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According to TN, Canada is the first country to approve the Pfizer vaccine for people as young as 12-16 years old. Health Canada Chief Medical Advisor Supriya Sharma said clinical trial data shows the vaccine is as safe for teenagers as it is for adults. In late...
According to Infobae, seven out of 10 over-60s who enter ICUs die in hospitals in the Buenos Aires suburbs. It is the highest fatality recorded in Argentina since the beginning of the pandemic. The figure is official and was confirmed by Daniel Gollan, the Minister of...
Reuters reports that India’s principal scientific adviser, K. Vijay Raghavan, alerted that even after infection rates subside, India should prepare for a third wave. "Phase three is inevitable, given the high levels of circulating virus," he told a news briefing. "But...
BBC reports that the United States government announced its support for the temporary release of Covid-19 vaccine patents so they can be produced in other countries. "This is a global health crisis and the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic call for...
Télam reports that the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technology (ANMAT) approved the first 100 percent nationally produced nasopharyngeal swab, designed as a testing kit for the collection and transfer of samples from patients suspected of having contracted Covid-19.
The swab integrates a sample collection kit for use in the low-cost SARS-CoV-2 PCR test and replaces the traditional flocked swabs. It can be produced quickly as its manufacture is made up of “a simple and robust local supply chain”, Anmat reported in a press release.
“Having a national supply of these elements capable of meeting the demands of the health system has become a priority because it guarantees correct care for patients, strengthens testing and allows import substitution,” said a statement.
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According to TN, Canada is the first country to approve the Pfizer vaccine for people as young as 12-16 years old. Health Canada Chief Medical Advisor Supriya Sharma said clinical trial data shows the vaccine is as safe for teenagers as it is for adults. In late...
According to Infobae, seven out of 10 over-60s who enter ICUs die in hospitals in the Buenos Aires suburbs. It is the highest fatality recorded in Argentina since the beginning of the pandemic. The figure is official and was confirmed by Daniel Gollan, the Minister of...
Reuters reports that India’s principal scientific adviser, K. Vijay Raghavan, alerted that even after infection rates subside, India should prepare for a third wave. "Phase three is inevitable, given the high levels of circulating virus," he told a news briefing. "But...
BBC reports that the United States government announced its support for the temporary release of Covid-19 vaccine patents so they can be produced in other countries. "This is a global health crisis and the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic call for...