Topic: Vaccine
New COVID-19 variants raise questions around vaccines, WHO says
The emergence of new coronavirus variants has raised major questions around whether currently available vaccines will be effective against them, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
Pfizer withdraws vaccine application in India
Pfizer has withdrawn an application for emergency-use authorisation of its Covid vaccine in India that it has developed with Germany’s BioNTech, the company told Reuters on Friday.
Poor countries will not have wide access to vaccines before 2023
A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit published last week shows that more than 85 poor countries will not have widespread COVID-19 vaccine before 2023. Depending on where you live, the mass rollout of vaccines will take time although developed countries have started vaccinating since the beginning of 2021.
Palestinians begin COVID vaccinations
The Ministry of Health in Palestine began vaccinating its population against coronavirus, starting with health and medical teams working in intensive care units in centers and hospitals for treating virus patients on Tuesday.
WHO urges effective and fair use of COVID vaccines
With COVID-19 vaccines currently in scarce supply, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday pressed governments to prioritize inoculation of health workers and older persons, and to share excess doses with other nations.
Govt probe into deaths of health workers in vaccine rollout raises questions
The deaths of nine health workers following the Covid-19 vaccine administration have become a serious concern of the nation and the government haven’t disclosed the details of the investigations and any of the actions taken.
