Anti-flu vaccination now free for Georgian citizens
The Georgian National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health announced seasonal anti-flu vaccination is free of charge for all citizens throughout the country starting from November 4. “The …
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Russia creates Marburg virus vaccine
The Russian Consumer Watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, announced the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector has created a vaccine for Marburg fever, which has successfully completed preclinical trials, demonstrating its …
Ingushetia's predators to be vaccinated through food
Ingushetia's hunting grounds are laying out special baits
Uzbekistan develops edible tomato COVID-19 vaccine
Uzbek scientists have created an edible COVID-19 vaccine synthesized from the common tomato called TOMAVAC, according to the Frontiers research journal website. According to the journal, the scientists inserted a fragment of …
Azerbaijan to carry out unscheduled measles vaccination
The Ministry of Health of Azerbaijan, in connection with the alarming situation with increasing cases of measles, decided to carry out unscheduled vaccination of children whose parents had previously refused vaccination
New Covid variant: Omicron replaced by highly mutated Pirola
A new coronavirus strain, BA.2.86 or Pirola, is more contagious compared to previous variants, the Russian Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing ( …
Convasel vaccine effective against Arcturus
The Convasel and the MIR 19 vaccines are effective against the Arcturus coronavirus subvariant
Risk of measles outbreaks excluded in Russia
Russia’s average share of people vaccinated against measles exceeds 95%, a spokesperson for the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being said. "The average share of …
Saudi Arabia aims for global dominance in biotechnology
The market size of the pharmaceuticals industry in Saudi Arabia reached $8.6 billion
Thailand needs Russian tourists
Today it has become known that the Thai authorities will not introduce the entry requirement for foreign tourists, which was announced two days ago. The restriction, introduced amid the outbreak of COVID-19 in China, was formally in effect …
Shelf life of Sputnik V vaccine extended
The shelf life of Russia-developed Sputnik V vaccine against coronavirus has been extended to 18 months, according to the state register of medicines. The extension applies to both components of the Sputnik V vaccine produced by the …
Russia conducting monkeypox vaccine preclinical studies
The specialists of the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) have developed a modern monkeypox vaccine, which is currently undergoing preclinical studies, the head of the FMBA, Veronika Skvortsova, said on Tuesday. "A …
Trials of 3rd nasal Covid-19 vaccine approved in Russia
The Russian Health Ministry has authorized the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza operating under its aegis to begin clinical trials of the Corfluvec nasal vaccine for Covid-19 prophylaxis, according to information available in the …
EU signs joint procurement contract for pandemic influenza vaccine
The European Commission, via its Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, signed a framework contract for the joint procurement of Adjupanrix, a pandemic influenza vaccine, with the pharmaceutical company GSK. …
Bavarian Nordic in talks to expand monkeypox vaccine output
Bavarian Nordic, the Danish company behind the vaccine being used to try to stem a global outbreak of monkeypox, is in talks to potentially expand production capacity, its CEO said. The Copenhagen-based vaccine maker has a vaccine that …
Covid vaccines saved 20 mln lives in first year
Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large modelling study on the topic released Friday. The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, is based …
Russia to study immunity to monkeypox in whose vaccinated against smallpox
Russia’s Gamaleya Center plans to study immunity to monkeypox in people vaccinated against smallpox, the Center’s director, Alexander Gintsburg, said on Thursday. "We have been tasked to study the current …
Boosted Sputnik V maintains 97% effectiveness against Omicron
The study showed that the vaccine is 97% effective when boosted with Sputnik Light or revaccinated with Sputnik V in cases of hospitalisation from the COVID-19 strain. A team of Russian scientists, including specialists from the …
Covid vaccination certificates no longer mandatory for foreigners entering Georgia
Presenting proof of Covid vaccination and testing is no longer mandatory for foreign citizens entering Georgia starting today, following a decision by the Georgian Government. The latest amendments to the Government Resolution on …
COVID-19 vaccine administered to 14 Russian children aged 9-11 as part of trials
An anti-coronavirus vaccine has been administered to 14 Russian children aged between 9 and 11 years as part of clinical trials, Director of the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology Alexander Gintsburg has told …
