Irvine city council will decide Jan. 26 whether to designate the Orange County Great Park as the region’s next major COVID-19 vaccination site. If approved, the proposal will license the County of Orange to operate a super point of distribution (POD) at the park with the goal of vaccinating at least 20,000 people per day. This will supplement…
Irvine’s Great Park Could Become Orange County’s Next Super Vaccination Site
Biden Administration Orders 200 Million More Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
President Joe Biden on Tuesday evening announced the federal government will purchase 200 million more vaccine doses in a bid to curb the CCP virus pandemic. “We now have a national strategy to beat COVID-19. It’s comprehensive. It’s based on science, not politics. It’s based on truth, not denial, and it is detailed,” Biden said….
Moderna Develops New CCP Virus Vaccine for South African Variant
Moderna announced on Jan. 25 that it had developed a new CCP virus vaccine to combat a new South African variant of the virus, with plans to advance it into a phase one study. “Out of an abundance of caution and leveraging the flexibility of our mRNA platform, we are advancing an emerging variant booster candidate against…
Canada’s Vaccine Deliveries Further Threatened as Europe Mulls Export Controls
OTTAWA—Canada’s anxiety-laden COVID-19 vaccine programs are facing further threats as Europe warns drug makers it might impose export controls on European-made vaccine doses. All of Canada’s current vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are made in Europe, potentially putting at risk the entirety of Canada’s vaccine deliveries. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said…
Vaccinated People Must Still Obey CCP Virus Rules, UK Health Secretary Says
People who have been vaccinated against the CCP virus must continue to follow lockdown restrictions as they may still pass the virus on to others, Britain’s health secretary said on Monday. “I want to reiterate an important point made by the Chief Medical Officers and the clinical advice that they have been giving: even if…
Merck Stops Development of COVID-19 Vaccines
Merck on Monday said it’s stopping development of both of its COVID-19 vaccine candidates. The candidates in studies “were generally well tolerated, but the immune responses were inferior to those seen following natural infection and those reported for other SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 vaccines,” the New Jersey-based company said in a statement. COVID-19 is the disease caused by…
CDC Director Says Feds Don’t Know How Much CCP Virus Vaccine is Available
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Sunday that the federal government doesn’t know how much CCP virus vaccine is available in the United States, posing a challenge to inoculation efforts. “One of the biggest problems right now is, I can’t tell you how much vaccine we have,” CDC Director Dr….
CDC Director Says Feds Don’t Know How Much CCP Virus Vaccine There Is in US
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Sunday that the federal government doesn’t know how much CCP virus vaccine is available in the United States, posing a challenge to inoculation efforts. “One of the biggest problems right now is, I can’t tell you how much vaccine we have,” CDC Director Dr….
California Resident Dies Hours After Getting CCP Virus Vaccine
A person in California who received a CCP virus vaccine on Jan. 21 died several hours later, authorities said. The cause of death isn’t yet clear. “The vaccine was not administered by Placer County Public Health. There are multiple local, state, and federal agencies actively investigating this case; any reports surrounding the cause of death…
Pfizer Vaccine Approved in Australia One Year After Country’s First Case
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted provisional approval of the Pfizer vaccine on the first anniversary of Australia’s first case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus. It is the first to receive regulatory approval in Australia. Two doses at least 21 days apart will be required, with aged care and disability residents…
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