Fri 19 March 2021: The novel coronavirus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019, according to a study. The research, published in the journal Science, used molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations to date the emergence of the […]
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Fri 19 March 2021: The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is safe, Boris Johnson has said, adding he will be receiving it himself on Friday. The country is currently vaccinating those over 50, which includes 56-year-old Johnson, who has been waiting for his turn just like everyone else. “As it happens, I’m getting mine tomorrow. And the […]
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Thu 18 March 2021: South Africa has successfully inoculated more than 10% of its healthcare workers through the Sisonke Study, as more vaccine vials are expected to arrive this weekend. To support the country’s risk-based, three-phased National COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Strategy, Sisonke has enabled government to make the Johnson & Johnson shots immediately available to […]
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Wed 17 March 2021: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has announced the setting up vaccination certificates amid concerns over slow vaccine rollout and shortages. Dubbed “the Digital Green Certificate,” the proposal is set to facilitate the movement of people from one EU member state to another. The certificate will provide information on COVID-19 vaccination, recovery and test results. […]
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Wed 17 March 2021: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved the Section 21 application for Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. “This approval is subject to conducting a post Section 21 authorisation efficacy and safety surveillance of Comirnaty vaccine in South Africa,” said SAHPRA on Tuesday. According to SAHPRA, the main purpose of Section […]
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Wed 17 March 2021: The coronavirus pandemic in the African region has shown a downwards trend over the past week, the World Health Organization Africa office said, but urged caution. The African region registered 44,702 new cases, a 13.3% decrease compared to the previous week, the regional office of the UN health body said in […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: Moderna has begin enrolling children under the age of 12 in a new scientific trials aimed at gauging the safety and effectiveness of its vaccine in the younger-age population, the company said on Tuesday. “The Company intends to enroll approximately 6,750 pediatric participants in the US and Canada ages 6 months […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: Trials of the Russian-developed Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine involving children is planned to start in the summer, Alexander Gintsburg, the head of the Gamaleya research institute, said on Tuesday. “We plan to start a study of this medication on children in the summer,” Gintsburg said during a briefing, adding that it […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine is not responsible for blood clotting, Britain’s vaccine regulator said Monday. Phil Bryan, head of vaccine safety at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, said the organization was “closely reviewing” the blood clot reports in some European nations. But he added the evidence available “does not suggest […]
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Tue 16 March 2021: China will exempt foreigners applying for visas to enter the country via Hong Kong who have received a Chinese vaccine from providing health certification, the state-owned CGTN news channel reported Monday. Those who are administered non-Chinese vaccine doses will be required to produce negative nucleic acid tests and a health and […]
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