Search result for CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
TOKYO STOCKS END HIGHER OVER COVID-19 INOCULATIONS
Highlights –
- Tokyo stocks end higher over COVID-19 inoculations.
- The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 131.80 points, or 0.46 percent.
- Topix index of all First Section issues on the TSE finished 16.15 points, or 0.84 percent.
JAPAN PLANNING TO INOCULATE CHILDREN BETWEEN 12 & 15 AGAINST COVID-19
Highlights –
- Japan planning to inoculate children between 12 & 15 against COVID-19.
- Japan has so far authorized vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE.
- The details of the plan if the children can receive free shots with ...
S. KOREA TO PROVIDE $8,970 FOR PEOPLE WITH COVID-19 VACCINE SIDE EFFECTS
Highlights –
- S. Korea to provide $8,970 for people with COVID-19 vaccine side effects.
- A causal link between a COVID-19 vaccine injection and side effects needs to be proven for the payout.
- The expanded medical expense coverage is sai...
HALF OF ADULT AMERICANS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE SHOT OF COVID-19 VACCINE
Highlights
• The Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention reported that almost 130 million people ageing 18 or older have received at least one dose of a vaccine, which is nearly 50.4 percent of the total adult population
• After suspension of Johnson & Joh...
JAPAN PM ASKS PFIZER INC. TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF VACCINE
Highlights –
- Japan PM asks Pfizer Inc. to provide additional supplies of vaccine.
- Suga made the request to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in a telephone conversation.
- The govt. will expand tougher COVID-19 restrictions next week to all thre...
S. KOREAN GOVT. AIMS TO ACHIEVE HERD IMMUNITY WITH ITS FULL CAPACITY
Highlights –
- S. Korean govt. aims to achieve herd immunity with its full capacity.
- Outgoing PM of S. Korea on his final daily interagency meeting said the same.
- The govt. plans to install one COVID-19 vaccination center in all cities,...
SENDAI MUNICIPAL GOVT. GETS NUMEROUS INQUIRIES ON COVID-19 VACCINE VOUCHERS
Highlights –
- Sendai Municipal govt. gets numerous inquiries on COVID-19 vaccine vouchers.
- The vaccine vouchers are said to lack specific information on where to get the shot.
- Around 270,000 residents aged 65 and older received the vac...
FRANCE BREAKS DAILY VACCINATION RECORD AGAINST COVID-19
HIGHLIGHTS
- France is rapidly vaccinating its citizens against COVID-19.
- The rules to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have been tightened in the schools.
According to the statistics from the Health Ministry, France has broken its daily...
ITALY TO MANUFACTURE 10 MILLION DOSES OF RUSSIAN CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
HIGHLIGHTS
- Italy is going to manufacture 10 million doses of Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V.
- The Italian – Russian Chamber of Commerce announced the deal signed with Russia.
- The Italian subsidiary of a Swiss Pharmaceutical company...
OCUGEN SEEKS TO SELL 100 MN DOSES OF COVAXIN IN THE US THIS YEAR
Highlights
• The company is seeking to sell 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine developed by India’s Bharat Biotech, COVAXIN in the United States this year
• In an interim analysis of late-stage trial data on nearly 26,000 people in India, this COVID-19 vacci...
10% OF ADULT AMERICANS FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 SAYS CDC
Highlights
• As per the CDC vaccine tracker, more than 96 million doses have been delivered across the country, of which nearly 77 million have been administered until now
• Jeffrey Zients, the coordinator of the White House coronavirus response team said that the U....
US LIKELY TO START VACCINATING CHILDREN AGAINST COVID-19 BY END OF 2021: DR. ANTHONY FAUCI
Highlights
• Speaking on ABC's ‘This Week’, Dr. Fauci said "We now have three really efficacious vaccines.”
• Children in high school, roughly ageing around 14-18 in the United States should be able to get the vaccine "sometime this fa...
US ADMINISTERS 50 MILLION CORONAVIRUS VACCINE SHOTS
Highlights
• The newly-elected President Joe Biden has clearly stated that the US is on its way to taking the figure to 100 million within the first 100 days of his administration
• Talking to his countrymen from the White House, Biden said “But this is not the...
JOHNSON & JOHNSON SAYS IT WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE 20 MILLION DOSES OF COVID-19 VACCINE
Highlights
• This statement from the pharma company comes on the assumption that it will get approval from the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA)
• The drugmaker had disclosed this number in written testimony ahead of a Congressional hearing on Tuesday looking at th...
INDIA VACCINATES ABOUT 8 MILLION HEALTHCARE & FRONTLINE WORKERS FOR COVID-19
HIGHLIGHTS
- Healthcare workers are being vaccinated for COVID-19 on priority basis.
- Official figures are 8 million vaccinations in 28 days.
- Close to 5 million healthcare workers have been vaccinated.
- Close to 2 million front line ...
SOUTH AFRICAN CORONAVIRUS STRAIN MIGHT BE VACCINE-RESISTANT
Highlights:
• The likelihood of the coronavirus being completely wiped off Earth is minimal
• The best way would be to keep...
JAPAN GOVT. TO MAKE GUIDELINES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF COVID-19 VACCINES
Highlights –
- Japan Govt. to make guidelines for the transportation of COVID-19 vaccines.
- The govt. said that the first batch of the Pfizer vaccine could arrive by Sunday.
- Japan is said to receive vaccine doses for around 157 million p...
OVER 16 HUNDRED THOUSAND HEALTHCARE WORKERS VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 ACROSS INDIA
HEALTHCARE
- According to the official figures, 31,466 healthcare workers were vaccinated for the prevention of COVID-19 till 7:30 PM in five states on 25 JAN 2021.
- India is conducting the world's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive.
- ...
ONTARIO ASKS U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN FOR A MILLION VACCINES
Highlights
• The premier of Ontario, Doug Ford said he is angry and has asked Joe Biden to help Canada out
• Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin said the US pharma giant Pfizer is still expected to meet its contractual obligation to ship four million doses to Canada by the end of ...
FIRST BATCH OF COVID-19 VACCINE ARRIVES IN BHOPAL
HIGHLIGHTS
- The first batch of the COVID-19 vaccine has arrived in Bhopal.
- The vaccine was manufactured in Pune.
The first batch of coronavirus vaccine in India has arrived in Bhopal. The consignment of vaccine was dispatched to Bhopa...