WHO experts say countries should keep using AstraZeneca jab
World Health Organization (WHO) experts on Wednesday recommended countries continue to use the AstraZeneca vaccine, but said they were looking into the jab’s safety after a slew of countries suspended its use over health fears. The WHO, Europe’s medicines regulator and AstraZeneca itself have repeatedly said the vaccine was safe after several countries reported feared […]
Denmark, Norway, Iceland suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine
Denmark, Norway and Iceland on Thursday temporarily suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over concerns about patients developing post-jab blood clots, as the manufacturer and Europe’s medicines watchdog insisted the vaccine was safe. Denmark was first to announce its suspension, “following reports of serious cases of blood clots” among people who had received the […]
Five things to know about the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine
Cheap and easy to store, the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine has given a significant boost to the global fight against coronavirus but also been hit by controversy. Here are five facts about the much-anticipated vaccine. – Practicality – The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine has the major advantages of being inexpensive, costing about £2.50 ($3.40, N1400.29k) per dose, and easy […]
Austria withdraws AstraZeneca batch as nurse’s death probed
Austria will stop using doses from one batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine while the death of a nurse who received it is investigated, health officials have said. The decision had been taken as a precaution, the National Office for Health System Safety (BASG) said late on Sunday, adding that there was “no evidence of a […]
COVID-19: Nigeria to take delivery of 3.92 doses of Astrazeneca vaccine
Nigeria has been scheduled to take delivery of 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Breaking: Ghana receives 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines from COVAX
By Sola Ogundipe In an unprecedented development, Ghana has received a historic first shipment of 600,000 doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility. READ ALSO: Ghana to vaccinate 17m people, says Akufo-Addo Ghana is the first country to receive the COVID-19 vaccines from the COVAX Facility, an arrangement by the World Health Organization, […]
COVID-19: Use AstraZeneca vaccine even if new variants are present, says WHO
The World Health Organisation, WHO has recommended the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine as African countries gear up in earnest to begin rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
Covid vaccine maker AstraZeneca doubles 2020 profit
AstraZeneca, the British maker of a Covid vaccine with Oxford University, said Thursday that net profit more than doubled last year to $3.2 billion on strong sales of new cancer drugs. Profit after tax, equivalent to 2.64 billion euros, soared 139 percent compared with 2019, the pharmaceutical giant said in a statement. Group revenue jumped […]
Oxford, AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine up to 90% effective
Clinical trials of Oxford and AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine has shown that it is up to 90 per cent effective at preventing infection and can be stored cheaply in a fridge. President of AstraZeneca, Tom Keith-Roach, said yesterday that on top of the four million doses on standby for the UK, a further 15million could be […]
