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]]>A study of almost 2,500 workers at a major Belgium hospital system found antibody levels among individuals who hadn’t been infected with the coronavirus before getting two doses of the Moderna vaccine averaged 2,881 units per milliliter, compared with 1,108 units/mL in an equivalent group who got two jabs of the Pfizer shot.
The results, published Monday in a letter to the Journal of the American Medical Association, suggested the differences might be explained by the:
– higher amount of active ingredient in the Moderna vaccine — 100 micrograms, versus 30 micrograms in Pfizer-BioNTech
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]]>Results from Astra’s study found no one in the trial who received the cocktail contracted severe Covid-19 or died in relation to the disease, the company said in a statement Friday. The trial of 5,197 participants, which started in November, was looking at whether the drug could prevent infection in at-risk groups and took place in the U.S., U.K., Belgium, France and Spain.
The outcome will be a big relief for Astra after another study testing whether the cocktail could prevent symptomatic Covid-19 in people explicitly exposed to the virus failed in June. The findings may also salvage a deal with the U.S. to purchase the drug. The U.S. had ordered as many as 700,000 doses for delivery in 2021, the value of which was partly contingent on the failed trial.
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]]>An Indian official involved in the vaccine negotiations told The Hindu that while U.S. donated vaccines could be accepted with an implicit indemnity cover from the government, several “challenges remain” in terms of resolving the larger issue of commercial orders for the three U.S. vaccine manufacturers (Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson), and those are now holding up all COVID-19 vaccine imports from the U.S.
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]]>Five of the 10 policemen have also been named in an “abetment to suicide” complaint.
The man’s body was found hanging from a tree near his village last night.
His relatives have alleged he was driven to suicide by the policemen who assaulated him “for no reason” at a vaccination centre in the western UP district, and then later came to his home, where his mother was also beaten.
A 90-second video shot on a mobile phone at the vaccination centre in Baghpat on Monday afternoon has been widely shared on social media.
It shows at least two policemen trying to grab the man . a second person who tries to intervene is pushed away by the cops.
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]]>The apex court said that the state government has given in to demand of traders to allow shops to open. This was even done in zones witnessing a positivity rate of 15% or more, the court observed, calling it “an alarming and sorry state of affairs.”
The court warned that it will take action if the easing of curbs leads to further spread of the virus.
Kerala has relaxed lockdown regulations for three days in wake of the Bakrid Festival that falls on July 21.
“We direct the Kerala government to give head to the right to life enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution,” the bench said.
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]]>The post 60 cases of Post-Covid shot complication reported : Central Panel. appeared first on The Edge Media.
]]>55 of 60 cases reported this time were found to have a consistent causal association to vaccination . Of these , 36 were anxiety-related reactions and 18 were product-related , while one was categorised as both.
The National Adverse Events following Immunization (AEFI) Committee , which conducts causality assessment of AEFIs for COVID-19 , completed its assessment on May 27.
It has submitted its report to the Union Health Ministry.
The AEFIs June report included one death of a fully vaccinated person. It was labelled “Vaccine product-related reaction” or anaphylaxis.
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]]>“For the COVID-19 vaccine Covishield to be evaluated for use in the EU, the developer needs to submit a formal marketing authorisation application to EMA, which to date has not been received,” the EMA said at a press meeting.
Covishield vaccine, manufactured under technology transfer from Oxford/AstraZeneca, is not among the authorised vaccines under the EMA.
Covishield has also been excluded despite holding an EUL , this means people with Covishield will be subject to quarantine protocol in several countries.
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]]>“We do not intend to go down this road”, Merkel said in Berlin after visiting the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) public health agency.
“We are at the beginning of the phase in which we are still promoting (vaccination), where we have more vaccines than we have people who want to be vaccinated,” she said.
After a slow start to its vaccination campaign earlier this year, Germany sped up its drive over the summer and had by Tuesday fully vaccinated 42.6 percent of adults, with 58.5 percent vaccinated at least once.
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]]>Only 36,310 vaccine doses could be administered in Delhi till 10 pm on monday as opposed to around 1.5 lakh of daily vaccine doses being administered on an average earlier.
“Vaccines have run out in Delhi again. The central government makes vaccine centers closed for several days. Why is our country’s vaccine programme faltering even after so many days ? Mr Sisodia wrote on Twitter , while sharing a report on the shortage of vaccines.
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