Vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant was 93% after the first month, declining to 53% after four months… The effectiveness of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in preventing infection by the coronavirus dropped to 47% from 88% six months after the second dose. This is according to a data published on Monday that US health agencies … Read more
Until now the shot made by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German research firm BioNTech had only been authorised by the EU for people aged 16 and older The EU’s drug watchdog on Friday approved the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus jab for 12 to 15-year-olds, the first vaccine to get the green light for children in the bloc. … Read more
NAFDAC’s approval is coming a few months after it gave a nod for the use of the Oxford-Astrazeneca jabs. The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has approved the use of Pfizer COVID-19 in Nigeria. The Director-General of the agency, Mojisola Adeyeye announced this during a virtual meeting on Friday in … Read more
Pfizer vaccine require an ultra-cold temperature of -70°C for storage The Federal Government has said that the country can store up to 400,000 doses of the expected COVID-19 vaccine. The Executive Director of the National Primary HEALTH Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Faisal Shuaib made this known while touring the National Strategic Cold Store in Abuja. … Read more
The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted emergency approval to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, signalling to countries worldwide the greenlight to swiftly facilitate its import and distribution. The decision “makes the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the (novel coronavirus) outbreak began a year ago,” WHO said in a statement. … Read more
75-year-old Israeli man dies two hours after getting COVID-19 vaccine A 75-year-old man from Beit Shean died Monday morning from cardiac arrest, about two hours after receiving the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, Eko hot blog gathered. The man received the vaccine at 8:30 in the morning, and waited for the customary time at the health clinic … Read more