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WHO: booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines need to be updated

WHO: booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines need to be updated

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that current Covid-19 vaccines may need to be updated if they are to provide continued protection against emerging variants, including Omicron. WHO`s Technical Advisory Group on Covid-19 …

EMA positively evaluates Sputnik V production standards

EMA positively evaluates Sputnik V production standards

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) experts have positively evaluated production standards for Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, deputy head of the Gamaleya Research Centre Denis Logunov said on Tuesday. "Regarding how the production …

Pfizer omicron vaccine could be ready in March

Pfizer omicron vaccine could be ready in March

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said a vaccine that targets the omicron variant of Covid will be ready in March, and the company’s already begun manufacturing the doses. “This vaccine will be ready in March,” …

Sweden’s king and queen test positive for coronavirus

Sweden’s king and queen test positive for coronavirus

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have tested positive for COVID-19, the palace said in a statement on Tuesday. "The King and Queen, who are fully vaccinated with three injections, have mild symptoms and are …

Armenia starts using Russian Sputnik Light as booster jab

Armenia starts using Russian Sputnik Light as booster jab

Armenian citizens who were fully vaccinated can receive the Russian Sputnik Light as a booster jab, the press service of the Health Ministry said. "The Sputnik Light vaccine was included in the list of drugs authorized in the …

Russia may start producing foreign vaccines against COVID-19

Russia may start producing foreign vaccines against COVID-19

Russia is ready to launch the production of foreign vaccines against the COVID-19 coronavirus, Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov said. At the same time, he stressed that the decision on foreign vaccine manufacturing …

Hungary donates 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Armenia

Hungary donates 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Armenia

Hungary has donated 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus to Armenia within the framework of humanitarian aid, according to the Armenian Ministry of Health Earlier, Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said that …

Turkey eyes supplying its coronavirus vaccine to Azerbaijan

Turkey eyes supplying its coronavirus vaccine to Azerbaijan

Within the framework of the scientific cooperation platform, Turkey plans to supply the TURKOVAC coronavirus vaccine to Azerbaijan, head of the Turkish Health Institute Erhan Akdogan said. "We are also working to provide the …

Turkish vaccine Turkovac receives emergency approval

Turkish vaccine Turkovac receives emergency approval

Turkey’s domestically-made COVID-19 vaccine Turkovac has received emergency use approval, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Wednesday. Koca was speaking at the production facility of the vaccine, as he said public …

Russia likely to deliver Sputnik V jab to Africa free of charge

Russia likely to deliver Sputnik V jab to Africa free of charge

The Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be supplied to African countries free of charge, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev told the Rossiya-1 TV channel on Sunday. "The first batches are likely …