Well if EU doesn t want it! North Korea ignores AstraZeneca moaning and orders MILLIONS Ciaran McGrath
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An interim delivery report published yesterday by the COVAX facility, the global vaccine distribution initiative, said it will distribute 1.992 million doses of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccines produced by the Serum Institute of India (SII) to the hermit state by the end of June. Meanwhile, South Korea will be provided with a minimum of 2.7 million doses of the AstraZeneca/Oxford and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, the report said, according to the Yonhap news agency.
In total, COVAX will distribute 337 million doses to 145 participating countries - roughly 3.3 percent of their total population.
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Oslo, February 4
Norway will not offer the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to individuals over the age of 65, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) said on Thursday, making it the latest European country to restrict its use.
So far, some 135,000 individuals in Norway have received their first dose against the disease and some 35,000 have received their second shot, from vaccines made by Moderna and from a partnership between Pfizer and BioNTech, the agency said.
The FHI said there had been few participants above the age of 65 in the trial conducted by AstraZeneca, meaning there was a lack of documentation as to the effect of the vaccine on older age groups.
AstraZeneca developed its vaccine in partnership with Oxford University (Image: GETTY)
So far, some 135,000 individuals in Norway have received their first dose against the disease and some 35,000 have received their second shot, from vaccines made by Moderna and from a partnership between Pfizer and BioNTech, the agency said.
The FHI said there had been few participants above the age of 65 in the trial conducted by AstraZeneca, meaning there was a lack of documentation as to the effect of the vaccine on older age groups.
Clement Beaune, France’s Minister for European Affairs, yesterday stirred up controversy after he claimed the UK was risking lives by not following suit.
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