カテゴリー: Vaccines and immunisation
Green light for Oxford vaccine alongside domestic Covaxin hailed as ‘decisive turning point’ by PMCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has granted emergency approval to both the Oxford/AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and th…
Health officials hold vaccine drills as country sets target of inoculating 300 million people within six months See all our coronavirus coverageIndia has staged nationwide drills to start one of the world’s biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes as…
Rollout to begin ‘soon’ but about a million have already received injection under emergency approvalsSee all our coronavirus coverageChina’s health authorities have approved a Covid vaccine from state-owned Sinopharm for general use on the population, …
Germany says infectious variant has been present since November; Spain sets up Covid vaccine registerSee all our coronavirus coverageIndia has found six cases of a more infectious variant of the coronavirus in people arriving from Britain, while South …
Coronavirus epidemic has infected nearly 1% of country’s 1.3bn people Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage India’s confirmed coronavirus cases have crossed 10 million with new infections dipping to their lowest levels in three m…
From December 2019, when an unknown virus was found in China, to the release of vaccines for Covid-19 – here are the points where momentum shiftedFrom December 2019, when an unknown virus was found in China, to the release of vaccines for Covid-19, it …
First results released from trial of Sinopharm shot involving 31,000 peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe United Arab Emirates said a Chinese coronavirus vaccine tested in the federation of sheikhdoms has 86% efficacy, …
Chris Hipkins says it is understandable that other countries in much worse situations have fast-tracked approvalCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNew Zealand’s Covid-19 minister has called for patience in the country’s vaccine…
Trading allies such as Brazil are at the head of the queue for Beijing’s huge drug distribution programme Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThere was no VIP on board the plane from China that arrived in São Paulo airport earli…
South Korean intelligence foiled the attempt by secretive regime to infiltrate pharmaceutical companies working on treatmentsSouth Korea’s intelligence agency has foiled attempts by North Korean hackers to disrupt attempts to develop a Covid-19 vaccine…
South Korean intelligence foiled the attempt by secretive regime to infiltrate pharmaceutical companies working on treatmentsSouth Korea’s intelligence agency has foiled attempts by North Korean hackers to disrupt attempts to develop a Covid-19 vaccine…
Sinopharm chairman claims there has not been a single case of infection after inoculation of officials, students and workers heading overseasAlmost a million people in China have taken an emergency Covid-19 vaccine that is still in its testing phase, t…
Critics say halt in testing of Covid vaccine CoronaVac is politically motivatedCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, has sparked outrage by gloating over the suspension of clinical trials o…
Authorities say programme will continue after finding no direct links between the deaths and the vaccinesSouth Korean officials refused on Thursday to suspend a seasonal influenza inoculation effort, despite growing calls for a halt, including an appea…
Country plays central role in development, manufacture – and possible distribution – of potential vaccinesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAs the largest global supplier of drugs and producer of 60% of the world’s vaccines, I…