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Italy blocks AstraZeneca vaccine shipoment to Australia, using new regulations

Thu, 2021-03-04 12:35 — mike kraft

Covid: Italy 'blocks' AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia The bar on shipping 250,000 doses amid a row with the firm is backed by the EU. BBC News

The Italian government has blocked the export of an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia.

The decision affects 250,000 doses of the vaccine produced at an AstraZeneca facility in Italy.

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Europe starts formal review of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine

Thu, 2021-03-04 11:19 — mike kraft

Europe starts formal review of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine Europe's medicines regulator said on Thursday it had started a rolling review of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, an important display of confidence in the shot that paves the way for its potential approval across the 27-nation bloc. Andrew Osborn, Pushkala Aripaka U.S.

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Vaccine 2nd doses issue: US says necessary, Canada and Germany extend

Thu, 2021-03-04 11:05 — mike kraft

Two doses of Pfizer and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine are necessary, officials say, but questions still linger The United States is holding firm to the strategy to administer two doses of the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines a few weeks apart. Still, the idea of expanding the supply by dispensing only one dose hasn't faded away. The Trump administration's surgeon general, Dr. Jerome Adams, said in a tweet on Tuesday that the good protection available with one shot "is better than great protection for a few." Jen Christensen, CNN CNN

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Germans reject Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as government reverses corse and allows for over 65s

Thu, 2021-03-04 10:29 — mike kraft

Germans' rejection of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine hinders COVID fight Early trial data and government's refusal to approve the shot for over-65s, despite mounting evidence that it works well, have led to thousands of doses going unused. CBS News cbsthismorning

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Political Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic amid various uncertainities

Wed, 2021-03-03 12:38 — mike kraft

Analysis: Biden aims to manage expectations with pandemic WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden doesn’t just have to manage the coronavirus pandemic — he also has to manage people’s expectations for how soon the country will come out of it. And on... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden doesn’t just have to manage the coronavirus pandemic — he also has to manage people’s expectations for how soon the country will come out of it.

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OVERVIEW: Europe and other coronavirus developments

Wed, 2021-03-03 10:28 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Johnson & Johnson's newly authorized vaccine has started shipping, while a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus has been detected in Britain for the first time. Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson’s newly authorized vaccine has started shipping, while a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus first identified in the Brazilian city of Manaus has been detected in Britain for the first time.

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Europe shifts tactics to speed vaccinations

Wed, 2021-03-03 10:09 — mike kraft

Tactical shift: Europe seeks vaccine 'overdrive' to catch up BERLIN (AP) — Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject them into. Like... AP NEWS

BERLIN (AP) — Slow off the blocks in the race to immunize its citizens against COVID-19, Germany faces an unfamiliar problem: a glut of vaccines and not enough arms to inject them into.

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Chinese Covid vaccines getting widespread distribution despite some concerns.

Tue, 2021-03-02 19:22 — mike kraft

Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago’s airport in late January, and Chile’s president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. “Today,” he said, “is a... AP NEWS

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The plane laden with vaccines had just rolled to a stop at Santiago’s airport in late January, and Chile’s president, Sebastián Piñera, was beaming. “Today,” he said, “is a day of joy, emotion and hope.”

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Under pressure over slow vaccine rollouts, EU considers switch to emergency approvals

Tue, 2021-03-02 19:06 — mike kraft

EU, under pressure over vaccine rollouts, considers switch to emergency approvals The European Commission said on Tuesday that it was considering emergency approvals for COVID-19 vaccines as a faster alternative to more rigorous conditional marketing authorisations which have been used so far. Francesco Guarascio U.S.

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Biden says there will be enough vaccine doses for every adult in America by May

Tue, 2021-03-02 16:55 — mike kraft

There will be enough vaccine doses for every adult in America by May, Biden says President Joe Biden said that there will be enough vaccine supply for every adult in America by the end of May, thanks to ramped up production and the authorization of a third vaccine by Johnson & Johnson. By <a href="/profiles/jessie-yeung">Jessie Yeung</a>, <a href="/profiles/brett-mckeehan">Brett McKeehan</a>, Rob Picheta, Kareem Khadder and Ed Upright, CNN CNN

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