A booster dose of Moderna's mRNA-1273 vaccine protects against the new covid-19 variant, omicron, and may increase antibodies 83-fold, noam reported Monday, citing a study that has yet to be peer reviewed. Laboratory tests have revealed that the current booster dose of 50 micrograms of the vaccine...
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South Africa offers two million Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the rest of the continent
South Africa will donate two million Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the rest of the continent, through a platform created by the African Union (AU). According to the South African government, the doses will be available over the course of next year. "This donation represents South Africa's solidarity with our brothers and sisters...
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Covid-19. Johnson vaccines cause blood clotting and death. CDC recommends other brands
People who have received the J&J vaccine have reported cases of thrombosis involving blood clots. Women under 50 suffered the most, but the data is far worse, even with cases of death. The Immunization Advisory Committee of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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Covid-19. Africa burns vaccines of Western altruism
The head of the immunization and vaccine development program of the regional directorate of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa, Richard Mihigo, recognizes that the continent with more people to immunize receives vaccines with short shelf life, besides being in smaller numbers compared to the United States and Europe. According to Mihigo, the countries...
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Poor countries left to their own devices. They only received 0.6% of vaccines by November
The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Human Rights Watch said today that poor countries received only 0.6% of the total vaccines produced in the world. And, the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that there are six times more booster doses (third dose) being administered every day, than there are first doses in countries...
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Covid-19: Africa needs to make its own vaccines, experts say
The Partnership for African Vaccine Manufacturing (PAVM) suggests that the African continent produce its own anti-covid vaccines. The idea is related to the need to end supply problems. However, the continent is still dealing with obstacles to stop being a pharmaceutical testing ground and create its own immunizers....
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Covid-19: Vaccines Combat Omicron Variant - WHO
The new variant of covid-19, Omicron, can be fought effectively with the use of existing vaccines, according to assurance from the World Health Organization (WHO). According to WHO's emergency public health response officer, Michael Ryan, "there is no reason to doubt" that the current vaccines protect...
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Covid-19: China Promises Effective Omicron Vaccine
Beijing's Center for Disease Control says it will produce vaccines effective against the new Omicron variant of covid-19, assuring that the Chinese drugs are effective against all other variants - not what an official said. In contrast, the world still reserves many doubts CoronaVac and Sinopharm for having...
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Covid-19: Existing vaccines reduce severity of omicron variant
Preliminary studies by South African scientists conclude that existing vaccines to prevent covid-19 can also reduce the worsening of the disease in case of infection with the omicron variant. The Genome Surveillance Network of South Africa (NGS-SA) has advanced that PCR testing can tell if the infection is with the new...
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Head of the African Free Trade Area criticizes new bans
The secretary-general of the African Continental Free Trade Area has branded travel bans against southern African countries due to the Omicron variant as "disguised restrictions" on the continent's trade and commercial growth. Wamkele Mene, head of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) secretariat, said the recent bans...