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UK researchers suggest 1 dose of Pfizer vaccine not enough to kill S Afric
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Not administering the second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus on time may result in some elderly people contracting the South African mutated variant, according to lab test results obtained by the Cambridge University research
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SA receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses from India, expects more
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], February 2 (ANI/Xinhua): South Africa has secured millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses from different suppliers and expects more to come, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced in his televised address on Monday night.
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Johnson expects Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines to work very well with no nee
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday expressed hope that the domestically-made vaccines against the coronavirus, such as that by AstraZeneca-Oxford, as well as those imported from abroad, would be effective.
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New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccine slated for possible approval next week
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], January 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The green light for New Zealand's first COVID-19 vaccine could be granted in just over a week, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday.
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Australia approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 25 (ANI): Australia has approved the coronavirus vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech, announced Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday.
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WHO inks deal for delivery of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines in poor countries
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 23 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced that it had reached an agreement with Pfizer/BioNTech for 40 million doses of their COVID-19 vaccine delivering to poor countries under its COVAX initiative next month.
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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
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
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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