Ministry continues to look at options to vaccinate children

05:51am, Friday, 18'th Feb 2022 The Fiji Times
The Ministry of Health is continuing with its efforts to look at options for vaccination of children under 12 years. This comes after Therapeutic Goods Administration in Australia provisionally approved Spikevax (Moderna) for use in people aged six years and older. Ministry of Health permanent secretary Dr James Fong said this announcement augured well for […]

Canada approves Novavax Covid vaccine for adults

02:10am, Friday, 18'th Feb 2022 Buziness Bytes
Ottawa, Feb 18 (IANS) Canada approved the Novavax Covid-19 vaccine for people aged 18 and over on Thursday, making it the fifth Covid-19 vaccine authorized in the country after AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson. Health Canada said in a news release the vaccine is 90 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic Covid-19 and […] The post Canada approves Novavax Covid vaccine for adults appeared first on Buziness Bytes .

Charities say Moderna patents could hit Africa COVID-19 vaccine hub

10:30pm, Thursday, 17'th Feb 2022 The Globe and Mail
Charities have raised concerns that the company would take steps to enforce its patents once the pandemic transitions out of the emergency phase
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade organized this afternoon, at its headquarters in Port Louis, a delivery ceremony of 200,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine based on mRNA by the Government of France to the Government of Mauritius. the Minister of Health and Welfare, Dr. Kailesh Kumar Singh Jagutpal; the Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Haymandoyal Dillum; the French Ambassador to Mauritius, Ms. Florence Caussé-Tissier; and other personalities were present. At the beginning, the Minister of Health and Welfare thanked the French Government and stated that the donation illustrated the excellent collaboration between the two Republics. He underscored that the Moderna vaccine donation came at the right time as Mauricio embarked on his COVID-19 vaccine booster program for people ages 18-39. He said Moderna’s 200,000 doses would allow 400,000 people to be vaccinated, as only half a dose of this particular vaccine was required as a […] Coronavirus-Mauritius: France donates 200,000 doses of mRNA-based Moderna vaccine to Mauritius NNN NNN - Nigeria News, Latest N igerin Newspapers Updates Today
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Canada approves Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for adults

06:55pm, Thursday, 17'th Feb 2022 Big News Network
OTTAWA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Canada approved the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine for people aged 18 and over on Thursday, making it the fifth COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the country after AstraZeneca, Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson and Johnson. Health Canada said in a news release the vaccine is 90 percent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 100 percent effective at preventing severe disease. While a
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The country is the first to grant provisional authority for the Moderna vaccine to be used in children younger than 12.
Novavax now joins Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson as vaccine makers that have COVID-19 jabs approved for use in Canada.

Novavax COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in Canadian adults

04:47pm, Thursday, 17'th Feb 2022 Global News Canada
Novavax now joins Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson and Johnson as vaccine makers that have COVID-19 jabs approved for use in Canada.
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Moderna has applied for patents in South Africa relating to its Covid-19 vaccine, prompting fears the company could seek to prevent an African vaccine hub from making its own version.
Several lawmakers asked federal authorities to explore whether criminal charges should be brought against members of the Sackler family.
Another Covid booster vaccine will be needed by autumn, the chief executive of Moderna has said.
Pfizer''s billion-dollar mRNA vaccine could be just the beginning.
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