Fri 30 July 2021: Vaccinating the world against COVID-19 might be at least five times cheaper if pharmaceutical corporations didn’t profit from their COVID-19 vaccine monopolies, according to campaigners from The People’s Vaccine Alliance. According to a new analysis by the Alliance, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna are charging governments up to $41 billion more than the […]
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Fri 30 July 2021: US President Joe Biden said individuals do not need to get a booster shot of the coronavirus vaccine right now but it might be needed later. “The booster shot is not needed now, it’s possible that it’ll be needed later, science hasn’t dictated that yet,” Biden said on Thursday. Biden said […]
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Thu 29 July 2021: President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured citizens that the country is not going to run short of COVID-19 vaccines. “We now have a much more confirmed good supply of vaccines. We bringing in quite a lot of innovation in the vaccination process, and one of the innovations in drive through vaccinations where […]
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Thu 29 July 2021: According to a financial results statement released Wednesday, Pfizer raised its revenue forecast for coronavirus vaccine sales to $33.5 billion for 2021. The US pharmaceutical firm’s previous estimates were $26 billion and $15 billion, made in May and February, respectively. The revised projection in revenue from the BNT162b2 vaccine, which was developed with German partner BioNTech, reflects 2.1 billion doses that are expected to be delivered under contracts signed through mid-July, said […]
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Wed 28 July 2021: On Wednesday, the UK government announced that fully vaccinated people from the United States and the European Union (EU) will be able to travel to England without undergoing quarantine. Heathrow Airport and the airline sector in the United Kingdom has urged the UK government to allow vaccinated passengers to travel in […]
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Wed 28 July 2021: The count of COVID-19 vaccine shots administered worldwide topped 3.93 billion as of Tuesday, according to Our World In Data, a tracking website affiliated with Oxford University. China, where the outbreak originated in late 2019, ranks first globally, with more than 1.57 billion vaccine jabs delivered within the country, according to […]
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Tue 27 July 2021: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will impose a three-year travel ban on those who travel to the countries which have been red-listed by the Kingdom due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday. In a statement carried by the SPA, an official source […]
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Tue 27 July 2021: According to the New York Times, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will encourage coronavirus vaccine recipients to wear masks indoors, reversing previous guidelines that said face masks were no longer necessary. The updated guidance would apply to areas of the US experiencing a surge of infections, including […]
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Tue 27 July 2021: Classrooms are not major sources of coronavirus infection, schools should be the last institutions to close and the first to reopen in parts of the world where coronavirus vaccines are in low supply, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “Reopening schools cannot wait for all teachers and students to be vaccinated. With the global vaccine shortages plaguing low and middle-income countries, vaccinating frontline workers and those most at risk of severe illness and death will remain a priority,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters. Clear evidence […]
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Tue 27 July 2021: The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency Anvisa canceled clinical trials of Indian vaccine Covaxin after the manufacturer informed it about the change of a local partner, none of the volunteers received it. “The termination of the company’s permit to present the vaccine in the country makes it impossible to comply with the […]
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