Category: Health
Children now playing ‘huge role’ in spread of coronavirus variant B.1.1.7
Dr. Michael Osterholm is the Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. More...
France: Family of man who died a few days after AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccination file a complaint for involuntary manslaughter
In Annecy, the family of a 63-year-old man who died on March 18, eleven days after being vaccinated against Covid-19 with a dose of AstraZeneca vaccine, confirmed they have filed a complaint against [persons unknown] for involuntary homicide. More...
UK AstraZeneca coronavirus jab trial on children paused as regulator investigates rare blood clots in adults
A vaccine trial into the safety and efficacy of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine in children has been paused while the UK medicines regulator investigates a possible link to rare blood clots in adults who had the jab. More...
Ireland adds Israel to its coronavirus quarantine list of 56 countries
Ireland has added Israel to its #coronavrus quarantine list of 56 countries: “All those intending to travel to Ireland from or via any of these countries/territories, who will arrive in Ireland after 04.00 on Tuesday 6 April are required to book accommodation for mandatory hotel quarantine at least 48 hours in advance of travel.” More...
EMA Vaccine Strategy Chief Marco Cavaleri: “increasingly difficult to say that there is no cause and effect relationship between vaccination with AstraZeneca and very rare cases of unusual blood clots”
Marco Cavaleri is responsible for the vaccine strategy of EMA, the European drug agency. More...
Ireland: HPRA has received 16 reports of blood clots occurring following vaccination with the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
Ireland’s Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) has said it has received 16 reports of blood clots occurring following vaccination with the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. More...
Switzerland: Stage III hypertension in patients after mRNA-based SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus vaccination with Pfizer/Biontech & Moderna
On January 11th 2021, the vaccination Center in Lausanne, a city of 140’000 inhabitants in western Switzerland, started the COVID-19 vaccination with mRNA-based vaccines. More...
France: Scientists recommend changing coronavirus vaccination technique after AstraZeneca thrombosis investigation
Thus, one of the hypotheses linking the vaccine to the occurrence of severe thrombosis could be an accidental intravenous injection which, in the presence of factors not fully identified, would generate a discordant immune reaction with activation of the platelets, potentially associated with a NET effect or with a decrease in the level of ACE2 on the surface of endothelial cells, leading to an increased risk of thrombosis. More...
Chile heads back into coronavirus lockdown despite massive vaccination campaign with Sinovac vaccine
Chile’s big coronavirus vaccine bet on China’s Sinovac shots. More...
L452R mutation is present in more than 400 SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus genomes isolated from over 20 countries
Scientists have examined the Nextstrain and GISAID databases and found that the L452R mutation is present in more than 400 SARS-CoV-2 genomes isolated from over 20 countries. More...