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Latest 7 December 2021

Mixing Pfizer, AstraZ COVID-19 shots with Moderna gives better immune response – UK study

A major British study into mixing COVID-19 vaccines has found that people had a better immune response when they received a first dose of AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech shots followed by…

Coronavirus · 15 Jun 2021 Astra antibody cocktail fails to prevent COVID-19 symptoms in large trial AstraZeneca said on Tuesday a late-stage trial failed to provide evidence that its COVID-19 antibody therapy protected people who had contact with… Coronavirus · 11 May 2021 AstraZeneca reaches vaccine shipping milestone as EU sues again AstraZeneca Plc has delivered 50 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to European Union countries, according to EU supply data, a milestone… Italy · 30 Mar 2021 Italian PM Mario Draghi receives Astra Zeneca vaccine Prime Minister Mario Draghi and his wife Maria Serenella Cappello received their first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday as… Italy · 16 Mar 2021 Suspension of AstraZeneca shots is ‘political decision’: Italy’s medicines regulator head The decision by Germany, France and Italy to suspend AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects is a "political… USA · 16 Mar 2021 U.S. green light for AstraZeneca vaccine could come in April, independent monitors assessing data -US official Results of AstraZeneca Plc's U.S. COVID-19 vaccine trial are being reviewed by independent monitors, and emergency authorization could come in about a… Malta Headline · 9 Feb 2021 Malta: Concerns over AstraZeneca consignment after temperature problem The health authorities are concerned about a temperature probe used in the consignment of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine which arrived over the… South Africa · 9 Feb 2021 FACTBOX-What we know about the South African variant of COVID-19 South Africa halted the planned rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University after data showed it gave minimal… Coronavirus · 1 Feb 2021 EU paying full price for AstraZeneca vaccine -EU health official BRUSSELS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The European Union is paying a price similar to that of Britain for the AstraZeneca Plc vaccine,… 1 Feb 2021 Exclusive – Oxford kept COVID-19 vaccine trial volunteers in dark about dosing error, letter shows LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - About 1,500 of the initial volunteers in a late-stage clinical trial of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine were…