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The State Department has received “roughly” 73,000 doses of the US-made Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, but “declined to say” how many of its estimated 75,000 employees it has vaccinated, the Washington Post reported. Some of the diplomats stationed in Moscow have asked Russia for its Sputnik V vaccine, after Foggy …

Serum obtained from people who took the Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona vaccines and had antibodies to the novel coronavirus, demonstrated a “protective effect” against the UK variant, Russia’s consumer protection agency, Rospotrebnadzor, said in a statement to the media. It added that the vaccines have shown to be just as …

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) told Russian media on Tuesday that the scientific consultation process was now finalized. “As a next step, the company can prepare an application for a registration certificate” for the EU market, a source at the agency informed RIA Novosti. Later that morning, the Russian Direct …

Kurz was asked by German newspaper Welt am Sonntag whether he would personally take the Sputnik V or a Chinese-made vaccine. He replied: “Yes, if the vaccines are approved in Europe.” The vaccines are all about effectiveness, safety and availability, not geopolitical struggles. The chancellor added that Austria would “definitely” …

The nation has become the 20th foreign state to greenlight the Russian jab, and the first in South East Asia, the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said in a statement. Myanmar has approved the emergency use of the vaccine, requesting additional clinical trials on the ground. The development came despite …

In one of his most poignant performances, back in October, CNN thespian Don Lemon blasted Trump for bragging about the expert care he had received from a team of 14 doctors during his own bout with Covid-19. Lemon accused Trump of “dancing on the graves” of 215,000 dead Americans and …

“We’re eagerly waiting for [the European Medicines Agency] to register [the Russian vaccine against the coronavirus],” Fallico said on Wednesday. Moscow lodged its application with the EU watchdog in late January. Earlier, Undersecretary of Italy’s Health Ministry Sandra Zampa confirmed that the country will use Sputnik V in its vaccination …

Deputy Health Secretary Hugo Lopez-Gatell told reporters on Tuesday that the vaccine had been authorized for import and use on an emergency basis, after hinting last week that approval would come within a matter of days. “COFEPRIS has just granted a permit for the emergency use of the Sputnik V …

“We have received good data today from the Russian vaccine,” Merkel said on Tuesday in a TV interview with public broadcaster ARD after interim analysis of Phase III clinical trial data was published by the esteemed British journal. “Every vaccine is welcome in the EU, but only after it has …

Data from 19,866 volunteers – 4,902 of whom were in the placebo group – showed that Sputnik V had an overall efficacy of 91.6 percent, rising to 91.8 percent among the group of 2,144 volunteers over the age of 60, according to the interim results of the Phase III clinical …