Tag: Pfizer Covid 19 Vaccine

Vaccine-induced or Hybrid immunity reduces re-infection chances for 9-10 months only  

Omicron re-infection risk is 5.41 times more than Delta. In India, 24-45 years age group most affected. PCR tests fail to detect Omicron in UK

In April and May, India struggled with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new cases. Hospitals were reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.

People who got Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine showed "substantially higher" levels of antibodies compared to those who received China's Sinovac shots, according to a new study.

A panel of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has endorsed using the Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children as young as 12 years

New York: Pfizer on Friday announced that it is moving ahead with its request of asking the US regulators to allow emergency use of its Covid-19 vaccine. Pfizer’s vaccine has shown 95 per cent efficacy in a totality of two data sets released in the last 10 days. Unless some nasty surprises turn up, Pfizer’s […]

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency use validation for the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, opening the door for countries to expedite their own regulatory approval processes to import and administer the vaccine. While many countries rely on their own regulatory systems for vaccine approvals, some countries with weak system depend on WHO’s nod […]

London: After the news broke that 23 elderly patients died in Norway following their immunization with the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine against Covid-19, the country has launched a detailed investigation into the reported fatalities that has shocked the world. Doctors in Norway have been asked to conduct more thorough evaluations of very frail elderly patients in […]

New York: After nine hours of non-stop debate, a high powered US vaccine advisory panel endorsed mass use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, putting the country just one step away from a historic vaccination campaign against a virus that has killed more than 292,000 Americans. Shots could come within days. The US Food and Drug […]

Ottawa: Health Canada has warned people allergic to any of the ingredients in thr Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine not to receive it. In a notification on Saturday, the federal health policy agency said it issued the warning after following up on the two reports of anaphylactoid reactions to the vaccine in the UK, Xinhua news agency […]

A head nurse at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, caused a brief scare on Thursday when she fainted shortly after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to reports. Tiffany Dover, a head nurse at Chattanooga, Hospital in Tennessee, passed out during a press briefing. The Head nurse was addressing media from the Hospital and […]