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    By alternativeafrica
    February 2, 2021
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    Russia’s covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V has 92% efficacy in trial-Report

    London, Feb. 2, 2021 (AltAfrica)-Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine gives around 92% protection against Covid-19, late stage trial results published in The Lancet reveal. It has also been deemed to be safe – and offer complete protection against hospitalisation and death. READ ALSO: TROUBLE IN BRITAIN AS UK COVID-19 VARIANT MUTATES AGAIN The vaccine was initially met ...
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    November 21, 2020
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    AstraZeneca begins covid vaccine trial to prevent infection in kids

    London, Nov. 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-AstraZeneca started late-stage trials on Saturday of an experimental long-acting monoclonal antibody combination drug it hopes could be used as a so-called prophylactic to prevent COVID-19 infection in at-risk people for up to 12 months. The Phase III international clinical trial will recruit a total of 5 000 people across countries ...
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    October 31, 2020
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    American company, J&J to test COVID-19 vaccine in ages 12-18

    London, Oct. 31, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Johnson & Johnson, J&J plans to start testing its experimental COVID-19 vaccine in youths aged 12 to 18 as soon as possible, and the company’s previous experience with the same technology in a vaccine successfully used in children could give it a leg up with regulators. “We plan to go into ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    October 22, 2020
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    Volunteer dies during covid-19 vaccine trial in Brazil

    London, Oct. 22, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Brazil’s health authority, Anvisa said on Wednesday that a volunteer in a clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University had died but added that the trial would continue. Oxford confirmed the plan to keep testing, saying in a statement that after careful assessment “there have been ...
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    October 20, 2020
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    Egypt health minister gets 2nd dose of coronavirus vaccine trial

    London, Oct. 20, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Health Minister in Egypt, Hala Zayed has taken the second shot of coronavirus vaccine developed by the Chinese company Sinopharm, Egypt Today reports This came 21 days after she took the first shot, as part of Egypt’s participation in the clinical trials of the vaccine among many other countries. READ ALSO: ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    October 13, 2020
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    Vaccinated British minister, Kemi Badenoch wants ethnic-minority to sign for covid-19 vaccine trials

    London, Oct. 13, 2020 (AltAfrica)-UK equalities Minister, Kemi Badenoch, who is herself volunteering wants more British people belonging to ethnic minorities to sign up for coronavirus vaccine trials. “At home, we have to ensure every community trusts a future vaccine to be sage and that it works across the entire population. READ ALSO: AMERICAN RAPPER, KANYE WEST ...
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    By alternativeafrica
    September 29, 2020
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    Egypt’s health minister gets Chinese coronavirus trial vaccine

    London, Sep. 29, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed was injected on Monday with a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine, the phase 3 clinical trials for which are currently taking place in Egypt in tandem with 100 other countries. The minister had the vaccine injected in the deltoid muscle in her upper arm at the Egyptian Holding ...
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    August 18, 2020
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    South Africa hosts second Covid-19 vaccine trials in two months

    London, August 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-South Africa is hosting a second covid-19 trials in two months , this time by the United States drug developer Novavax Inc (NVAX.O) which announced on Monday that it had started a mid-stage study of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa, as the country experiences a surge in coronavirus cases. ...
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    August 5, 2020
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    Our covid-19 vaccine produced more antibodies, robust immune response-Novavax

    London, August 5, 2020 (AltAfrica)-US biotech company Novavax on Tuesday announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine elicited a robust immune response, producing more antibodies than are present in recovered patients, and with generally tolerable side-effects in its early-stage trial. AFP reports that the company was given $1.6 billion by the US government last month to develop ...
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    July 28, 2020
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    Covid-19 vaccine undergoes final test with 30 thousand volunteers

    London, July 28, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Final-stage testing of covid-19 vaccine got underway on Monday with 30,000 planned volunteers helping to test shots created by the U.S. government, one of several candidates in the final stretch of the global vaccine race. The biggest test yet of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by the National Institutes of Health ...
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