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 channel for the latest stories and updates. The government announced that it will again be taking volunteers to be administered with the AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccine. The program, however, would only be available for senior citizens aged 60 and up in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang, Johor and Sarawak. Reportedly, 1.1 million AZ vaccine doses will be made available this time around. Registrations will be opened online from 23 to 26 May on the official National Immunization Program (PICK) w...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL -  The government of São Paulo and the Butantan Institute delivered a new batch of 1 million Coronavac doses to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday morning, May 12. The São Paulo state government has now delivered 46.112 million doses, thereby complying with its first agreement with the federal government. The doses will be sent to the National Immunization Program (PNI), to be distributed proportionally to the states. This delivery is the second of a total of three th...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On May 12, Butantan Institute delivered another 1 million doses of the vaccine against the novel coronavirus to the National Immunization Program (PNI). With this delivery, Butantan totals 46.112 million doses provided to the Ministry of Health since the start of this year and fulfills the first contract signed in January with the federal government. According to the government of São Paulo, next Friday, May 14, the delivery of the 54 million doses established in the s...

EFESao Paulo Brazil recommends suspending use of Oxford Covid vaccine on pregnant women A Brazilian health care worker prepares to administer a dose of the AstraZeneca anti-Covid vaccine to a patient. EFE/Andre Coelho/File Brazils National Health Monitoring Agency (Anvisa) is recommending an "immediate" halt to the use of the anti-Covid vaccine developed by AstraZeneca to vaccinate pregnant women. The regulatory agencys recommendation is that "the instructions in the drugs p...

Brazil calls off AstraZeneca vaccine for pregnant women Brazil calls off AstraZeneca vaccine for pregnant women Brasilia, May 12 (Prensa Latina) Brazil´s Health Ministry on Tuesday called off AstraZeneca vaccine doses for Brazilian pregnant and postpartum women. Health ministry detailed that pregnant women should receive CoronaVac vaccine doses, an immunizer produced by the Chinese Laboratory Sinovac, and Pfizer vaccines. In the case of those pregnant women who received AstraZeneca jab, they s...

Brazil recommends suspending use of Oxford Covid vaccine on pregnant women 1 minute read Sao Paulo, May 11 (EFE).- Brazil’s National Health Monitoring Agency (Anvisa) is recommending an “immediate” halt to the use of the anti-Covid vaccine developed by AstraZeneca to vaccinate pregnant women. The regulatory agency’s recommendation is that “the instructions in the drug’s prospectus,” which mention the possibility of a recipient developing blood clots, be followed by the National ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Butantan Institute may delay delivery of the CoronaVac vaccine to the Ministry of Health, due to a shortage of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) imported from China. The Institutes president Dimas Covas blamed president Jair Bolsonaros government stance toward the Asian country for this delay. At a press conference to mark the delivery of a shipment of 1 million doses of the vaccine to the Ministrys National Immunization Program (PNI), Covas said the delay in t...

Free booze, baseball tickets offered as U.S. demand for COVID-19 vaccine drops By Sharon Bernstein and Michael Erman Reuters (Reuters) - Robert Day walked up to a house in northwest Detroit, eager to talk about nearby COVID-19 vaccination sites and pitch a local program that pays $50 to anyone who brings someone to a clinic to get inoculated. A man sitting on the porch, who refused to give his name, tore up the flyer Day had handed him and stormed inside. "That’s just one person’s opini...

 channel for the latest stories and updates. With the AstraZeneca vaccine being made available to Malaysians who want it, some have raised concerns and are wondering whether it’s worth the risk of getting the virus vs the (spoiler: not very likely or serious) risk of side-effects from the vaccine. How effective is the vaccine ? Credit: National Immunization Program (NIP) AstraZeneca trials in the US reveal that out of 32,449 participants, the efficacy rate against Covid-19 was 76%, while fo...

Credit: JKJAV Klang Valleyans should start receiving their AstraZeneca (AZ) Covid-19 vaccine appointments today (3 May), said Science, Technology & Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin following the government’s open call for the public to volunteer for early inoculations. Khairy, who’s leading the National Immunization Program (PICK), explained on social media that Selangor and Kuala Lumpur residents who’ve booked themselves a spot for the jab will be notified via the MySejahtera mobile...