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Nov
26
2020
By The African Mirror
EXPLAINER – When and how will COVID-19 vaccines become available?

EXPLAINER – When and how will COVID-19 vaccines become available?

COVID-19
JULIE STEENHUYZEN and CARL O’DONNELL PFIZER Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have released trial data showing their COVID-19 vaccines to be about 95% effective at preventing the illness, while AstraZeneca Plc this week said its vaccine could be up to 90% effective. If regulators approve any of the vaccines in coming weeks, the companies have said distribution could begin almost immediately with governments around the world to decide who gets them and in what order. The following is an outline of the process: WHEN WILL COMPANIES ROLL OUT A VACCINE? Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca have already started…
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Sep
22
2020
By The African Mirror
VIDEO: Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?

VIDEO: Who should get a COVID-19 vaccine first?

MULTIMEDIA
A committee of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine is readying a report with recommendations for equitable distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. In this Q&A, bioethicist Dr Nicole Hassoun of Binghamton University breaks down the elements in the recently published draft report from the committee and explains the key questions around vaccine distribution. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xj-GnwMUDJw NICOLE HASSOUN, Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York Why is there a need for guidelines on how to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine? It’s clear that there won’t be enough vaccines for everybody initially. It just takes a long time to…
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