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French health agency recommends spacing out vaccine doses to speed up roll
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): France's national health agency HAS recommended on Saturday administering the second shot of an anti-coronavirus vaccine six weeks after the first one, up from three weeks for Pfizer and four for Moderna.
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Spain discarding thousands of Pfizer vaccine doses for lack of right syrin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Italy], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain does not have enough of the right syringes and needles to extract the sixth dose from a Pfizer anti-coronavirus vaccine vial, resulting in thousands of doses going to waste, doctors have complained.
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Vaccination campaign hits snag in Italy's Lazio, Tuscany amid Pfizer deliv
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Rome [Italy], January 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Two central Italian regions have stopped administering the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine against the new coronavirus after the US drugmaker announced drastic cuts in deliveries to the European Union.
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Nigeria prepares to get first 100,000 Pfizer vaccine doses
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], January 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Nigeria is getting ready to receive the first batch of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 in the coming weeks, Faisal Shuaib, CEO of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) said.
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Pfizer, BioNTech to scale-up vaccine production amid reports on shortage i
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Pfizer and BioNTech pharmaceutical companies have developed a plan to scale-up the production of the vaccine against COVID-19 amid reports on reduction in vaccine deliveries to some EU countries, the companies said.
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23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, 13 were nursing
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Oslo [Norway], January 16 (ANI): Twenty-three people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine with 13 of those deaths apparently related to the side effects of the shots, New York Post reported citing the health officials.
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China's Sinovac vaccine shows 50.38 pc efficacy in Brazil, less than claim
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], January 13 (ANI): The Chinese Sinovac vaccine has been found to be far less effective than vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, according to a Brazil government statement on Tuesday, which raised questions about the lack of transparency of Chinese-made vaccin
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Study: Colleges can prevent 96 pc of COVID-19 infections with common measu
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Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): The combined effectiveness of three COVID-prevention strategies on college campuses--mask-wearing, social distancing, and routine testing--are as effective in preventing coronavirus infections as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and
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Biden receives second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday (local time) received his second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in a continued bid to bolster public confidence in the vaccination program.
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Netanyahu receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 10 (ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday received a second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech anti-coronavirus vaccine, along with Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, CNN reported.
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Saudi Arabia's King Salman receives first dose of coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], January 09 (ANI): Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Saturday received the first dose of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Neom city.
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EU secures deal to double Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supply
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The European Union (EU) has secured a deal to double the supply of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bringing its total to 600 million doses, President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen said on Friday (local time).
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