US biotech firm Moderna said Thursday it had submitted a request for an emergency use authorization in the United States for its Covid vaccine for children aged six months to under six years.
It is quite a big deal, if we look at the past, african countries together with other regional bodies such as the africa cdc and who has been asking countries that have been able to develop covid 19 vaccines to share the technical know how so that countries that have pharmaceutical companies that are able to do so would be able to produce clothing 19 vaccines and this will mean that we would reduce the logistical cost, and i would not happen, we have seen the example that afrigen has after the example that afrigen has after the who and also through moderna both there. i ve asked moderna for that technical know how but moderna declined and used information that was publicly available to make a copy of the moderna vaccine. we are still not sure what to call it as of yet, it still at the preclinical stages, but the scientists at the afrigen at the
Covid that has been already made public, but the scientists are able to use a fragment of what they developed on their own and simply copied a small fracture of maternal s vaccine to be able to produce a replica of this vaccine. this is still at the preclinical stages. they are planning to start sampling. but if we look at the different stages, the medicines become introduced or commercially available. they will still need to apply for a licence from a dharna because they are the original patent holder. and the dharna will see this as a generic vaccine. so they will still need to apply for a licence, where moderna will say they would either get them a yes or no to produce this vaccine for commercial use. there are reports of a plane crash in peru. the peruvian transport ministry say a small tourist plane has crashed near peru s nazca lines
Of a landslide. translation: considerable efforts have been deployed by local- authorities and all participating bodies to accelerate the process and rescue the child, rayan, as soon as possible. the only solution remains to use bulldozers in order to make a hole to extract the child as soon as possible. this is an extremely delicate operation. rescuers, though, are hopeful that soon they will be able to free rayan and return the little boy to his family. helen wilkinson, bbc news. scientists in south africa in a medicalfirst have made a copy of the moderna coronavirus vaccine, using publicly available information. it s being described as a major breakthrough for africa where only 11% of the population are fully vaccinated. the vast majority of mrna vaccines have gone to wealthy countries. this could increase access to countries across the global south who aren t getting enough doses from global distribution programmes. the bbc s africa health correspondent rhoda odhiambo gives u
Which are happening in afghanistan? i think this place plays a vital role. people are becoming very, very. . . not just upset, but also anxious and confused about what will happen in the future. tim muffett, bbc news. let s have a look at the latest coronavirus figures for the uk. a further 26,852 new infections have been recorded in the past 2a hours that compares with 28,1138 yesterday. there have been 170 deaths within 28 days of a positive test in terms of vaccinations, 89.6% of the adult population have received their firstjab, just over 77% have had both. the moderna coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the uk for 12 to 17 year olds. the medicines regulator, the mhra, says it is safe and effective. it s now up to government advisers to decide whether people in that age