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EU to buy more Pfizer-BioNTech but not AstraZenca vaccines

Sun, 2021-05-09 17:19 — mike kraft

EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab PORTO, Portugal (AP) — The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potential 1.8 billion doses through 2023... AP NEWS

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U.S. turning corner on pandemic, says White House COVID coordinator

Sun, 2021-05-09 17:01 — mike kraft

U.S. turning corner on pandemic, says White House COVID coordinator The United States is closer to getting the coronavirus pandemic under control and health officials are focused on the next challenge: getting more Americans vaccinated, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said on Sunday. Doina Chiacu Reuters

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EU steps up criticism of US willingness to waive patents on coronavius vaccines

Sun, 2021-05-09 01:36 — mike kraft

EU says US stand on patent virus waiver is no 'magic bullet' PORTO, Portugal (AP) — European Union leaders cranked up their criticism of the U.S. call to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents Saturday, arguing the move would yield no short-term or intermediate improvement in vaccine supplies and could even have a negative impact... AP NEWS

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Preparations are underway for potential Covid-19 vaccine boosters, CDC director says

Sat, 2021-05-08 18:37 — mike kraft

Preparations are underway for potential Covid-19 vaccine boosters, CDC director says As experts grow concerned about a possible Covid-19 surge in the winter, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged it's still possible seasonal vaccine boosters will be necessary. Madeline Holcombe, CNN CNN

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Description of how India's major vaccine producer fell short of promises to inoculate the world's poor

Sat, 2021-05-08 16:33 — mike kraft

NEW DELHI — Adar Poonawalla made big promises. The 40-year-old chief of the world’s largest vaccine maker pledged to take a leading role in the global effort to inoculate the poor against Covid-19. His India-based empire signed deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars to make and export doses to suffering countries.

Those promises have fallen apart. India, engulfed in a coronavirus second wave, is laying claim to his vaccines. Other countries and aid groups are now racing to find scarce doses elsewhere.

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Efforts to vaccinate the world lagging despite steps to provide more doses

Sat, 2021-05-08 16:20 — mike kraft

Even with more vaccines on the horizon, much of the world will most likely keep waiting for doses

The World Health Organization approved one Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine and could soon approve another. The Biden administration has backed waiving intellectual property protections for vaccines, which could make it easier for more countries to make them.

But the campaign to vaccinate the world is floundering, and experts warn it will take more to reverse the trend.

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W.H.O. approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use.

Fri, 2021-05-07 16:45 — mike kraft

The World Health Organization on Friday approved China’s Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, easing the way for poorer nations to get access to another much-needed shot to help end the pandemic.

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As India sets another record, main opposition leader warns COVID-19 wave also threatens other countries

Fri, 2021-05-07 16:33 — mike kraft

Gandhi warns 'explosive' COVID wave threatens India and the world India's main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi warned on Friday that unless the deadly second COVID-19 wave sweeping the country was brought under control it would devastate India as well as threaten the rest of the world. Anuron Mitra,Nivedita Bhattacharjee Reuters

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India's disaster finds echo in other countries facing COVID-19 surges

Fri, 2021-05-07 16:17 — mike kraft

India's disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges SOHAG, Egypt (AP) — Countries worldwide wrestling with new coronavirus surges are trying to ensure they aren’t hit by an India-style disaster. They face many of the same risks, including large populations that have shirked restrictions and fragile health systems shaken under the strain... AP NEWS

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