Tag: Coronavirus Vaccine

‘Colossal Failure’: Did This Just Become the Worst Public Health Disaster in History?

👉 Sponsor OFFER: Enjoy luxurious enzyme coffee at 15% off with code Health15 at DayesCoffee.com ———– Dr. Restef Levi, a risk assessment professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has recently issued a public statement, calling for an immediate stop to COVID-19 vaccination programs. We asked Levi to explain to us the evidence that…


Report: German Police See Surge in Fake Vaccine Certificates

BERLIN—Police in Germany are investigating thousands of cases of suspected forgery of coronavirus vaccine certificates, the dpa news agency reported Wednesday. It cited figures obtained from the country’s 16 states showing more than 12,000 police investigations have been opened nationwide. Dpa reported that the number of probes surged in December, after authorities announced new restrictions…


Israel Begins Giving COVID Shots to Children Age 5 to 11

TEL AVIV, Israel—Israel on Tuesday began administering the coronavirus vaccine to children age 5 to 11. The country recently emerged from a fourth COVID wave and daily infections have been relatively low for the last few weeks. But Health Ministry statistics show that a large share of the new infections have been in children and…


Ford Motor to Require Most of Its 32,000 US Salaried Employees Be Vaccinated

WASHINGTON—Ford Motor will require most of its 32,000-strong U.S. salaried workforce to be vaccinated by Dec. 8. The second largest U.S. automaker said on Wednesday more than 84 percent of U.S. salaried employees already are vaccinated. The company deadline for most salaried workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 “aligns to federal contractor guidelines.” Ford was…


AstraZeneca’s $39 Billion Deal To Buy Alexion Given All-Clear

Coronavirus vaccine maker AstraZeneca has been given the all-clear by the UK competition watchdog to go ahead with its $39 billion (£28.2 billion) megadeal to buy U.S. drug company Alexion Pharmaceuticals. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had decided not to refer the acquisition for an in-depth investigation, paving the way for the…


Malta Refuses to Accept NHS App as Proof of Vaccination Status of Holidaymakers

Holidaymakers with trips booked to Malta have seen their plans thrown into chaos as the country is not accepting the NHS app as proof of vaccination. From Wednesday, travellers from the UK aged 12 and above are only permitted to enter Malta if they have had both doses of a coronavirus vaccine. But authorities in…


AstraZeneca Shots Should Be Halted for Over-60s Too: EU Official

MILAN, Italy—Countries should also avoid giving the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to people over 60, the head of the EU drug regulator’s COVID-19 task force was quoted on Sunday as saying, amid fears over rare blood clotting and as more vaccines become available. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) considers the AstraZeneca shot safe for all age…


Woman With Dementia Who Is Opposed to Vaccines Should Not Get Jab, Judge Rules

An 85-year-old woman who suffers from dementia and is in a care home should not be given a coronavirus vaccine, a judge has ruled. Mr. Justice Hayden was told that the woman, a former secretary at a factory in London, had a long-standing opposition to vaccines and would need to be restrained before being given…


Germany Reports More Blood Clot Cases Associated With AstraZeneca Vaccine

Germany’s health department reported an additional 21 people who recently received the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine suffered blood clots, The Associated Press reported. Seven of the people who had blood clots have died, the Paul Ehrlich Institute, which is Germany’s federal medical regulatory body, told The Associated Press. Nineteen of the individuals affected by the blood…


Eastern European Country Limits AstraZeneca Shots After Nurse Dies of Anaphylactic Shock

MOSCOW—Georgia’s health ministry said after the death of a 27-year-old nurse that coronavirus vaccinations with the AstraZeneca shot would continue only in full-fledged medical centers, the TASS news agency reported on Friday. The Interior Ministry also said it had opened an investigation after the nurse who had the AstraZeneca vaccine and suffered an anaphylactic shock…