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Study shows Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines less effective against Omicron strain: WHO

Study shows Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines less effective against Omicron strain: WHO

Dec 19, 2021, at 02:13 am

Geneva/UNI/Sputnik: Preliminary results of a non-peer-reviewed study from the United Kingdom indicate reduced effectiveness of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines against the Omicron coronavirus variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccine 'cocktail' gives immunity against Delta strain: Report

Sinovac, AstraZeneca vaccine 'cocktail' gives immunity against Delta strain: Report

Jul 10, 2021, at 02:33 pm

Bangkok/UNI/Sputnik: A research by Thai scientists shows that a cocktail of two doses of Sinovac coronavirus vaccine and one dose of AstraZeneca creates sufficient immunity in humans to resist the Delta strain, while just two doses of Sinovac are effective only against the Alpha strain and do not guarantee sufficient protection from Delta.

Germany halts AstraZeneca rollout pending probe into blood clots in vaccinated patients

Germany halts AstraZeneca rollout pending probe into blood clots in vaccinated patients

Mar 16, 2021, at 03:18 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: The German Health Ministry said Monday that the use of AstraZeneca was paused on the advice of the national vaccines agency after reports emerged of patients developing potentially deadly blood clots.

Vietnam fights COVID-19: People overlooking Chinese vaccine, opting for AstraZeneca

Vietnam fights COVID-19: People overlooking Chinese vaccine, opting for AstraZeneca

Mar 13, 2021, at 04:52 pm

Hanoi: People in Vietnam, the country where vaccination drive against COVID-19 started recently, are overlooking Chinese made vaccines and are opting for the vaccine developed by British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca instead, media reports said.

AstraZeneca accepts cooperation offer from Russian Covid vaccine developers

AstraZeneca accepts cooperation offer from Russian Covid vaccine developers

Dec 11, 2020, at 09:38 pm

Moscow/Sputnik: UK-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca accepted cooperation offer from developers of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V to study Covid-19 vaccine combinations, AstraZeneca said Friday.

World to get COVID-19 vaccine by 2020 end or early 2021, claims US pharma cos

World to get COVID-19 vaccine by 2020 end or early 2021, claims US pharma cos

Jul 25, 2020, at 10:47 pm

Indianapolis (US), Jul 24 (UNI) Drug manufacturers representatives from AstraZeneca, Johnson and Johnson, Merck, Moderna, and Pfizer Daccine have expressed confidence to develop COVID-19 vaccine by either the end of 2020 or beginning of 2021.