coronavirus vaccine

I Vomited Blood After Taking COVID Vaccine – Kaduna Resident

April 1, 2021 9:55 pm

There is confusion in Kaduna as a resident of the State identified as Hanatu Tanko has narrated how she bled from the nose and vomited blood after receiving a jab of the COVID-19 vaccine.

In a video which was posted online, the woman, who sought treatment at Ashmed Specialist Hospital, Kaduna narrated her experience which is however yet to be verified.

The woman pointed out that she took the vaccine at Kaduna South Secretariat, which has caused many observers to link it to the hospital.

Speaking to dissociate the hospital from the controversy, the Chief Medical Doctor, Dr. Patrick …

China Says COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Ready For Public November

September 15, 2020 5:13 pm

A China-developed coronavirus vaccine could be ready for the public as early as November, a Chinese official has told state television, as the global race to clear the final round of trials heats up.

Chinese manufacturers have been bullish about development, with companies Sinovac Biotech and Sinopharm even putting their vaccine candidates on display at a trade fair in Beijing this month.

Representatives of the firms told AFP that they hope their vaccines will be approved after phase 3 trials as early as year-end.

And on late Monday, the chief biosafety

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Russia Aims To Produce ‘Millions’ Of Vaccine Doses By 2021

August 3, 2020 6:24 pm

Russia said Monday it aims to launch mass production of a coronavirus vaccine next month and turn out “several million” doses per month by next year.

The country is pushing ahead with several vaccine prototypes and one trialled by the Gamaleya institute in Moscow has reached advanced stages of development and is about to pass state registration, officials said.

“We are very much counting on starting mass production in September,” Industry Minister Denis Manturov said in an interview published by state news agency TASS.

“We will be able to ensure production volumes of several hundred thousand a month, with an …

US Pays Moderna Inc COVID-19 Vaccine Developer Another $472m

July 27, 2020 7:29 am

The U.S. government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has paid Moderna Inc an additional $472 million to support the development of its novel coronavirus vaccine.

The U.S.-based drug maker said the additional funding will support its late-stage clinical development including the expanded Phase 3 study of Moderna’s vaccine candidate.

In April, Moderna had received $483 million from the U.S. federal agency that funds disease-fighting technology, when the experimental vaccine was in an early-stage trial conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

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“Encouraged by the Phase 1 data, we …

Hangover From Colonial Mentality – WHO Slams French Docs

April 7, 2020 1:22 pm

The World Health Organization, WHO, has reacted to some French doctors’ suggestion of using Africa as a test laboratory for Coronavirus vaccine.

The two French doctors, Jean Paul Mira and Camille Locht, who spoke on a live TV Interview, insisted that Africa is the best place to conduct such test as they recalled how an experimental treatment for AIDS was carried out in Africa

The statement has since triggered global outrage as some described it as racist.

Read Also: WHO Boss Told To Resign As US Death Toll Surpasses China

Reacting, the international health agency’s chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, while

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Pharma Chiefs Expect Coronavirus Vaccine In 12-18 Months

March 20, 2020 4:32 pm

The pharmaceutical industry expects it will take 12 to 18 months to roll out a coronavirus vaccine, executives said Thursday, as they jointly pledged to make it available worldwide based on need.

Bureaucracy could be slashed to speed up the process — but the time needed for safety testing could not be compromised, industry chiefs and the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations told a virtual press conference hosted in Geneva.

“We’re confident technology will arrest this disease,” said IFPMA president David Ricks, the chairman of Eli Lilly and Company.

The global death toll has risen to over …