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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 Immunization Program being undertaken by the Health Ministry. “The guidance is the result of monit...

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 Institute's president Dimas Covas blamed president Jair Bolsonaro's 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 Ministry's National Immunization Program (PNI), Covas said the delay in the delivery of API is not due to production issues of Sinovac, which supplies Brazil with the raw...

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 opinion,” said Day, a volunteer helping the Michigan city convince more people to get vaccinated, befor...

 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 for those aged above 65, the rate was 85%.  Compared to other vaccines, the Pfizer vaccine has 95% ef...

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 application. Some people should be waking up to their AZ appointments in their MySj. These are prog...