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Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral pill marks significant step forward in path ou
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 15 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) said that Pfizer's COVID-19 antiviral pill mark a significant step forward in the path out of the pandemic.
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Swiss medical agency approves Pfizer vaccine for children over 5
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Zurich [Switzerland], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, Swissmedic on Friday approved the use of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 5-11.
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'Three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralizes Omicron varia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US]/Mainz [Germany], December 9 (ANI): A preliminary laboratory study demonstrated that three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralize the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529 lineage) while two doses show significantly reduced neutralization titers.
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Two infants hospitalized in Brazil after getting Pfizer shots by mistake:
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 6 (ANI/Sputnik): Two newborns in Brazil were given coronavirus vaccine shots by mistake and had to be hospitalized, Brazilian media report.
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Japan to reduce vaccine gap for booster jabs 'wherever possible'
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 6 (ANI): Japan to lessen the present vaccine interval of eight months between the second and third COVID-19 vaccine shots, in the wake of rising Omicron scare.
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Pakistan: Sindh plans Pfizer booster shots amid Omicron threat
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 29 (ANI): Amid the global concern of the new COVID variant omicron, Pakistan's Sindh province has decided to inoculate all people with a booster shot of Pfizer.
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Research discovers COVID infection risk rises after second vaccine dose
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 28 (ANI): A new research has discovered a gradual increase in the risk of COVID-19 infection from 90 days after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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Pfizer, BioNTech not sure on vaccines' effectiveness on new COVID variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech on Saturday issued a statement stating that they are not sure whether their vaccines would be able to help in the treatment of the new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron'.
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Study finds COVID infection risk rises after second vaccine dose
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
London [UK], November 25 (ANI): A new study has found a gradual increase in the risk of COVID-19 infection from 90 days after receiving a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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US donates 16.8 million COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine doses to Bangladesh
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 24 (ANI): Another 1.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine Pfizer has been provided to Bangladesh by the US.
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Nepal starts inoculating teenagers with anti-COVID vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], November 23 (ANI): Nepal has started inoculating its teenage population with anti-COVID vaccines. On Monday, those between 12 and below 18 years stood in line to get jabbed as the government rolled the US donated Pfizer vaccine for teenagers or adolescents.
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COVID-19 vaccine gets weak antibody response in people on immunosuppressan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 22 (ANI): A new study has found that people who received two doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine while on TNF inhibitors (a class of immunosuppressants), generated less powerful and shorter-lived antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19 than healthy people
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