Tag: vaccine
People infected with South African coronavirus variant 501YV2 may be protected from re-infection
A new study has shown people previously infected by the Covid-19 variant 501Y.V2, More...
Austria and Denmark to work with Israel on future coronavirus vaccines – EU ‘too slow’
Austria’s chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, described the EU’s vaccination deployment as “too slow” as he announced that his country and Denmark would work with Israel on protecting their citizens against new coronavirus variants. More...
Israel: Netanyahu wants 36m more coronavirus vaccines. “The worst scenario is that we have to vaccinate every half year.”
Israel is looking to buy 36 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines, three times the number it has already bought, in case booster shots are needed later in the year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday. More...
Italian coronavirus vaccine begins first clinical trials
Clinical trials of the all-Italian anti Covid-19 vaccine has started. More...
2 Israeli men in their 20s die of COVID-19 in a day
Neither had pre-existing health conditions; both collapsed in their homes
Two Israeli men in their twenties with no pre-existing health conditions died of COVID-19 within hours of each other on Thursday. More...
Johnson and Johnson vaccine has a 72% overall efficacy rate in the US and 64% in South Africa
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine had a 72 percent overall efficacy rate in the United States and 64 percent in South Africa, where a highly contagious variant emerged in the fall and is now driving most cases. More...
Moselle, France: “more than a third of coronavirus cases in circulation are of South African origin” 501YV2
The presence of variants in Moselle, France, continues to worry. More...
Italian vaccinated with Pfizer/Biontech vaccine is infected with Brazilian coronavirus variant 501YV2
A health professional at a hospital in L’Aquila, Italy, was infected with the variant Brazilian P.1 of the new coronavirus, even after being immunized with the vacina pharmaceutical company Pfizer in partnership with BioNTech. More...
Astrazenica coronavirus vaccine: “We did not expect 40 percent side effects”
Shortly after the vaccination with the Astra-Zeneca active ingredient, 37 out of 88 employees in a Braunschweig, Germany clinic were temporarily unable to work. More...
Pfizer says South African variant 501Y.V2 B.1.351 could reduce vaccine protection by up to 66%
A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus N501Y.V2 More...