Tag: AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine

• Monday, January 18th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Falklands has a “plan of attack” to inoculate Islanders with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

  

  Falkland Islands Chief Medical Officer Rebecca Edwards has said there is already a “plan of attack” formulated to vaccinate Islanders with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Covid-19.

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Oxford/Astra Zeneca will apply for full approval of its vaccine from Brazil's regulator on 15 January

  

  Brazil's Fiocruz biomedical institute will seek approval for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 with federal health regulator Anvisa on Jan. 15, one of the center's senior officials said on Monday.

• Monday, December 7th 2020 - 09:08 UTC

  Falklands Covid-19 immunization most probably with the AstraZeneca Oxford vaccine

  

  Two more positive Covid-19 test results have been confirmed, it was announced at the Falkland Islands Government’s press conference, held last Wednesday afternoon. The total number of positive test results since April 3, 2020 is now 17.

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Britain receives the Pfizer vaccine from Belgium and Monday begins inoculation

  

  Pfizer plans to ship 800,000 doses to Britain in the coming days from its production plant in Puurs in Belgium. Britain on Wednesday gave emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine, becoming the first Western country to pave the way for mass inoculations against a disease that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide.

• Wednesday, November 11th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Open editorial by Ian Duddy, British Ambassador to Chile

  

  There is no doubt that this pandemic requires a global response. So, collaboration among countries has become crucial in all our efforts to overcome this generation-defining crisis.

• Sunday, November 8th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Argentina will receive some 22 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

  

  Argentina has struck a deal with drug maker AstraZeneca Plc to receive around 22 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine being developed with the University of Oxford, with the aim to start deliveries in the first half of next year.