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Coronavirus Israel live: Gaza expects shipment of 40,000 UAE-funded vaccine doses
The 100 million doses that have now been administered show the COVID vaccine is safe
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Pfizer to ship 13m. COVID-19 vaccine doses per week to US by mid-March
Pfizer Inc expects to deliver more than 13 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine per week to the United States by the middle of March, more than doubling its shipments from early February, a top Pfizer executive said in prepared testimony ahead of a Tuesday congressional hearing. Pfizer is on track to deliver 120 million […]
Syria gets vaccines from ‘friendly country’ after Israel said to pay for doses
Syria said Thursday it had received a batch of coronavirus vaccines from a “friendly country,” without specifying where the shots had come from. Health Minister Hassan Ghabash said that healthcare workers will begin receiving inoculations next week, Reuters reported, citing the state news agency SANA. The development came after media reports in Israel and abroad […]
3rd time’s the charm? Pfizer/BioNTech to study if THREE doses of Covid-19 vaccine can boost immunity against variants
Pfizer and BioNTech will launch a new trial of the Covid-19 vaccine they jointly developed to see if a third dose can act as an effective booster against emerging variants of the virus, they said in a statement on Thursday. The study will use participants from a current US trial, who will be given a […]
UAE transfers 20,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID vaccine to Gaza
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G7 states account for nearly HALF of all administered Covid-19 vaccine doses globally as WHO roots for fair & equal distribution
More than 200 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered across 107 countries and territories, AFP has reported, citing official data. Nearly a half of these have gone to the wealthy G7 club of nations. Around 45 percent of injections were given in states belonging to the Group of Seven (G7), AFP said on Saturday. […]
Over 200 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered globally
PARIS, France — More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories, according to an AFP count based on official sources Saturday. In total 201,042,149 doses had been given worldwide by 12 p.m. Jerusalem time — a figure that does not include the latest data from China […]
In exchange for captive, Israel said to buy $1m of Russian COVID doses for Syria
Israel is said to have agreed to purchase an unknown number of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine doses for use in Syria as part of the deal for the return of an Israeli woman who was held by the Syrian regime after crossing the border two weeks ago. The woman arrived in Israel on Friday […]
Pfizer-BioNTech tried to gouge the EU with 65-DOLLAR vaccine doses, German media report
Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech wanted to charge the EU Commission €54.08 per dose of their Coronavirus vaccine, according to German media reports. The jab would have cost more than 20 times that of a rival shot from AstraZeneca. The prospective price tag was revealed on Thursday by German broadcasters NDR and WDR, and the Suddeutsche […]
PA accuses Israel of blocking entry of vaccine doses into Gaza
Palestinian health workers and medical professionals in Gaza are still struggling to get their hands on the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, after Israeli authorities reportedly blocked the entry of 2,000 doses into the besieged territory, according to Palestinian officials. The Palestinian Authority (PA) said on Monday that Israel was refusing to allow the […]
Japan could be forced to toss out MILLIONS of vaccine doses due to shortage of suitable syringes
Japan’s vaccination drive has hit a snag after it was discovered that the country lacks proper syringes to extract the maximum number of doses from each vial. The hiccup could result in millions of people being denied the drug. The Asian nation reserved 144 million shots of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, enough to give 72 million […]
Japan to waste millions of doses of Pfizer vaccine because of syringe mixup
A shortage of specialist syringes in Japan means millions of people will not receive the Pfizer covid-19 vaccine. Standard syringes cannot extract the sixth and final dose from each vial manufactured by the US drugmaker. Without the specialist syringes, the final dose will be discarded. Japan has secured 144 million shots of the Pfizer vaccine, […]
First doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Afghanistan from India
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Palestinians begin vaccinations, 10,000 doses arrived on Thursday
A Palestinian health worker holds a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine provided by Israel during vaccination in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on February 3, 2021. (Photo: Mosab Shawer/APA Images) The Latest: 182,071 Palestinians tested positive for COVID-19; 171,162 recoveries; 2,055 deaths Of Palestinians who tested positive, 109,332 live in the West Bank; […]
North Korea to Receive Millions of Coronavirus Vaccine Doses with ‘Zero’ Confirmed Cases
The World Health Organization’s (W.H.O.) global coronavirus vaccine distribution program has reportedly reserved about 2 million doses for the government of North Korea, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported Thursday, raising questions regarding Pyongyang’s claim that it has yet to see a single case of the disease within its borders. The apparent confirmation from the […]
Israel to send Palestinians 5,000 coronavirus vaccine doses for health workers
Israel will transfer 5,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to medical teams in Palestinian Authority areas, with the first delivery expected to change hands at the beginning of this week, Israeli military sources said. “In accordance with the recommendation of the Defense Minister and the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, the political echelon approved [on Friday] the […]
Morocco Gets 2 Million AstraZeneca Vaccine Doses, First Big Shipment to Africa
A health worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Appleton Village Pharmacy, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Widnes, Britain, January 14, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff Morocco received 2 million doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, becoming the first African country to get a large enough […]
No freebies! Pfizer to charge for ‘extra’ Covid-19 vaccine doses as doctors squeeze vials of every drop to inoculate more people
Pfizer has pressured regulators to declare its vials contain an “extra” dose of the vaccine and will now count them in deliveries, after frontline health workers found they could dispense six shots from one vial, instead of five. A spokeswoman for the pharma giant, Amy Rose, explained that while the company would “fulfill our supply […]
US uses just under 36% of coronavirus vaccine doses allotted to states
As health officials began to worry that doses would go unused and discarded, the governors of New York and Florida vowed to penalize hospitals that fail to dispense shots quickly. Source Views: 0