2021-05-03 14:36:23 GMT2021-05-03 22:36:23(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 3 (Xinhua) The Brunei government continued rolling out its COVID-19 national vaccination program on Monday, with the total number of vaccine recipients reaching 14,876 after the vaccination program was officially kicked off.
According to Brunei s Ministry of Health, since the implementation of the National Vaccination Program began on April 3, 14,876 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine, of which 14,526 people have received the first dose, while 350 people have received the second dose. At present, the administration of COVID-19 vaccine is still being implemented for Phase One, consisting of frontliners, students studying abroad and senior citizens aged 60 and above, the ministry said.
U.S. Vaccine Safety System Still Has Gaps
By JoNel Aleccia, Kaiser Health News
Monday, May 03, 2021 (Kaiser News) The quick detection of an ultra-rare blood clotting reaction in some covid-19 vaccine recipients showed the power of a federal warning system for vaccine safety issues, but experts worry that blind spots in the program could hamper detection of other unexpected side effects.
Before the pandemic began, the Food and Drug Administration had scaled back a program it used successfully to track adverse events during and after the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic, and the agency is still ramping up its replacement, said Dr. Robert Chen, scientific director of the Brighton Collaboration, a nonprofit global vaccine safety network.
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