BUENOS AIRES, June 5 ― Chile said yesterday that people inoculated with AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine should get their second dose, but health officials put a new limit on the age of recipients until an investigation into possible complications is completed. On Thursday, the health ministry said.
Links ”between the Chile s Catholic University and the Sinovac laboratory have been strengthened over the past year and a half of joint work, Sánchez said.
China s Sinovac Biotech laboratory is reportedly evaluating the possibility of manufacturing the immunizer in Chile in a joint effort with the local Pontifical Catholic University, Rector Ignacio Sánchez said in a newspaper interview published Tuesday.
Sinovac intends to establish a vaccine manufacturing plant in Latin America and finds that our country can be a very good place, Sánchez said. The laboratory is looking specifically to produce the Coronavac vaccine in the region, it was reported.
Allocations of Johnson & Johnson s Covid-19 vaccine expected to drop 84% next week, data shows
From CNN’s Deidre McPhillips
A medical worker with Northwell Health holds up doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine at the Northwell Health pop-up coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site at the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center in Staten Island on April 08, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
The number of Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine shots allocated to states and other jurisdictions by the federal government is expected to drop 84% next week, according to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This week, nearly 5 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine were allocated to states and other jurisdictions, but only about 785,000 are slated for next week.
Man held in custody after failed bomb attempt on Netherlands vaccine center
From CNN’s Chloe Adams and Vasco Cotovio
A man is being held in custody in the Netherlands after plotting to blow up a vaccine center, a spokesperson for the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) told CNN on Thursday.
Police arrested the 37-year-old man on March 18 on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack on the former town hall of Den Helder on the Drs. F. Bijlweg. The building has been in use as a coronavirus vaccination center since March 8.
The police investigation so far has revealed the suspect, from Den Helder in North Holland, intended to cause an explosion with a firework bomb, according to the Public Prosecution Service, which classified the actions as an act of terror.
Chile's Health Minister Enrique Paris expressed that the country is grateful and content with the use of the Chinese vaccines at an exclusive press conference for foreign correspondents on Monday. Chile received the fourth batch of the COVID-19 vaccine made by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech last Friday. The vaccine was approved for emergency use on Jan. 20 by Chile's Institute of Public Health. Chile's mass vaccination drive.