As many as 196,976 people received their vaccine dose, including 10,572 first shots, across the country on Thursday. So far, over 5.68 million people have received their first vaccine shot and more than 7.88 million have registered for vaccination. The total number of inoculations stands at 6.61 since the campaign kicked off in February, the… Read More: Bangladesh inoculates over 900,000 with second dose of COVID vaccine »
Dr. Kavita Patel told CNBC on Tuesday she believes the Food and Drug Administration’s recommendation that states pause the use of Johnson & Johnson‘s single-shot Covid vaccine is likely to have lasting impacts on the nation’s efforts to combat the pandemic. “This is a devastating blow to this J&J vaccine effort in the United States,”… Read More: ‘A devastating blow’ — doctor says pausing J&J Covid vaccine… »
Scott Morrison has scrapped plans to announce a new deadline to vaccinate all Australians by the end of the year against COVID-19 in an admission over the “uncertainties” surrounding the program. Despite promising greater transparency on the rollout by providing daily updates on the number of people vaccinated, the Prime Minister confirmed on Sunday they… Read More: ‘Shambles’: PM’s huge vaccine backflip »
Concern over blood clots in a small number of patients who have received the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine have led to a number of countries suspending its use. But out of 20 million people who were vaccinated against coronavirus by the end of March in the UK, only 79 people had blood clots, and 19 people died.… Read More: Doctor explains blood clot warning signs amid AstraZeneca vaccine investigation »