Category: Vaccine

Mexican Army Seizes Shipment of Fake Russian Sputnik V Vaccines

Mexican officials have seized a shipment of fake Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine that was intended to be transported via a private aircraft to Honduras. According to a March 17 statement from the government, officials found about 5,775 fake doses of the Russian vaccine inside two ice chests that were aboard a private aircraft at the Campeche International…


AstraZeneca Vaccine Deemed ‘Safe’ by EU Health Agency After Countries Suspend Usage

The European Union’s drug regulator on Thursday announced that the AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine is “safe and effective” following reports of recipients developing blood clots or even dying after getting the shot. The European Medicines Agency, in essentially clearing the vaccine for usage, said the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot is not associated with an increase in the…


AstraZeneca Vaccine Deemed ‘Safe’ by EU Agency After Countries Suspend Use

The European Union’s drug regulator announced March 18 that the AstraZeneca CCP virus vaccine is “safe and effective” following reports of recipients developing blood clots or even dying after getting the shot. The European Medicines Agency, in essentially clearing the vaccine for usage, said the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot isn’t associated with an increase in the overall…


UK Says Vaccine Rollout to Be Slower Than Hoped, but Should Pick Up Again in May

LONDON—Britain said on Thursday that global supply bumps meant its vaccine rollout would be slower than hoped in coming weeks, but it expected deliveries to increase again in May, June, and July. British health officials warned on Wednesday that the world’s fastest big economy rollout of the vaccine would face a significant reduction in supplies…


Australian PM Praises Strength of Quad Alliance With US, Japan, India

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has praised the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, also known as Quad, for its strength and purpose after he attended the dialogue’s first-ever leader level meeting. The meeting, which was held virtually on March 12, resulted in the four countries pledging to establish three working groups (pdf) on climate change, COVID-19 response…


China Insider: Quad Countries Counter China’s Vaccine Diplomacy

As one of the COVID-19 vaccine producers in the world, China is trying to compete with the West for political and economic influence. On March 12, the four ‘Quad’ countries—India, Japan, the United States, and Australia, agreed to commit to manufacturing one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine for distribution in Asia. On the next day,…


Wife of Boxing Legend Marvin Hagler Says Death Not Caused by CCP Virus Vaccine

The wife of Marvelous Marvin Hagler said her husband’s recent death was not due to the COVID-19 vaccine.


WHO Scientist: ‘No Documented Death’ Linked to COVID-19 Vaccine

A World Health Organization (WHO) researcher on Wednesday asserted that there is no evidence linking deaths to any CCP virus vaccine, after numerous European Union countries and other nations suspended usage of AstraZeneca’s vaccine amid reports of blood clots. “There is no documented death that’s been linked to a COVID vaccine,” said Soumya Swaminathan, a WHO…


Trump Recommends Americans Get a COVID-19 Vaccine

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday advised Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine. “I would recommend it. And I would recommend it to a lot of people that don’t want to get it, and a lot of those people voted for me, frankly,” Trump said during an interview with Fox News. Trump said Americans have…


Moderna Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Trials for Infants and Children

Pharmaceutical company Moderna says that the first dose of its CCP virus vaccine has been given to children aged six months to 11 years in a trial called the KidCOVE study. “This pediatric study will help us assess the potential safety and immunogenicity of our COVID-19 vaccine candidate in this important younger age population,” said…