One of the people behind the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine
criticised Denmark for halting use of the drug completely and said it could lead to many more lives being lost.
Sir John Bell, regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, said a mix-and-match approach to coronavirus vaccines could offer better protection than using a single drug.
Denmark this week stopped using the AstraZeneca vaccine, the first country to impose a full ban because of links to rare blood clotting. They will have a lot of dead people, many more people than if they had used the AstraZeneca vaccine, Sir John said.
Half of US adults will be vaccinated against Covid with at least one dose by THIS weekend and Fauci confirms America doesn t need to use AstraZeneca s shot
Andy Slavitt, the White House senior adviser for COVID-19 response, said on Tuesday that half of all U.S. adults will have received at least one coronavirus vaccine dose by the end of the weekend
Currently, 41.7% of Americans aged 18 or older have gotten at least an initial shot, but Slavitt says he expects distribution to ramp up over the next few days
It comes on the heels of President Joe Biden s announcement that all adults will be eligible to receive COVID-19 vaccines by April 19
University of Oxford pauses AstraZeneca vaccine trial in children, teenagers
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Photo showing a vial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Photo: File.
The University of Oxford on Tuesday announced that it is temporarily pausing the administration of COVID-19 vaccine doses it developed with AstraZeneca PLC in a small UK study to test the shot in children and teenagers.
An Oxford spokesman told the
Wall Street Journal that no safety issues have arisen in the trial itself, but broader concerns about rare clotting problems in adults have triggered further regulatory reviews in the U.K. and Europe to investigate any potential link with the vaccine.
(FILES) An undated handout picture released by the University of Oxford on November 23, 2020 shows a vial of the University’s COVID-19 candidate vaccine, known as AZD1222, co-invented by the University of Oxford and Vaccitech in partnership with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. – Britain on December 30, 2020 became the first country in the world to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by drug firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University, with a mass rollout planned from January 4, 2021. (Photo by John Cairns / University of Oxford / AFP) /
The Presidential Tasks Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has insisted that the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is safe for Nigerians despite the growing global concerns over possible side effects.
(FILES) An undated handout picture released by the University of Oxford on November 23, 2020 shows a vial of the University’s COVID-19 candidate vaccine, known as AZD1222, co-invented by the University of Oxford and Vaccitech in partnership with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca. – Britain on December 30, 2020 became the first country in the world to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by drug firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University, with a mass rollout planned from January 4, 2021. (Photo by John Cairns / University of Oxford / AFP) /
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has received doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines from the Federal Government.
He disclosed this on Tuesday while speaking at the 2021 International Women’s Day celebration organised by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.