Covid-19: Germany recommends AstraZeneca vaccine for people over 65 years
The Standing Committee on Vaccination (STIKO) in Germany updated its reference and now recommended the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca for all age groups, including people older than 65 years Canada receives first shipment of 5 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses from Serum Institute
Very early this morning, our first half a million doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine from the Serum Institute arrived in Canada, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 6-week sprint got Canada's nod for AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine
Health Canada's relatively fast approval was underpinned by SII and Verity's four years of working to bring a cancer treatment to Canada COVAX vaccine programme to deliver 237 mn doses to 142 nations by end-May
The timeline for the delivery of doses, made by AstraZeneca and by India's Serum Institute, will be split into separate two-month schedules, COVAX said in a statement
AstraZeneca, Sputnik vaccines face hurdles if COVID shots become annual affair
So-called viral vector shots - also used by several Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developers - use harmless modified viruses as vehicles, or vectors, to carry genetic information that helps the body build immunity against future infections.
Coronavirus | Germans clamour for COVID-19 vaccines, but shun AstraZeneca's offering
Many people including health workers are skipping appointments or refusing to sign up for the AstraZeneca shot, which they fear is less effective than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine AstraZeneca says it will have no vaccine supply shortfall in second quarter
AstraZeneca will deliver 180 million Covid-19 vaccines to Europe in the second quarter, the head of its Italian unit was quoted as saying on Thursday Sri Lanka orders 13.5 mn AstraZeneca doses, likely to drop Chinese vaccines
Ramesh Pathirana, who is also the Minister of Plantations, said Sri Lanka is likely to go only with the AstraZeneca vaccines for the second phase of vaccination 'Serum Institute directed to prioritise India's needs': Adar Poonawalla urges world to be patient
Poonawalla appealed to countries and governments to be patient and assured that the coronavirus vaccine will be available to the rest of the world who are purchasing the AstraZeneca-Oxford doses from India Sri Lanka to procure 10 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine from India
Sri Lanka will purchase 10 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from India, officials here have said