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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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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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Kazakhstan may have Pfizer vaccine from second half of 2021, says Health M
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Nur-Sultan [Kazakhstan], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): Kazakhstan will likely acquire the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus disease no earlier than the second half of 2021, Health Minister Alexey Tsoy said Sunday.
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Physician in Mexico admitted to ICU after receiving Pfizer vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A physician in Mexico, who received the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus, was admitted to an intensive care unit with seizures, breathing difficulties and possible encephalomyelitis, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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Finland confirms first adverse reaction to Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Helsinki [Finland], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The Finnish Medicines Agency has received the first report of an adverse reaction to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against coronavirus a week after Europe started its mass immunization campaign, the Finnish YLE broadcaster reported on Saturday.
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WHO issues Emergency Use Validation for Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
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Geneva [Switzerland], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization said on Thursday it had issued an emergency use validation for the vaccine against the coronavirus developed by the Pfizer and BioNTech companies, the first one since the start of the pandemic.
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US nurse tests COVID-19 positive days after receiving Pfizer vaccine
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Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): An ICU nurse in San Diego, who had received Pfizer Inc vaccine's shot against COVID-19 on December 18, has tested positive for the virus.
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Worker of German care home stays in hospital after Pfizer vaccine overdose
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): An female elderly worker at a German care home who was mistakenly injected with five times the recommended dose of the Pfizer/Biotech vaccine is still in the hospital, the Ostsee-Zeitung newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Eight care home workers in Germany overdosed on Pfizer vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Eight elderly workers at a German care home were mistakenly injected with five times the recommended dose of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine, local authorities said Monday.
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Joe Biden, wife to receive Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 19 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden and the incoming First Lady Jill Biden will receive the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Monday in Delaware, said a spokesperson of Biden's transition team on Friday.
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