Explainer – Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?
Reuters India on Friday became the fourth country to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, authorising the vaccine’s rollout in coming weeks in the country with the second highest number of infections. The following is what we know about the race to deliver vaccines to help end the coronavirus pandemic, which […]
WHO emergency COVID-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries
Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing world. The United Nations health agency said it will work with regional partners to tell national health authorities about the two-dose shot and its anticipated benefits. Syringes are […]
Production and delivery challenges set up turbulent Year of the Vaccine
Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters As 2020 closes, regulatory approval of COVID-19 vaccines has raised hopes the world can defeat the pandemic next year. But production and delivery challenges suggest beating the disease will be a marathon whose finish line is still far away. Europe on Monday followed Britain and the United States in giving a green light […]
BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine heads to EU as effectiveness against new strain tested
Frankfurt, Germany/Zurich, SwitzerlandReuters BioNTech is testing the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with Pfizer against a highly infectious new strain of the coronavirus as it prepares to send 12.5 million doses to EU countries by the end of year. The European Union is gearing up for a vaccination campaign of unprecedented scale following […]
Breakthrough COVID vaccine tech could help defeat other diseases
Zurich, Switzerland/Frankfurt, GermanyReuters Breakthrough technology that transforms the body into a virus-zapping vaccine factory is poised to revolutionise the fight against COVID-19 but future pandemics and even cancer could be next, scientists say. The initial success of so-called messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccines in late-stage trials by Moderna as well as Pfizer and its German […]
Wave of promising study results raise hopes for coronavirus vaccines
Chicago, USReuters Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday, including a closely-watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognise and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects. Whether any of these efforts will result in a vaccine capable of protecting […]