Tag: pharmaceutical
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EU to ‘take action’ on AstraZeneca over vaccine supply
Brussels,(23rd March, 2021, 11:40 pm) (AFP/APP):Brussels said Tuesday it will toughen its checks on Covid-19 vaccine exports from the EU, as a top health official warned the bloc is “taking action” on AstraZeneca supplies. The European Commission will on Wednesday adopt “a revision of the export transparency and authorisation mechanism,” a spokesman told journalists. The…
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Countries should continue AstraZeneca rollout: WHO
Geneva, March 15 (AFP/APP):Countries should continue using AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine, the World Health Organization said on Monday, after many governments halted rollouts because of blood clot fears. “We do not want people to panic and we would, for the time being, recommend that countries continue vaccinating with AstraZeneca,” WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan told a…
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Countries should continue using AstraZeneca jab for now: WHO
Geneva, March 15 (AFP/APP):Countries should continue using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for now, the World Health Organization said Monday, after a number of nations halted its use over blood clot fears. “We do not want people to panic and we would, for the time being, recommend that countries continue vaccinating with AstraZeneca,” WHO chief…
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Health worker in Norway dies after AstraZeneca jab
Oslo, March 15 (AFP/APP):A health worker in Norway has died of a brain haemorrhage after receiving the AstraZeneca anti-Covid vaccine, though no direct link to the jab has been established, health authorities said Monday. This is the second such fatality within a few days in the Nordic country, which had suspended the use of the…