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US CDC investigates reports of heart inflammation in young Covid vaccine recipients US Centres for Disease Control said cases typically occurred within four days of receiving mRNA vaccines, but did not specify which vaccines 23 May 2021 • 3:37am A Star Wars bandage is applied on a 12-year-old girls arm after she received a Covid vaccine in California this month Credit: ETIENNE LAURENT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Some teenagers and young adults who received Covid vaccines experienced heart inflammati...

South Africa registered 2,759 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 1,602,031. A further 72 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, taking total deaths to 54,968.

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US states are set to begin using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to inoculate younger adolescents against Covid-19 after advisers to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) backed the plan in a unanimous vote on Wednesday (May 12).. Read more at straitstimes.com.

J&J resumes roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine in EU 21st April 2021 Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is planning to resume the roll-out of its COVID-19 vaccine in the EU following updated guidance from the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) safety committee. The EMA’s Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) has reviewed a small number of cases of very rare blood clots in combination with low platelet counts in individuals who have received the J&J vaccine. According to J&J, these very rare adve...

Scientists criticise decision to suspend J&J vaccine in SA as ‘irresponsible and unethical’ Mark Heywood © Provided by Daily Maverick A growing number of scientists are questioning the health regulator’s decision to suspend authorisation of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and are calling for the decision to be urgently rescinded to save the lives of health workers vulnerable to Covid-19. Professor Barry Jacobson, president of the Southern African Society of Thrombosis and ...

Professor Barry Jacobson, president of the Southern African Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, has sharply criticised the decision by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) to suspend authorisation of the J&J vaccine currently being used as part of the Sisonke trial to vaccinate South Africa’s vulnerable healthcare workers.  The background and reasons given by SAHPRA for the decision are explained here. Jacobson is a practising clinical haematologist and an adjun...

By Ejiofor Alike The United States’ federal health agencies yesterday recommended the suspension of the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, after six recipients of the vaccine – all women – developed a “severe type of blood clot.” TheCable reported that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said they would stop using the vaccine at federal sites. The agencies also asked states to suspend the use of the vaccine, pendin...

The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said they were investigating clots in six women.

As of April 12, more than 6.8 million doses of the vaccine have been administered.

COVID-19: European rollout of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus jab delayed as US officials investigate blood clots The rollout of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine across Europe has been delayed, while US officials have recommended a "pause" in the use of the jab as reports of blood clots are investigated. The healthcare giant said on Tuesday it had "made the decision to proactively delay the rollout of our vaccine in Europe". It comes after officials from Americas Food and Drug Admi...