Tag: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
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Ukraine’s Zelensky gets jab on eastern ‘frontline’
President Volodymyr Zelensky received a coronavirus vaccine injection in the war-torn east of the country
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Pfizer and AZ Covid jabs ‘highly effective’ in elderly: UK study
London, March 1 (AFP/APP):The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been “highly effective” in reducing coronavirus infections and severe illness among elderly people in Britain, with a more than 80 percent reduction in hospitalisation, official data showed Monday. In the over 80s, a single dose of either vaccine is more than 80 percent effective at preventing…
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Nigeria set for first delivery of Covid vaccines
Abuja, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Nigeria will this week receive its first delivery of Covid-19 vaccines with nearly four million doses set to arrive in Africa’s most populous nation through the global Covax programme, officials said Sunday. The agency in charge of the country’s vaccination campaign did not say in its announcement when inoculations would begin, but…
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Citizens above 65 to get COVID jabs from March 2: Dr Nausheen
Parliamentary Secretary for National Health Services Dr Nausheen Hamid said senior citizens would get COVID jabs from March 2.
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Govt opens COVID-19 vaccine registration for supporting health staff
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21 (APP):Announcing the next phase, the government has started registration of general healthcare workers and supporting staff related with the medical profession and health service delivery for COVID-19 vaccination. According to an official of Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, now all supporting staff and general health workers not just frontline…
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Govt starts general healthcare workers’ registration for COVID-19 vaccination
ISLAMABAD, Feb 20 (APP):Special Assistance to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Dr Faisal Sultan Saturday asked all general healthcare workers not just frontline to get registered to receive COVID-19 vaccination. In a tweet, he said that these health workers can now go to (www.covid.gov.pk/vaccine) and get registered for coronavirus vaccination…