Breaking News: Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine offers strong protection after the first dose, the FDA said in its first analysis of the clinical trial data.
NEW Article: Impact and effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 infections and
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cases, hospitalisations, and deaths following a nationwide vaccination campaign in Israel
Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, received the first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at 6.31am this morning from nurse May Parsons in Coventry.
Mrs Keenan has been self-isolating for most of this year and is planning a small family "bubble" Christmas to keep safe
The World Health Organization has listed the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use. The WHO grants emergency use listing to vaccines that have passed quality, safety and efficacy assessments.
"They can not cope with the number of dead."
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reports from New Delhi where a makeshift crematorium has been set up outside a hospital as the country struggles to cope with the number of
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cases and deaths.
🔴The doctor who first discovered the Omicron variant in South Africa has said that the UK is 'panicking unnecessarily'
Dr Coetzee said she first encountered the variant in a patient with constant tiredness and a mild headache but no other Covid symptoms
NEW—Interim analysis of Russian
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phase 3 trial involving nearly 20,000 participants suggests a two-dose regimen has an efficacy of 91.6% against symptomatic
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. No serious adverse events were deemed to be associated with vaccination.
China’s approval for mRNA shots enters final phase in decision-making, and the relevant discussion with Chinese authorities is very “encouraging”: BioNTech’s CEO told the GT.