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EMA: “Too early to consider using a fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines”

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and EMA’s COVID-19 task force (ETF) have concluded that it is too early to consider using a fourth dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer’s Comirnaty and Moderna’s Spikevax) in the general population. More...

April 6, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Elderly, EU, Europe, Health, Infection, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Revaccination, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

UK: Fifth Covid-19 jab in two years for the over 50’s planned

The UK Health Secretary has suggested that a fifth dose of a Covid-19 may be needed in the autumn of 2022. More...

March 21, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com BA.1, BA.2, Coronavirus, Deaths, England, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Moderna, Northern Ireland, Omicron, Pfizer/Biontech, Reinfection, Revaccination, Scotland, Transmission, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Wales

Preprint: Prior natural infection compared to mRNA vaccination for SARS-CoV-2

Natural infection was associated with stronger and more durable protection against infection, regardless of the variant, than mRNA primary-series vaccination. More...

March 19, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Deaths, Hospitalization, Infection, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Qatar, Revaccination, Transmission, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Pfizer and Moderna: Fourth shot of COVID vaccine on the way

A fourth dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will be necessary in order to maintain manageable levels of hospitalizations and mild infections, CEO Albert Bourla said yesterday. More...

March 14, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Hospitalization, Infection, Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Revaccination, Vaccine

UK: vaccine mandate abolished for care workers

UK Care workers who were sacked for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine may be able to get their jobs back this month after the Government confirmed it is repealing the jabs mandate. More...

March 4, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Astrazeneca, Coronavirus, England, Healthcare, Hospitalization, Infection, London, Moderna, Northern Ireland, Pfizer/Biontech, Scotland, UK, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning, Wales

Preprint: MSH3 omohlogy and potential recombination link to SARS-CoV-2 furin cleavage site

“A BLAST search revealed that a 19 nucleotide portion of the SARS.Cov2 More...

February 23, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Coronavirus, Evolution, Genome, Moderna, Origins, USA, Vaccine

UK: Fourth vaccination for over 75’s within weeks

A fourth Covid vaccine dose should be offered to all adults over-75 and the most vulnerable over-12s this spring, the UK’s vaccines advisory body has said. More...

February 21, 2022February 21, 2022 Coronaheadsup.com Moderna, Pfizer/Biontech, Revaccination, Vaccine, Vaccine Breakthrough, Vaccine Waning

Israel: Finance minister “totally fine” with 1,000 Covid deaths a month

When asked about the over 1,000 who died of Covid in Israel in the past month, Finance minister Avigdor Liberman said, “I am totally fine with it. More...