The COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm has been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) for "emergency use." This means its safety, efficacy and quality has been checked and it can be used by the international COVAX vaccine effort. WHO Director-General Tedros...
We must focus on the persistence of immunity, vaccine efficacy, and increasing the list of who can get vaccinated. For example, now a vaccine takes two jabs. We need to examine whether or not a third shot is needed, and then adjust the immunization schedule accordingly," ...
WHO recommends the vaccine for adults 18 years and older, in a two-dose schedule with a spacing of three to four weeks. Vaccine efficacy for symptomatic and hospitalized disease was estimated to be 79%, all age groups combined
While the flexibility of the HPV vaccine schedule (age and interval) may help to mitigate the negative impact of these interruptions in the short term due to the possibility to catch up any missed cohorts and doses later in 2020 or in 2021, the longer term effects of the predicted economic...
aluminium hydroxide-adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine administered on a 0/14-28-day schedule for the prevention of COVID-19 disease • Authorized by the China National Medical Products Administration on February 6, 2021 • Authorized by 32 countries/jurisdictions for use in adults ≥18 years, with...
The WHO chief did not reveal any more details or the team's schedule. Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, said earlier that the WHO-coordinated team of global experts will cover clinical management, virology, vaccine, drug development, ecological investigatio...
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"WHO recommends the vaccine for use in adults 18 years and older, in a two-dose schedule with a spacing of two to four weeks," the agency said in a statement. "Vaccine efficacy results showed that the vaccine prevented symptomatic disease in 51 percent of those vaccinated and prevented seve...
It is also seeking vaccines that are move on from injection methods and ultra cold chain storage, O'Brien said, citing nasal, oral and skin patch vaccine methods. Speaking of two nasally-administered vaccines, particularly one being used in China, SAGE executive secretary Joachim Hombach said, ...