More »Australian health minister says AstraZeneca vaccine still up to ‘fundamental task’ after South Africa halts rollout
South Africa halted the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine following a disappointing study indicating that the vaccine is only 22 percent effective against mild and moderate cases of the local variant of the virus. Since the study was performed on 2,000 mostly young and healthy volunteers who are less likely …
Read More »South Africa SUSPENDS AstraZeneca vaccine rollout after study shows its ‘limited efficacy’ against local variant
“The AstraZeneca vaccine appeared effective against the original strain, but not against the [B.1.351 South African] variant,” Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said during an online briefing on Sunday. The move comes on the heels of a study from South Africa’s University of the Witwatersrand and Oxford University, which have not …
Read More »UK launches first-ever trial to test safety of mixing Pfizer & AstraZeneca Covid jabs
Formally known as the Covid-19 Heterologous Prime Boost study, or ‘Com-Cov’, the trial is designed to gauge the effects of using two different vaccines, and timetables, for the first and second dose. For example, one group will be given the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine for the first dose, followed by the Pfizer/BioNTech …
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