Those who are fully vaccinated against the new coronavirus can gather privately in small groups without masks or physical distance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said, adding that in some cases safety guidelines for inoculated individuals have been relaxed. The CDC said on Monday that people who have …
Read More »Israel vaccinates more than 10% of its population in two weeks
TEL AVIV – Israel has inoculated nearly half of its vulnerable citizens and more than 10% of its population in two weeks as authorities stepped up the Covid-19 vaccination campaign after an outbreak of hiccups. With a population of about nine million as much as New York City, this small …
Read More »The Covid-19 vaccine faces public concerns over rollout safety
Governments are moving toward approving the first vaccines to contain Covid-19, but public concerns about dosage safety are threatening to undermine those efforts. A survey by the University of Hamburg found that about 40% of respondents in seven European countries were hesitant or unwilling to prepare for the Covid-19 vaccine …
Read More »How Pfizer Partner Bioentech Coronavirus Vaccine Leads the Race
Mainz, Germany On a Friday in late January, Ugur Sahin received an email with bad news: A new study of a deadly new coronavirus in China suggests it is more contagious than previously thought. He believed the outbreak was likely to be an epidemic. The following Monday, the chief executive …
Read More »Pfizer will be able to apply for emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine in late November
Pfizer Inc. P.F.E. -0.84% Said it may be ready to apply for emergency-use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine by the end of November, believing that in late-stage human trials will yield positive efficacy and safety data, the first time it or any other leading Western vaccine developer This kind of …
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