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U.S. will step up vaccine support to 11 African countries

Fri, 2022-02-18 10:10 — mike kraft
U.S. will ‘surge’ vaccine support to 11 African countries The initiative aims to protect Americans and the world from new coronavirus variants. Washington Post
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Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine production technology

Fri, 2022-02-18 10:00 — mike kraft
Six African countries to receive mRNA vaccine technology BRUSSELS (AP) — The first African countries selected to receive the technology necessary to produce mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a summit meeting of European Union and African Union nations heard on Friday. AP NEWS

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California adopts "endemic" virus policy, Colorado ends hospital crisis care protocol

Thu, 2022-02-17 19:39 — mike kraft
California adopts nation's first 'endemic' virus policy SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the first shift by a state to an “endemic” approach to the coronavirus pandemic that emphasizes prevention and quick reactions to outbreaks over mandates, a milestone nearly two years in the making that harkens to a return to a more normal existence. AP NEWS

 

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Analysis: We now have a tool kit to live with the coronavirus

Thu, 2022-02-17 18:03 — mike kraft
The coronavirus is here to stay. We now have a tool kit to live with it. For the last two years, scientists have built a powerful array of tools to prevent and treat covid-19. With vaccines, home tests and treatments, people can coexist with the virus. Carolyn Y. Johnson, Aaron Steckelberg Washington Post
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Pfizer and BioNTech Omicron-targeted vaccine is delayed -

Thu, 2022-02-17 17:32 — mike kraft
Pfizer and BioNTech Omicron-targeted vaccine delayed - BioNTech CEO Delivery of Pfizer and BioNTech SE's vaccine to combat the Omicron COVID-19 variant was delayed by several weeks due to a slower-than expected data gathering process, BionTech Chief Executive Ugur Sahin told Germany's Bild on Thursday. Reuters Reuters
 
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BA.2 subvariant of Omicron may be more severe: Omicron already maor eeffective and evading vaccines and priot infection antibodies

Thu, 2022-02-17 17:20 — mike kraft
As BA.2 subvariant of Omicron rises, lab studies point to signs of severity | CNN The BA.2 virus -- a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant -- isn't just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of the key weapons we have against Covid-19, new research suggests. Brenda Goodman CNN

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Israel drops COVID passport system as omicron wanes

Thu, 2022-02-17 11:27 — mike kraft
Israel to scrap COVID passport system as omicron wanes JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says the country’s coronavirus vaccination “green pass” system will be suspended as new daily cases of COVID-19 continue to decline. Naftali Bennett said Thursday after meeting with health officials that Israel’s omicron wave “has been broken” and that additional reductions in coronavirus restrictions were forthcoming. AP NEWS

 

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Britain will offer COVID vaccine to all children 5-11

Thu, 2022-02-17 10:30 — mike kraft
UK to offer COVID vaccine to all children 5-11 LONDON (AP) — British authorities will offer a coronavirus vaccine to almost six million children from age 5 to 11, officials said Wednesday. The government said young children will be offered a low-dose COVID-19 shot on a “non-urgent” basis beginning in April in England. AP NEWS

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BioNTech plans modular vaccine factories in Africa

Wed, 2022-02-16 19:53 — mike kraft
BioNTech plans modular vaccine factories in Africa BERLIN (AP) — German vaccine maker BioNTech, which developed the first widely approved shot against COVID-19 together with Pfizer, unveiled plans Wednesday to establish manufacturing facilities in Africa that would boost the availability of much-needed medicines on the continent. AP NEWS

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Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates COVID vaccine rollout to world's poorest countries

Wed, 2022-02-16 09:48 — mike kraft
Exclusive: Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates COVID vaccine rollout to world's poorest The relatively short shelf life of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine is complicating the rollout to the world's poorest nations, according to officials and internal World Health Organization documents reviewed by Reuters. Francesco Guarascio,Jennifer Rigby
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