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Published: Share: In light of the public hearing entitled ‘How to increase the capacity of COVID-19 vaccine production and improve delivery’, jointly hosted by the environment, public health and food safety committee (ENVI) and the industry, research and energy committee (ITRE) in the European Parliament, the Socialists and Democrats Group demands all pharmaceutical companies to increase the production of vaccines, and look at future challenges with new variants and strains. Current shortfalls, with notably AstraZeneca but also to an extent with other manufacture...

29 Jan 2021 / 17:25 H. PETALING JAYA: A research consultant has cautioned that the rise in Covid-19 cases in the country could be due to one of the mutant virus variants, dubbed the UK B1.1.7, that has been spreading rapidly in over 40 countries worldwide. University Malaya’s Prof Datuk Dr. Lam Sai Kit, who is also Senior Fellow at the Academy of Sciences Malaysia, said the Health Ministry may have missed out many positives caused by variants due to far too few genome sequencing on Covid-19 samples. The United Kingdom variant (B 1.1.7) was first detected there, specifically in London and t...

, which deals specifically with the issue of Covid-19 vaccines. B. On vaccines Fundamental principles and values 1. On several occasions, Pope Francis has affirmed the need to make the now imminent Covid-19 vaccines available and accessible to all, avoiding “pharmaceutical marginality”: “ if there is the possibility of treating a disease with a drug, this should be available to everyone, otherwise an injustice is created”. [1] In his recent [2] the Pope stated that vaccines, if they are “to illuminate and bring hope to all, need to be available to all… especially for the most vu...