COVID19 Vaccine

US To ‘Pause’ Use Of J&J Vaccine Over Blood Clot Concerns

  • The FDA is asking states to temporarily halt using J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine after six people in the U.S. developed a rare blood-clotting disorder.
  • The FDA said the recommendation is “out of an abundance of caution.”
  • The cases occurred in women ages 18 to 48, with symptoms developing six to 13 days after they received the shot.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are recommending a “pause” in the use of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson...

https://mfame.guru/us-to-pause-use-of-jj-vaccine-over-blood-clot-concerns/

Passports Showing Vaccine Status Would Be Time-limited, Says Minister

Any “COVID passport” scheme to prove people in England are safe to attend mass-audience events would be “time-limited,” reports BBC.

COVID status certification

A “COVID status certification” scheme is being developed to enable concerts and sporting matches to take place.

It would record whether people had been vaccinated, recently tested negative, or had natural immunity, having already had a bout of coronavirus. The government is also trialing other ways of holding mass events safely.

Sports...

https://mfame.guru/passports-showing-vaccine-status-would-be-time-limited-says-minister/

FDA Reprimands Officials Seeking To Alter Vaccine Dosing Schedule

  • FDA said that the idea of changing the authorized dosing or schedules of COVID-19 vaccines was premature and not supported by the available data.
  • The FDA said it had been following discussions and news reports about reducing the number of doses and extending the length of time between doses.
  • The discussions were also on cutting the dosage in half, or mixing and matching vaccines in order to immunize more people.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in a press announcement, delivered a clear...

https://mfame.guru/fda-reprimands-officials-seeking-to-alter-vaccine-dosing-schedule/

Oil Prices Soar Amid OPEC Delays & COVID19 Vaccine Hopes

  • Pfizer and Moderna say their COVID-19 vaccine is 95% effective.
  • Saudi Arabia urges OPEC+ to be flexible on output.
  • U.S. crude stocks rise and distillate inventories plunge.

Oil prices firmed by about 1% on Nov 18 on hopes OPEC and its allies will delay a planned increase in oil output and after Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine was more effective, reports Reuters.

The market was also supported by a smaller-than-expected increase in U.S. crude stockpiles last week.

COVID vaccine trials successful

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https://mfame.guru/oil-prices-soar-amid-opec-delays-covid19-vaccine-hopes/

COVID19 Vaccine Deliveries To Take 2 Years: Cargo Carriers


According to a Business Insider report, even if a COVID-19 vaccine can be developed, approved, and mass-produced quickly, getting it to countries and communities around the world quickly enough to make a difference will present an unprecedented challenge for the global logistics industry, said the leading cargo carriers.

The air-cargo industry is planning to ship up to 20 billion doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, according to a new report from Doug Cameron at the Wall Street Journal. But without...

https://mfame.guru/covid19-vaccine-deliveries-to-take-2-years-cargo-carriers/

Cold Chain Infrastructural Hurdle in COVID19 Vaccine Delivery

According to a Reuters report, Getting a coronavirus vaccine from manufacturing sites to some parts of the world with rural populations and unreliable electricity supply will be an immense challenge, given the need to store some vials at temperatures as low as minus 80 degrees Celsius (-112 Fahrenheit), Deutsche Post warned on Tuesday.

Antarctic Level Refrigeration Needed

The German logistics firm said that the distribution of an eventual vaccine across large parts of Africa, South America, and...

https://mfame.guru/cold-chain-infrastructural-hurdle-in-covid19-vaccine-delivery/

Pfizer Betting on Early COVID19 Vaccine Win, Protocol Shows

Pfizer Inc is betting that its coronavirus vaccine candidate will show clear evidence of effectiveness early in its clinical trial, according to the company and internal documents reviewed by Reuters that describe how the trial is being run.

Results By End of October?

In recent weeks, Pfizer has said it should know by the end of October whether the vaccine, developed together with Germany’s BioNTech SE, is safe and effective. If the vaccine is shown to work by then, Pfizer has said it would...

https://mfame.guru/pfizer-betting-on-early-covid19-vaccine-win-protocol-shows/

Global Faith in Chinese COVID19 Vaccine Prompts Mass Inoculation

 In a  major development, China is inoculating tens of thousands of its citizens with experimental coronavirus vaccines and attracting international interest in their development, despite expert concerns over the safety of drugs that have not completed standard testing, reports Reuters.

Emergency Vaccine Use

China launched a vaccine emergency use program in July, offering three experimental shots developed by a unit of state pharmaceutical giant China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) and...

https://mfame.guru/global-faith-in-chinese-covid19-vaccine-prompts-mass-inoculation/

Pfizer COVID19 Vaccine Trial Blueprint Shows Mild Side Effects

According to a Reuters report, Pfizer Inc said on Tuesday that their vaccine trial participants were showing mild-to-moderate side effects when given either the company’s experimental coronavirus vaccine or a placebo in an ongoing late-stage study.

Over 12,000 study participants had received a second dose of the vaccine, Pfizer executives said on an investor conference call.

Scrutinizing Safety 

The company has enrolled more than 29,000 people in its 44,000-volunteer trial to test the experimental...

https://mfame.guru/pfizer-released-covid19-vaccine-trial-blueprint-shows-mild-side-effects/

IATA Scaling Up ‘Supply Chain’ With Online Platform for COVID19 Vaccine Delivery

According to a Loadstar article, in preparation for global vaccine delivery, IATA has launched ONE Source, an online platform to match shipping needs with infrastructure capabilities and service providers.

Complete Visibility of Services

The platform, which will independently verify information, will list the latest operational information on airlines, airports, handling facilities, forwarders, shippers and truckers and take into account security and risk analysis data. The API platform will be...

https://mfame.guru/iata-scaling-up-supply-chain-with-online-platform-for-covid19-vaccine-delivery/

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