Category: COVID-19 vaccine

Anthony Fauci Suggests Australia Make Vaccine Rollout Top Priority

U.S. Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci has suggested that the Australian government mirror America’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout model. Fauci, who was speaking via video chat at the University of New South Wales’ inaugural David Cooper lecture on Wednesday, said the Biden administration’s mass vaccination rollout model was changing the path of America’s pandemic outcome….


EU Throws Weight Behind Pfizer/BioNTech and New Technology

BRUSSELS—In a stinging rebuke to pharma giant AstraZeneca on Wednesday, the European Union announced plans to negotiate a massive contract extension for Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, insisting the 27-nation bloc had to go with companies that had shown their value in the pandemic. “We need to focus on technologies that have proven their worth,” said EU…


Clear Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Rare Blood Clots in Brain, EMA Official Tells Paper

ROME—There is a link between AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and very rare blood clots in the brain but the possible causes are still unknown, a senior official for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in an interview published on Tuesday. “In my opinion, we can now say it, it is clear that there is an association…


NSW Prepares Dozens of Vaccine Hubs

The NSW government is preparing to significantly scale up its vaccine rollout, if the federal government agrees to let the state pitch in. NSW Health will open another 36 vaccine clinics in the next week, after already opening 79 clinics at its health services, a spokesperson for the department said on Sunday. “NSW Health has…


Biden Administration Launches Influencer Coalition to Push COVID-19 Shots

The Biden administration is seeking to leverage influencers—including community, religious, and celebrity partners—to promote COVID-19 vaccinations in a bid to overcome hesitancy and persuade more Americans to get the jab. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Thursday announced the rollout of the COVID-19 Community Corps, a nationwide network of “trusted messengers” that, equipped…


Court Orders New York State to Offer Vaccine to Prisoners

A Bronx judge ruled on Monday that New York unfairly excluded state prison and jail inmates from access to the CCP virus vaccine and must immediately begin offering them the jab. Bronx Supreme Court Justice Alison Tuitt said in an order (pdf) that the Respondents—Howard Zucker, Commissioner of Health for New York State, and Gov….


EU to Extend Vaccine Export Curbs to Cover Britain, Backloading: Source

BRUSSELS—The European Commission on Wednesday will extend EU powers to potentially block COVID-19 vaccine exports to Britain and other areas with much higher vaccination rates, and to cover instances of companies backloading contracted supplies, EU officials said. The regulation is aimed at making vaccine trade reciprocal and proportional so that other vaccine-making countries sell to…


All Veterans, Their Spouses, Caregivers, Eligible for COVID-19 Vaccines Under New Legislation

All veterans, their spouses, and caregivers will be able to receive the COVID-19 vaccine through the Department of Veterans Affairs once doses are made available, under legislation finalized by Congress on March 19. The bipartisan legislation was introduced by Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to…


UK Reports Five Cases of Rare Blood Clots in 11 Million AstraZeneca Shots, Continues With Vaccine

LONDON—Britain’s medicines regulator said there had been five cases of a rare type of blood clot in the brain among 11 million given AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine but said that it found the benefits of the shot far outweigh any possible risks. Concerns about reports of blood clots, along with low platelet levels, have led to…


German COVID-19 Cases Are Growing Exponentially Again: RKI

BERLIN—Coronavirus infections are rising exponentially in Germany, an expert at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said on Tuesday, adding that the risk of AstraZeneca’s vaccine was relatively low. The number of cases per 100,000 reported on Tuesday was 83.7, up from 68 a week ago, and RKI has said that metric could…