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Botswana probes deaths of two people who took AstraZeneca shot
By Tonny Ndungu,
1631, April 12, 2021 (EAT)
Botswana is investigating the deaths of two among thousands of people who had been given doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to see if there is ...
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J&J COVID-19 vaccine under EU review over blood clots
By Reuters,
854, April 10, 2021 (EAT)
Europe’s drug regulator said on Friday it is reviewing rare blood clots in four people in the United States who received Johnson & Johnson’s C...
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EU regulator finds possible link between AstraZeneca vaccine and rare blood clots
By Reuters,
1812, April 7, 2021 (EAT)
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Wednesday it had found a possible link between AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine and reports of very rar...
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Oxford pauses COVID-19 vaccine study in kids, awaits more data on blood clot issues
By Reuters,
2259, April 6, 2021 (EAT)
The University of Oxford said on Tuesday it had paused a small UK trial testing the COVID-19 vaccine it developed with AstraZeneca Plc in children and...
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Here’s what to know about the risk of blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine
By CNN,
1159, April 3, 2021 (EAT)
The UK's medicines regulator has said that at least 30 people in the United Kingdom have experienced rare types of blood clots after receiving the Oxf...
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Oxford / AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine – frequently asked questions
By Citizen Reporter,
944, April 1, 2021 (EAT)
What is the efficacy of the Oxford / AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine? In the different clinical trials conducted, this vaccine has been shown to prote...
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Canada halting AstraZeneca vaccine shots for people 55 and younger
By CNN,
1024, March 31, 2021 (EAT)
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommended Monday that the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine should not be used in adults under age 5...
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AstraZeneca lowers its COVID-19 vaccine efficacy rate from 79% to 76%
By CNN,
1129, March 25, 2021 (EAT)
Drug giant AstraZeneca updated its data on how well its coronavirus vaccine works, saying late Wednesday the vaccine showed 76% efficacy against sympt...
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Troubled Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine faces new setback
By VOA,
2024, March 23, 2021 (EAT)
Just hours after AstraZeneca said late-stage trials of its COVID-19 vaccine prove it has “100% efficacy against severe or critical disease and hospi...
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EU drugs regulator says benefits of AstraZeneca vaccine outweigh the risks
By Raquel Muigai,
753, March 20, 2021 (EAT)
More than 20 million people in the UK and Europe had received the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine by March 16 this year. And following the uncertainty of ...
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Paris goes into lockdown as COVID-19 variant rampages
By Reuters,
946, March 19, 2021 (EAT)
France imposed a month-long lockdown on Paris and parts of the north after a faltering vaccine rollout and spread of highly contagious coronavirus var...
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe for use, EU’s medicines regulator declares
By CNN,
2013, March 18, 2021 (EAT)
The European Union's medicines regulator has concluded that the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe to use after several EU countries suspende...
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Denmark suspends AstraZeneca vaccine after blood clot reports
By Reuters,
1452, March 11, 2021 (EAT)
Denmark has temporarily suspended AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots after reports of cases of blood clots forming, including one in Denmark, Danish a...
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Archbishop Muheria rubbishes statement on COVID-19 jab from Catholic doctors
By Waihiga Mwaura,
1140, March 5, 2021 (EAT)
The Catholic Church has stated that it supports the COVID-19 vaccine for Kenyans after the arrival of more than one million doses of the AstraZeneca v...
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UK to receive 10 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses from Serum Institute
By Reuters,
1148, March 3, 2021 (EAT)
The UK will receive 10 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses made by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the UK government said in a statement on...
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WHO emergency COVID-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries
By Reuters,
424, January 1, 2021 (EAT)
The World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the ...
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90-year-old Margaret Keenan is first Briton to receive COVID-19 vaccine
By CNN,
1039, December 8, 2020 (EAT)
The first Briton to get the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine -- 90-year-old Margaret Keenan -- received the first of two doses at University Hospital in Covent...
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European Union criticises ‘hasty’ UK approval of COVID-19 vaccine
By Reuters,
1046, December 3, 2020 (EAT)
The European Union criticised Britain’s rapid approval of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, saying its own procedure was more t...
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COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end, WHO says
By Benjamin Muriuki,
1805, October 6, 2020 (EAT)
A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, without elaborating. WHO Dire...
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EU grants conditional clearance to COVID-19 drug remdesivir
By Reuters,
1606, July 3, 2020 (EAT)
The European Commission said on Friday it had given conditional approval for the use of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir following an accelerated review ...
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