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AstraZeneca vaccine is 79 pct effective against symptomatic Covid-19, says
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US] March 22 (ANI): AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine showed 79 per cent efficacy against symptomatic disease and 100 per cent efficacy against severe disease and hospitalisation in a new, US-based clinical trial, the company said Monday.
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Taiwan premier, health minister receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], March 22 (ANI): Taiwan premier Su Tseng-chang and the Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-Chung received their first shots of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as the country began administering the vaccines against coronavirus.
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Finland suspends use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after reporting case
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], March 20 (ANI): Finland on Friday suspended the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines after two cases of blood clots were reported in people after receiving the dose.
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Italian PM to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], March 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said he would be inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19.
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UK PM Boris Johnson takes first jab of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 20 (ANI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday received his first dose of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine.
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UK PM Boris Johnson to receive jab of AstraZeneca vaccine today
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 19 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday announced getting inoculated with the AstraZeneca vaccine the next day.
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Spain, Cyprus, Italy, France to resume use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], March 19 (ANI): Spain, Cyprus, Italy and France will resume administering the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was 'safe and effective.'
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AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is 'safe and effective': European Medicine
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 18 (ANI): The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is "safe and effective" and the benefits in combating COVID-19 continue to outweigh the risk of side effects, said the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) committee, PRAC, on Thursday after concluding its preliminary review of pe
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No concern regard to Covishield, inoculation program to run with full rigo
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry in its weekly press conference said that there is no concern regarding the Indian version of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Covishield and inoculation program will continue to run with full rigour.
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No signal of concern so far: Govt on Oxford Covid vaccine side-effects
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): There is no signal of concern regarding the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in the country, said Dr VK Paul, Member (Health) of the Niti Aayog, on Wednesday amid speculations and subsequent review of possible side-effects of the vaccine.
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Australia to ask AstraZeneca, EU for 1 million vaccine doses for Papua New
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], March 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Australia will ask AstraZeneca and the European authorities to divert 1 million contracted COVID-19 vaccine doses to Papua New Guinea (PNG) amid worsening epidemiological situation in the southwestern Pacific nation, Prime Minister Scott Morrison
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Europe's top drug agency backs use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine followi
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 17 (ANI): After several European countries suspended the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine over blood clot concerns, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday (local time) said regulators remain confident in the safety of the vaccine.
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