Switzerland approves first COVID-19 booster vaccine for Omicron Variants
SWITZERLAND- According to the Swiss medicine authority Swissmedic, the country’s first...
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Canada to receive 12 million doses of Moderna’s Omicron-targeted COVID vaccine
CANADA- Pharmaceutical giant Moderna Inc. (MRNA.O) will provide 12 million doses of its COVID-19...
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FDA approves Sanofi’s Enjaymo for treatment of rare blood disease
FRANCE – The US FDA has approved Enjaymo (sutimlimab-jome) infusion to reduce the need for red...
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Omicron subvariant BA.2 more infectious than original strain: Danish study
DENMARK – According to a Danish study, the omicron BA.2 subvariant is inherently more contagious...
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Africa’s health boss seeks to entice expatriate medics to return home
ETHIOPIA – Dr. John Nkengasong, the director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and...
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US Pharma retail giants prepare to distribute free N95 masks
USA – This week, Walgreens, CVS, and other Chicago-area pharmacies and retailers will begin...
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Demand surge for Covid-19 antibody prompts GSK, Vir to ramp up output
USA – To meet rising demand, GlaxoSmithKline and partner Vir Biotechnology are increasing output...
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Pfizer scores another Paxlovid deal with the US government
USA – The United States has increased its order for Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral...
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Germany reduces travel risk status for Southern Africa countries, as Namibia applauds decision
NAMIBIA – All countries that appeared on Germany’s ‘virus variant areas list’ will be moved...
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AU calls for ‘predictable supply’ of Covid vaccines as WHO warns jab inequity will lengthen crisis
ETHIOPIA – The World Health Organization (WHO), the African Union, Unicef, GAVI, the vaccine...
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