Tag: Covid 19 vaccine

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 21:33 UTC

  Increasing number of COVID-19 infections trigger alarms in Chile

  

  Chile's Health Ministry (Minsal) Thursday reported 1,842 new cases of COVID-19, the highest number recorded in the last three months, marking a 53% rise compared to last week and 68% against the last two weeks.

• Thursday, October 7th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  Argentina not invited to a “vaccinated only” World Rugby Classic in Bermuda

  

  A team of ex-players from Argentina's national team known worldwide as the Pumas Classic will not be participating in this year's edition of the World Rugby Classic to be played next month in Bermuda. This is because the World Rugby Classic event will be a “vaccinated only” event, pointed out John Kane, president of the WRC.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 07:10 UTC

  Uruguay's Labor Ministry ratifies vaccination not mandatory for workers

  

  Uruguay's Labor Ministry has announced employers shall not be allowed to demand a vaccination certificate when hiring workers, according to high-ranking officials quoted Sunday by the Montevideo daily El País.

• Friday, February 19th 2021 - 10:30 UTC

  Pfizer is testing its vaccine in 4,000 volunteer healthy pregnant women

  

  Pfizer and BioNtech have started an international study with 4,000 volunteers to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of their COVID-19 vaccine in healthy pregnant women, the companies said on Thursday.

• Friday, January 1st 2021 - 22:14 UTC

  WHO issues emergency use validation for the Pfizer vaccines and emphasizes need for equitable global access

  

  The World Health Organization (WHO) listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago.

• Thursday, December 17th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Fears a fifth of world's population may not have access to Covid 19 vaccine until 2022, John Hopkins University

  

  At least a fifth of the world's population may not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until 2022, according to a study published on Wednesday, with wealthier nations reserving more than half of 2021's potential doses.

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Peru suspends trials with China's Covid-19 vaccine due to a “serious adverse event”

  

  Peru suspended trials for China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine due to a “serious adverse event” that occurred with one of the volunteers for the study, the Peruvian government said in a statement on Saturday.

• Tuesday, December 8th 2020 - 14:44 UTC

  British granny 90, first person to receive the Pfizer Covid 19 vaccine: “Go for it”

  

  Ms Margaret Keenan, the 90-year-old grandmother who became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine outside of a trial in Britain on Tuesday, has a message for others: “Go for it” to beat the devastating disease.

• Sunday, December 6th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  WHO warns that vaccines do not mean the pandemic has come to an end

  

  Recent progress on Covid 19 vaccines is positive but the World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned this has led to a growing perception that the pandemic has come to an end, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.

• 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.