Nigeria prioritising four COVID-19 vaccines
NIGERIA is prioritising the AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines, the official heading Nigeria’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign has
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Mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer shot boosts COVID antibody level – study
SANGMI CHA A mixed vaccination of first AstraZeneca and then a Pfizer COVID-19 shot boosted neutralizing antibody levels by six
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Africa demands local production of vaccines
DUNCAN MIRIRI and GEORGE OBULUTSA GLOBAL pharmaceutical firms should license the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa rather than just
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Landmark deal to make vaccine in SA
PFIZER and BioNTech have struck a deal for South Africa’s Biovac Institute to help manufacture around 100 million doses a
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WHO to review COVID-19 vaccines
TECHNICAL experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) will review on April 26 Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine for possible
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‘Vaccine down payments terms among onerous’
WENDELL ROELF and ALEXANDER WINNING SOUTH Africa agreed to onerous conditions like non-refundable down payments to secure COVID-19 vaccines from
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Vaccines for “immediate use” in S.A.
SOUTH Africa’s health minister said yesterday that government advisers had grouped COVID-19 vaccines into three groups and those considered for
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Testing vaccine in pregnant women
JULIE STEENHUYSEN PFIZER Inc and BioNTech SE have started an international study with 4,000 volunteers to evaluate the safety and
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WHO emergency COVID-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries
JOHN MILLER THE World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move
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WHO expects decisions on Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines in weeks
THE World Health Organization expects to make decisions on whether to give emergency use approval to COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer,
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