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Billings Clinic receives first COVID-19 vaccine shipment
The European Medicines Agency (EMA ) said an expert panel would convene on Monday, December 21 to evaluate the vaccine made by U.S. company Pfizer and German partner BioNTech. He said the government has always supported Europe-wide rather than national approval of a vaccine, explaining they wanted a thorough, but swift review, as well as a drug they could trust. [Full Article...]
London faces highest level of Covid restrictions amid rise in cases
But Tier 3 rules will bar families from celebrating in pubs or restaurants. The authors of the study added that the prevalence was highest among secondary school children, and warned that a planned easing of rules over Christmas came with risks. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus vaccine arrives in Alabama, US reaches 300,000 deaths
The European Medicines Agency (EMA ) is planning to approve the BioNTech and Pfizer vaccine on 23 December, the Bild newspaper reported on Tuesday. Every session sites would be linked to a designated AEFI Management Centres.AEFI reporting will be done through Co-WIN, a digital platform for real-time monitoring of COVID-19 vaccine, Bhushan said, adding that it will enable people to get themselves... [Full Article...]
Florida’s fight against COVID-19 gets shot in the arm
Pfizer and BioNTech have also announced additional data from the Phase I/II trial of its BNT162b2 Covid-19 vaccine conducted in Germany. Newport Hospital received 975 vaccine doses Monday morning at about 9 a.m. Sandra Lindsay , a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, became the first American recipient on Monday, six days after 90-year-old Margaret Keenan became the first vaccine recip... [Full Article...]
21% U.S. adults not planning to get Covid vaccine
According to the new survey of 621 people, 15 percent of Americans still say they will "never" get a COVID-19 vaccine. "I am relieved that we are really truly turning the corner now on this virus", Kelly said during a virtual meeting with University of Kansas Medical Center officials. [Full Article...]
Kenney, Hinshaw and ministers to speak on COVID-19
The New Orleans and Bedford VA Medical Centers in MA on Monday became the first two department facilities to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to "frontline health care employees and Veterans residing in long-term care Community Living and Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder centers", said the U.S. [Full Article...]
Alberta expects 29,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses by end of month
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine requires two separate doses to be taken within three weeks of each other. Germany can not start vaccinations because it is still waiting for approval by the EMA, which evaluates drugs and vaccines for the EU's 27 nations. [Full Article...]
Canada’s first Covid-19 vaccinations set to start
The number was a jump from the 1,677 new cases reported on Sunday but up only slightly from the 1,925 confirmed last Monday. According to the provincial government's statement on vaccine rollout, Phase One of the Ontario vaccination plan includes administering 90,000 expected Pfizer-BioNTech doses to 14 hospital sites in Grey-Lockdown and Red-Control zones in December. [Full Article...]