Tag: AstraZeneca

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Uruguay makes donation of 12,000 AstraZeneca vaccines to Paraguay

  

  Uruguayan health authorities Friday made a donation to Paraguay of 12,000 doses of the AstraZeneca anticovid-19 vaccine, some of which are due to expire June 28 and the rest by the end of August, it was announced.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Chile stops 2nd dose of AstraZeneca vaccine as case of thrombosis detected

  

  Chilean health authorities Thursday decided to halt until further notice the anti-covid-19 vaccination of people under 45 years of age with the second dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca immunizer following the occurrence of one case of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia.

• Wednesday, June 2nd 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil insists Copa America to go ahead and signs agreement to produce AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

  

  The Brazilian Government of President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday signed a contract with AstraZeneca for the local manufacture of that laboratory's vaccine against covid-19.

• Thursday, May 20th 2021 - 08:39 UTC

  Astra-Zeneca vaccines produced jointly by Mexico and Argentina almost ready for delivery

  

  The first batch of Oxford-Astra Zeneca anticoronavirus vaccines produced jointly by Mexico and Argentina are almost ready to start shipping, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced Wednesday.

• Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:33 UTC

  Brazil's Anvisa advises against AstraZeneca vaccines for pregnant women after one fatal case

  

  Brazil's Health Ministry Tuesday announced that vaccination of pregnant women and mothers in Brazil against Covid-19 will be restricted only to patients with comorbidities (pre-existing diseases) and they would only be given CoronaVac or Pfizer vaccines, following a death which might be linked to the AstraZeneca immunizer.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  British Ambassador summoned to speed up delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines to Argentina

  

  The Government of Argentina has formally conveyed to the United Kingdom a proposal to manufacture the entire production of the Oxford-AstraZeneca anti-covid-19 vaccine locally and also made a formal complaint about the failure to deliver the 22.5 million doses of which 60% has already been paid for.

• Tuesday, April 20th 2021 - 15:02 UTC

  Big Pharma companies gross 152bn dollars since the beginning of the pandemic

  

  Despite setbacks with patients dying or suffering from undesired side effects which led to the suspension of some vaccines in various countries, the market value of pharmaceutical companies continues to rise, having amassed 152 billion US dollars in profits since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported.

• Thursday, April 15th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  Argentina to receive over 800,000 doses of AstraZeneca; Denmark stop giving that vaccine

  

  The Argentine government has announced a shipment of 864,000 doses of the AstraZeneca anti-covid-19 vaccine is due at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport onboard a KLM flight this coming Sunday morning.

• Monday, March 29th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Astra-Zeneca vaccines arrive in Argentina

  

  Over 200,000 doses of the University of Oxford /AstraZeneca covid-19 vaccine arrived in Buenos Aires Sunday through the Covax mechanism, which is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Vaccine Alliance Gavi.

• Sunday, March 28th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  Falklands vaccination programme moves onto 18-44 year-olds

  

  Falkland Islands residents aged between 18 to 44 are set to receive their first dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine this week, as the Islands enter the final tranche of adult vaccinations.