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Severe reaction to Moderna vaccine 'rare': US study
Washington (AFP) - Severe allergic reaction to Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is "rare," US health authorities said Friday, with only 10 cases arising from more than four million first doses. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also emphasized that widespread vaccination was critical to fighting the coronavirus pandemic. "Based on this early monitoring, anaphylaxis after receipt of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine appears to be a rare event," the CDC said in a report, indicating that none of the reactions resulted in death. The CDC data documented the 10 cases of anaphylactic shock among a repo...
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New York state runs out of Covid-19 vaccines: governor
New York (AFP) - New York state was to run out of coronavirus vaccines on Friday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, increasing pressure on President Joe Biden's administration to speed up deliveries. "NYS will use up our first dose vaccine allocations today. But our next allocation is coming throughout the week," Cuomo wrote on Twitter. "Providers should ONLY schedule appointments for allocations they know they'll receive. We want to avoid all cancelations," he added. Biden took office this week with a pledge to reenergize America's faltering vaccination program. Only 16.5 million vaccines have been...
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Post about vaccines containing toxic levels of ingredients is misleading
The substances listed in the social media post are present in certain vaccines but medical research suggests the levels are not harmful. By Sahil Bali A post has been shared on social media platforms listing-out a number of ingredients used in the manufacturing of vaccines. This post is getting popular during the on-going dialogue about the coronavirus vaccine’s safety and development. The post claims in the heading “Why should we resist against vaccines”. Further, it lists out ingredients present in the vaccines and also claims that “it diminishes your natural immunity against diseases and va...
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Brazil approves two Covid vaccines, Sao Paulo nurse gets first jab
Sao Paulo (AFP) - Brazil's health regulator gave emergency approval Sunday for two coronavirus vaccines, kicking off a mass inoculation campaign amid a devastating second epidemic wave killing over 1,000 people in the vast South American nation daily. Monica Calazans, a 54-year-old nurse in Sao Paulo became the first person in Brazil to receive the Chinese CoronaVac jab after the Anvisa watchdog's highly-anticipated ruling. Anvisa also approved AstraZeneca and Oxford University's Covishield shot for use in the nation whose Covid-19 death toll now exceeds 209,000 -- surpassed only by the United...
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India’s COVID vaccines: A primer
With vaccine rollout beginning January 16, India’s battle against COVID-19 progresses to the next stage. Here’s all you need to know about the country’s efforts towards mass vaccination. By Tariq Hashmat On January 2, India approved two vaccines for emergency public rollout. Following the nod from the Subject Experts Committee (SEC) and Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the huge task to inoculate 1.3 billion people is all set to begin on January 16. With the two vaccines approved and ready for deployment, India joins the list of countries that have begun COVID vaccination. What are the ...
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Disneyland opens mass Covid vaccination center
Anaheim (United States) (AFP) - California's Disneyland opened a giant coronavirus vaccination center Wednesday, some 10 months after the pandemic's appearance forced the closure of the world-famous theme park. The first few hundred patients lucky enough to bag online appointments drove up to the Anaheim resort's parking lot Wednesday morning, where those over 65 and health care workers are being inoculated in white tents. "Today for many people getting vaccinated, it is truly the happiest place on Earth," said Orange County supervisor Lisa Bartlett, referencing the famous Disney descriptor. T...
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US vaccinates 10 mln against Covid but remains behind target
Washington (AFP) - More than 10 million people have received their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in the United States, official data showed Wednesday, even as the country remains behind its immunization targets. Of 29,380,125 doses of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines sent to states, 10,278,462 have been administered as first doses, according to the CDC's tracker. That is around 3.1 percent of the total population of roughly 330 million people -- though vaccines are not yet available to children. The US has vaccinated more people than any other Western country, but rollout has fallen far behi...
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US won't hold back second Covid vaccine doses: health secretary
Washington (AFP) - As part of efforts to expand access to Covid vaccines, the federal government will allow makers to release all their available doses instead of reserving booster shots, the US health secretary said Tuesday. Alex Azar told ABC News that the manufacture of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines was now "predictable enough that second doses are available for people from ongoing production." This marks a break from the previous plan in which second doses were held back for those people who had received their first, to ensure that there is no delay. The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines requi...
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Biden blasts US coronavirus vaccine rollout as 'travesty'
Washington (AFP) - US President-elect Joe Biden on Friday slammed the Trump administration's distribution of Covid-19 vaccines as a "travesty," and announced a plan to speed up rollout that could delay people's second dose. More than 365,000 people have died from the coronavirus in America, the world's hardest-hit country, including some 4,000 on Thursday alone. "Vaccines give us hope, but the roll-out has been a travesty," Biden told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware. He said distribution of the vaccine would be "the greatest operational challenge we will ever face as a nation." Biden's comme...
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1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study
Washington (AFP) - Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have had severe allergic reactions, US health officials said Wednesday while stressing that the benefits of immunization greatly outweigh the known risks. The data comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which documented 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported 1,893,360 shots from December 14 to December 23. "This averages out to a rate of 11.1 anaphylaxis cases per one million doses administered," senior CDC official Nancy Messonnier told reporter...
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