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J&J COVID-19 vaccine under EU review over blood clots

April 9, 2021 WallStreetReview

(Reuters) - Europe’s drug regulator said on Friday that it is reviewing rare blood clots in four people in the United States who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine.FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws from a vial of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File PhotoThe… Read More

Vaccine reaches descendants of runaway slaves as COVID-19 ravages Brazil

April 8, 2021 WallStreetReview

MAGE, Brazil (Reuters) - A ray of hope reached a community descended from runaway slaves outside Rio de Janeiro this week as it received its first doses of COVID-19 vaccine after a long fight for recognition at a time when Brazil has become the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.The community in Mage, 50 kilometers (30… Read More

Vaccine bus rolls into New York’s Sunset Park

April 7, 2021 WallStreetReview

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Emblazoned with the outline of a masked Statue of Liberty flexing a formidable bicep, the first COVID-19 mobile vaccine clinics rolled into New York City on Wednesday to make vaccinations more easily available for underserved communities.The first buses set up in the Sunset Park community in Brooklyn, home to Chinatown, and… Read More

J&J COVID-19 vaccine delayed by U.S. manufacturing issues: NYT

March 31, 2021 WallStreetReview

FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws from a vial of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it had found a problem with a batch of drug substance for its COVID-19 vaccine, which did not meet quality standards… Read More

COVID-19 vaccine confidence grows as side effect worries fade

March 4, 2021 WallStreetReview

LONDON (Reuters) - Confidence in COVID-19 vaccines is growing, with people’s willingness to have the shots increasing as they are rolled out across the world and concerns about possible side effects are fading, a 14-country survey showed on Friday.Co-led by Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) and the polling firm YouGov, the… Read More

EU targets vaccine production capacity of 2-3 billion doses/year by end-2021 paper

March 3, 2021 WallStreetReview

FILE PHOTO: A health worker receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Madrid, Spain, February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File PhotoMILAN (Reuters) - The European Union aims to increase the region’s COVID-19 vaccine production capacity to 2-3 billion doses per year by the end of 2021, Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton was quoted as saying… Read More

Canada vaccine committee advises against AstraZeneca vaccine for 65+

March 1, 2021 WallStreetReview

TORONTO, March 1 (Reuters) - Canada’s National Advisory Committee on Immunization released new guidelines on Monday that advise against vaccinating people who are 65 years and older with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, citing lack of information about efficacy in that age group.The vaccine was authorized for people who are 18 and older by drug regulator Health… Read More

UK’s Sunak says vaccine passport idea might help the economy

February 28, 2021 WallStreetReview

A woman receives a dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine inside a bus modified into a mobile vaccination centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Thamesmead, London, Britain, February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON (Reuters) - British finance minister Rishi Sunak said the idea of giving people vaccine passports or certificates to allow them to enter… Read More

Germany to set up vaccine task force to boost production

February 19, 2021 WallStreetReview

German Health Minister Jens Spahn, right, and Lothar H. Wieler, President of the Robert-Koch-Institute, address the media during a news conference in Berlin, Germany February 19, 2021. Michael Sohn/Pool via REUTERSBERLIN (Reuters) - Germany wants to set up a special task force to help boost investment in vaccine production and build up reserve capacity for… Read More

Nearing vaccine target, Britain offers COVID shots to more people

February 13, 2021 WallStreetReview

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will begin giving COVID-19 shots to those aged 65 and over on Monday as it closes in on its target to offer vaccines to 15 million people in priority groups including the elderly and frontline healthcare workers.The government set Monday as the deadline to deliver a first vaccine dose to everyone… Read More