Measles in vaccinated populations

The AstraZeneca jab has a lower efficacy rate of around 70 per cent, but is much easier to transport and store than the Pfizer version, which requires extremely cold conditions - beyond the capacity of most GP surgeries - and is also much cheaper to produce. … [Read more...] about Vaccinated people could become Covid-19 super-spreaders by believing they are immune from transmitting the virus and abandon social distancing

In response, the E.U. says that AstraZeneca, which was given funding by the bloc, must now provide warning before it sends its vaccines to non-E.U. countries, with the E.U. health commissioner promising to “take any action required to protect its citizens.” Multiple countries in the bloc are considering legal action against the company if it does not cooperate. … [Read more...] about Vaccine Delays Are Screwing Up the E.U.’s Already Slow Rollout

The Biden administration will now give states an approximately 17 percent boost in vaccine next week following complaints around the US of shortages so severe that some vaccination sites had to cancel tens of thousands of appointments with people waiting for their first shot.  … [Read more...] about NYC has just 7,710 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine left – as Mayor de Blasio begs federal government to let him start using his reserved 200k second doses

The German health ministry yesterday desperately tried to kill off the spat, dismissing the idea there was any data suggest efficacy of only eight per cent among older people. It said at 'first glance' there seemed to have been a mix-up over the 8 per cent figure insisting a decision is still due on approving the jab on Friday.    … [Read more...] about AstraZeneca boss says Britain is ‘comfortably’ on target to vaccinate ALL over-50s by March – as he slams ’emotional’ EU over jabs war that saw Eurocrats accuse UK of HIJACKING doses meant for the continent

RIO DE JANEIRO: Weeks after other Latin American countries began inoculating their citizens against coronavirus, Brazil finally administered its first shot on Jan. 17 using China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd vaccine.With efficacy of just over 50% - barely above Brazil's threshold for regulatory approval - the Chinese shot was not the government's first choice. But for now, there is little else available.The country's principle strategy - to manufacture 100 million doses of the AstraZeneca PLC vaccine locally - has been plagued by repeated delays. That effort isn't expected to yield a finished product until March at the earliest. AstraZeneca last week sent 2 million emergency doses to help Brazil get started. Meanwhile, Brazil's Health Ministry has yet to sign deals with other vaccine makers.The delays leave Brazil's 210 million residents vulnerable to one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks on the planet. Brazil has tallied more than 218,000 Covid-19 fatalities, second only to the United … [Read more...] about Raging virus, few shots. How Brazil missed its chance to secure Covid-19 vaccines