Tag: vaccine
Sinovac coronavirus vaccine “significantly less effective than what previous data suggested”
The São Paulo-based Butantan Institute – which is running final-stage clinical trials for CoronaVac, manufactured by Beijing-based Sinovac – submitted new data to Brazil’s health regulator on Tuesday, listing an efficacy rate of 50.4 per cent. More...
CDC: allergic reactions including anaphylaxis after receipt of the first dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
During December 14–23, 2020, monitoring by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported 1,893,360 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (11.1 cases per million doses); 71% of these occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7002e1.htm?s_cid=mm7002e1_w More...
S-variant SARS-CoV-2 associated with significantly higher viral loads
“This analysis suggests that patients whose samples exhibit the S-dropout profile in the TaqPath test are more likely to have high viral loads at the time of sampling. More...
Four people under observation in Germany after receiving 5 doses of Biontech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at once
“Eight employees of a German nursing home were mistakenly given five doses of Covid-19 vaccine, with no serious health consequences at this stage, according to Belga News Agency. More...
Adverse reactions reported to Pfizer coronavirus vaccine in multiple US states
- One Chicago hospital pauses its program after four workers suffer ill-effects
- CDC confirms at least six have had adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccine
- In Alaska, three health care workers needed medical attention after getting shots
- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9071431/CDC-CONFIRMS-six-people-suffered-adverse-reactions-COVID-vaccine.html
Two NHS staff given Pfizer vaccine jab suffer ‘anaphylactoid reaction’
UK regulators urge people with history of ‘significant’ allergies NOT to have Pfizer vaccine injection – just 24 hours after Britain’s mass inoculation kicked off. More...
WHO against mandatory COVID-19 vaccination
The World Health Organization said Monday that persuading people on the merits of a COVID-19 vaccine would be far better than trying to make the jabs mandatory. More...
Pfizer vaccine volunteer had 40.5°C temperature after 2nd dose
“When I woke up again at 5:30 am, I felt hot. More...
France: coronavirus vaccination will not be compulsory
Emmanuel Macron: “The peak of the second wave of the epidemic has passed. More...
Are mRNA coronavirus vaccines safe in the long term?
The Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be the first-ever messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines brought to market for human patients. More...








