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A year of Covid jabs, but treatments lag behind
AFP, Published on 03/12/2021
» PARIS: After a year of vaccines aimed at preventing Covid, treatments for people infected with the virus are few, with most restricted to hospital use and extremely pricey.
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US health panel endorses Merck Covid pill
AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» WASHINGTON - A panel of US health experts on Tuesday voted to recommend Merck's Covid pill for high-risk adults -- a new form of treatment that is easy to administer and could prove better able to withstand variants, including Omicron.
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4 firms rush to produce mutant-specific vaccines
News, AFP, Published on 01/12/2021
» NEW YORK: Four of the world's Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers -- Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and Sinovac -- are now developing new generations of their respective vaccines specifically targeting the new Omicron variant.
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Omicron strains worldwide Covid response
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» LONDON: Existing Covid-19 inoculations will struggle against the fast-spreading Omicron variant, the head of vaccine manufacturer Moderna warned Tuesday, as countries ramp up vaccination programmes and impose further restrictions in an effort to curb growing concern.
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Moderna boss says vaccines likely no match for Omicron - FT
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» HONG KONG: Existing Covid-19 jabs will struggle against the Omicron variant and it will take months to develop a new shot that works, the head of US vaccine manufacturer Moderna has told the Financial Times.
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Markets hit by Moderna vaccine warning over Omicron
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» Equities and oil sank again Tuesday after the head of Moderna warned current coronavirus vaccines might be less effective at fending off the Omicron variant, fuelling fears that countries could be forced back into economically painful lockdowns.
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Pfizer already working on Covid vaccine targeting Omicron: CEO
AFP, Published on 30/11/2021
» NEW YORK: Pfizer has already started working on a version of its Covid-19 vaccine specifically targeting the new Omicron variant in case the current inoculation is not effective against the latest strain, the US drugmaker's CEO Albert Bourla said Monday.
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US sends Vietnam 4.1 million Covid vaccine doses
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States is shipping another four million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam, the White House said Tuesday, bringing the total of US doses donated globally to nearly 270 million.
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Austria to impose partial lockdown, mandatory jabs
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» VIENNA - Austria on Friday became the first EU country to announce it would make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory and will next week impose a partial lockdown in the face of spiralling infections.
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US authorizes Covid boosters for all over 18s
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States authorized the Pfizer and Moderna Covid vaccine boosters to all people aged 18 and older on Friday, as the world's hardest-hit country enters a new winter wave of the pandemic.
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