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Over 12,400 Israelis tested positive for COVID-19 after having received at least the first coronavirus vaccine dose
Over 12,400 Israeli residents tested positive for COVID-19 after having received at least the first coronavirus vaccine dose, representing 6.6% of the 189,900 people who took coronavirus tests after being vaccinated, according to figures released by the Health Ministry. More...
Israel’s coronavirus czar says first dose less effective than Pfizer indicated
Israel’s coronavirus czar Nachman Ash has reportedly said the first dose of Pfizer’s vaccine provides less protection against COVID-19 than the US pharmaceutical firm had initially indicated it would, and cautioned that it may not protect against new strains of the virus.
Norway raises estimated death toll from Pfizer-Biontech coronavirus vaccine to 29
Norway expressed increasing concern about the safety of the Pfizer Inc. More...
Democratic Representative tests positive for coronavirus despite 2nd Pfizer jab
Representative Adriano Espaillat, Democrat of New York, announced on Thursday he had tested positive for the coronavirus, as concerns continue to mount on Capitol Hill that efforts to corral lawmakers into secure locations during last week’s siege by Trump supporters may have led to a super-spreader event. More...
CDC: allergic reactions including anaphylaxis after receipt of the first dose of Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
During December 14–23, 2020, monitoring by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System detected 21 cases of anaphylaxis after administration of a reported 1,893,360 first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (11.1 cases per million doses); 71% of these occurred within 15 minutes of vaccination
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7002e1.htm?s_cid=mm7002e1_w More...
Four people under observation in Germany after receiving 5 doses of Biontech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at once
“Eight employees of a German nursing home were mistakenly given five doses of Covid-19 vaccine, with no serious health consequences at this stage, according to Belga News Agency. More...
Two NHS staff given Pfizer vaccine jab suffer ‘anaphylactoid reaction’
UK regulators urge people with history of ‘significant’ allergies NOT to have Pfizer vaccine injection – just 24 hours after Britain’s mass inoculation kicked off. More...
Pfizer vaccine volunteer had 40.5°C temperature after 2nd dose
“When I woke up again at 5:30 am, I felt hot. More...