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At home, Americans have widespread access to coronavirus vaccines. Abroad, many Americans in covid hot spots are angry about having to wait.
Guinea Warns Not to Mix Vaccines as Sputnik Shots Face Delay Bloomberg 2 hrs ago © Photographer: Carolina Cabral Fernandez/Bloomberg Vials of the Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine (Bloomberg) -- The Guinean government warned people who took a first shot of the Sputnik V vaccine not to take another type of vaccine as a second dose, even as a shipment from the Russian manufacturer faces a delay. “Logistical issues caused the delay,” the National Health Security Agency said in a statement Tuesday. Those affected will be prioritized when a new batch of Sputnik V vaccines arrives to ensu...
U.S. Weighs Global Vaccine-Expansion Move Opposed by Drugmakers Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Eric Martin and Susan Decker © Bloomberg Vials of Covishield, the local name for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc. and the University of Oxford, move along a conveyor on the production line at the Serum Institute of India Ltd. Hadaspar plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Serum, which is the world's largest vaccine maker by volume, has an agreement with AstraZeneca to produce at least a billion doses. (Bloomberg) -- The Biden administration is weigh...
NYC Pauses J&J Vaccinations as of Tuesday, De Blasio Says Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Shelly Banjo (Bloomberg) -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would pause all Johnson & Johnson vaccinations on Tuesday following guidance from U.S. health officials. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Food and Drug Administration called for an immediate pause in using J&J’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine after six women who received it developed a rare and severe form of blood clotting. © Bloomberg Mayor De Blasio Visits Industrial Firms Making Protective Equipmen...
Australia Secures Additional 20 Million Pfizer Vaccine Doses Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Edward Johnson © Bloomberg Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in a box at Kanto Rosai Hospital in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, March 4, 2021. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the virus emergency in the Tokyo region now set to expire on March 7 may need to be extended for another two weeks, as he seeks to further rein in the pace of infections. (Bloomberg) -- The Australian government said it has secured an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer v...