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Pfizer vaccines

Covid again

Covid again

EDITORIAL: Now that it’s pretty clear that the Covid virus is making a comeback across the world – particularly...
Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am
Sri Lanka approves Pfizer COVID vaccine for emergency use
Business & Finance

Sri Lanka approves Pfizer COVID vaccine for emergency use

  • Dr. Sudharshani Fernandopulle, the minister overseeing the fight against the epidemic, said in a statement the government would order 5 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine.
  • Sri Lanka is the first country in South Asia to approve the Pfizer vaccine. It has also approved Russia's Sputnik and China's Sinopharm vaccines for emergency use.
Published 08 May, 2021 04:17pm
EU seals world's largest vaccine supply deal with Pfizer
Business & Finance

EU seals world's largest vaccine supply deal with Pfizer

  • The vaccines from the US drug maker and its German partner BioNTech will be delivered over the period 2021-2023, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a briefing.
  • The agreement would be enough to inoculate the 450 million EU population for two years and comes as the bloc seeks to shore up long-term supplies.
Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:55pm
UK data show good immune response in over 80s after 2-dose Pfizer COVID-19 shot
World

UK data show good immune response in over 80s after 2-dose Pfizer COVID-19 shot

  • "We were surprised, and very pleased," Moss told reporters at a briefing about the findings. "But, of course, this does go with the excellent clinical protection that we're seeing with the vaccine - so it does correlate."
  • Pfizer and its co-developer BioNTech said earlier on Thursday that updated clinical trial data showed their vaccine is around 91% effective at preventing COVID-19 cases.
Published 01 Apr, 2021 05:32pm
Vietnam seeks to diversify COVID-19 vaccine sources amid supply issues
World

Vietnam seeks to diversify COVID-19 vaccine sources amid supply issues

  • "COVID-19 vaccine supplies for Vietnam have been impacted by the complicated developments of the coronavirus pandemic in the world," the government said in a statement.
  • Vietnam's vaccination campaign, which was launched on March 8, has relied solely on the batch of 117,600 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine it received last month.
Published 24 Mar, 2021 07:14pm
Europe to get 4mn more Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots this month
World

Europe to get 4mn more Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 shots this month

  • The doses to vaccinate two million people will be supplied in addition to the planned deliveries, to ease border movement and to tackle virus hotspots, the Commission said.
  • "To tackle aggressive variants of the virus and to improve the situation in hotspots, quick and decisive action is necessary," the president of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said.
Updated 10 Mar, 2021 07:24pm
Brazil to get extra 5mn COVID-19 doses from Pfizer
Business & Finance

Brazil to get extra 5mn COVID-19 doses from Pfizer

  • Speaking in Brasilia, Guedes said President Jair Bolsonaro had spoken with the global head of Pfizer and was scheduled to speak with the head of Janssen, the pharmaceutical subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson.
  • The government last week said it intended to buy 100 million doses from Pfizer and 38 million from Janssen through the end of December.
Updated 08 Mar, 2021 10:16pm
Brazil approves Pfizer's COVID-19 shot, but has none to use
Business & Finance

Brazil approves Pfizer's COVID-19 shot, but has none to use

  • The Pfizer/BioNTech shot is the first vaccine against the novel coronavirus to receive full approval in Brazil, Anvisa said. Other vaccines developed by AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd, have only been approved for emergency use so far.
  • The approval is good news for a country whose immunization campaign has been plagued by delays and political squabbling.
Published 23 Feb, 2021 07:44pm
South Africa adviser says Pfizer 'still very good vaccine' despite study
World

South Africa adviser says Pfizer 'still very good vaccine' despite study

  • The advisory committee held its regular weekly meeting on Thursday and discussed the laboratory study, which was published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week.
  • South Africa is counting on the Pfizer shot, developed with German partner BioNTech, to step up its vaccination programme after administering its first Johnson & Johnson doses on Wednesday.
Published 19 Feb, 2021 06:55pm
Colombia's first COVID-19 vaccines to arrive Monday
World

Colombia's first COVID-19 vaccines to arrive Monday

  • Today we remember all the victims of COVID-19, the more than 57,000 irreplaceable Colombians who have left a void and who we will honor fighting the virus with a vaccine.
  • This afternoon the first shipment of vaccines from the pharmaceutical company Pfizer with the first 50,000 vaccines will arrive in our country from Belgium.
Published 15 Feb, 2021 07:25pm
Malaysia says its delivery of Pfizer vaccines on track
World

Malaysia says its delivery of Pfizer vaccines on track

  • The Pfizer vaccine is produced in Belgium and the European Commission said on Friday it had agreed a plan to control exports of vaccines from the European Union, including to Britain.
  • With the assurances of both the EU and Belgian Ambassadors, the COVID-19 immunisation plan is expected to proceed according to plan.
Published 02 Feb, 2021 06:25pm