Tag: AstraZeneca

• Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  WHO urges countries to continue using the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) exhorted the world to keep administering AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots on Friday, adding its endorsement to that of European and British regulators after concerns over blood clotting.

• Saturday, March 20th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  Boris Johnson received the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, “I did not feel a thing”

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received his first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Friday and urged the public to do the same, saying “he did not feel a thing.”

• Wednesday, March 17th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  EU regulatory body convinced that AstraZeneca vaccines benefits outweigh possible risks

  

  The EU regulatory body is “fully convinced” that the vaccine's benefits outweigh possible risks. Global health experts have been under growing pressure to answer questions over the safety of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot. “There is ”no indication'' that AstraZeneca vaccines are the cause of blood clots reported in some shot recipients, the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) chief said on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, March 16th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  WHO insists that AstraZeneca vaccine is safe; EU countries suspend jabs on isolated cases of blood clots

  

  REUTERS – The World Health Organization's director-general said on Monday that systems meant to protect public health were working, as several countries suspended the use of the AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to investigate possible side-effects.

• Saturday, March 13th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  WHO extends emergency approval for Jansen's on shot vaccine, reiterates support for AstraZeneca

  

  The UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it was aware of blood clot concerns linked to “a specific batch” of AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, but maintained that to date, no-one has died from any coronavirus vaccine. The development comes after several European countries suspended the rollout of the jab as a precaution.

• Monday, March 1st 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  AstraZeneca sells 7,7% interest in Moderna for a billion US dollars

  

  AstraZeneca Plc has sold its 7.7% stake in Moderna Inc for more than a billion US dollars after the U.S. biotechnology company's shares soared on the back of its coronavirus vaccine breakthrough, The Times reported.

• Saturday, February 13th 2021 - 08:48 UTC

  How Chile became an unlikely winner in the Covid-19 vaccine race

  

  By Veronica Díaz-Cerda (*) – At first glance, it may seem that the race to acquire COVID-19 vaccines has been won by western nations. But alongside the UK, Canada, USA and EU, another country has also secured a high number of doses relative to its population – Chile.

• Tuesday, February 9th 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Health officials support the AstraZeneca vaccine: “don't panic” says WHO

  

  Health officials around the world and from WHO, gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, after a study showing it had little effect on the variant now spreading quickly in South Africa rang a global alarm.

• Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  COVAX publishes first interim vaccine distribution forecast

  

  The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the World Health Organization, as co-leads of the COVAX initiative for equitable global access to COVID-19 vaccines, alongside key delivery partner UNICEF, are pleased to publish COVAX’s first interim distribution forecast.

• Saturday, January 30th 2021 - 09:14 UTC

  EU will monitor (and block) coronavirus vaccine exports out of the continent

  

  The European Commission will monitor and in some cases block coronavirus vaccine exports out of the bloc since it installed a new mechanism on Friday. The move comes amid a row with the British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca over vaccine deliveries.