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AstraZeneca vaccine: vaccination to immediately resume this Friday

As AstraZeneca vaccine has been assessed safe and effective by the European Medicines Agency this Thursday March 18, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced vaccination to resume this Friday March 19 in the afternoon, after the Haute Autorité de Santé agreed. He added he was to get vaccinated with this product the very same day to set an example. A statement following Emmanuel Macron's order to stop AstraZeneca vaccine use after suspicious cases of thrombosis have been reported after injection.

AstraZeneca vaccine: WHO advises to keep vaccinating

The World Health Organization called emergency meeting this Tuesday March 16 in Geneva and urge countries to keep on vaccinating with AstraZeneca vaccine, after several EU countries have halted vaccinating with this product, after noticing severe reactions after injection in some cases. The European Medicines Agency is also to meet this Thursday March 18 to take a stock on the situation.

AstraZeneca vaccine: new shipping delays in the EU

This Saturday March 13, AstraZeneca laboratory announced new delivery delays to the EU, speaking about exportation restrictions caused by the non-EU production choice to deliver doses secured by the 27. This Thursday March 11, Health Minister Olivier Véran already announced a three-week delay in deliveries.

Covid: Over 18,000 pharmacies registered to give AstraZeneca vaccine

Good news amid the fight against Covid! This Thursday March 11, Health Minister Olivier Véran said 18,402 pharmacists answered the government's call to vaccinate people aged 50 to 64 suffering from comorbidities from March 15. Vaccination has been made possible with a decree, after the Prime Minister showed the way to pharmacists this past March 4.

The French Union of General Practitioners demands Jérôme Salomon’s resignation

This Monday March 8, 2021, MG France, the Union of French General Practitioners, issued a release demanding Health Director General Jérôme Salomon’s resignation. Doctors complain about getting an email, stating pharmacies were given priority for AstraZeneca vaccine dose delivery.

AstraZeneca vaccine particularly effective in people aged 65+, a Scottish study finds

Is AstraZeneca vaccine effective against severe Covid in elderly people? This is what a study carried out by the Edinburgh and Glasgow universities found, only available in preprint and currently studied to be published. If approved by a scientific committee, this observation could be a game changer for the French vaccination strategy.

AstraZeneca vaccine now approved in France for people aged 65-74

After being recommended this past February 10 by WHO for people aged 65+, AstraZeneca vaccine has also been approved in France for people between the age of 65 and 75. This is what Olivier Véran announced on Monday March 1, 2021 on France 2, during an interview.

AstraZeneca vaccine: enhanced vigilance after adverse effects reported in 149 health workers

AstraZeneca vaccine subject to worries… This Thursday February 11, the ANSM said that in 10,000 health workers vaccinated, 149 of them developed mild but harsh side effects such as fever, headache and flu-like condition. Adverse effects required for some to call in sick.

Covid: AstraZeneca to reduce virus spread – a study says

According to a study led by the Oxford University, AstraZeneca Covid vaccine reduces by 67% the spread of the virus from the first dose injected. Good news in the fight against the pandemic and eventually the eradication of the disease.

Covid: AstraZeneca vaccine approved by France's Haute Autorité de Santé for people under 65

Appproved by the European Medicines Agency since this Friday January 29, Covid vaccine by AstraZeneca has been approved, this Tuesday February 2, by the Haute Autorité de Santé only for people under the age of 65. It is to arrive in France from February 8 - according to Secretary of State for European Affairs Clément Beaune.

Covid: AstraZeneca to deliver 30% extra doses in Europe for the first quarter of the year

This Sunday January 31, European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen announces AstraZeneca will deliver 30% more vaccine doses than announced for the first quarter of 2021, namely 40 million doses more.

Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca: What are the differences between Covid-19 vaccines?

Even though the vaccine campaign started in France, the general public still has to wait for a few months before getting their vaccine. Which one should you get once the time has come? Let us run through the differences and similarities between vaccines provided by AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna.

Coronavirus: AstraZeneca says they have found a 100% safe safe formula against the virus

British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca announced their vaccine provides a "winning formula" against severe forms of Covid-19.

Covid: France's Haute Autorité de Santé approves Pfizer vaccine

COVID-19: Three days after the European Medicines Agency handed over its verdict as for issuing the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech, France's Haute Autorité de Santé allows the vaccine in France. The vaccine campaign is to begin from this Sunday Deceber 27, 2020.

Covid vaccine: what is a messenger RNA?

As Covid vaccine has started to be injected to some people in the world in several countries, many people are wondering what this new technology developed for these products is about, a messenger RNA. Keep reading to find out more!

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine “safe and effective” The Lancet says

Is AstraZeneca covid vaccine safe and effective against the virus as well? This is what seem to say results from the analysis published in medical journal The Lancet. Results have been peer-reviewed and the vaccine is said to be about 70% effective.

Covid vaccine: tests on volunteers to begin in France, the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research says

French people mindful of the Covid vaccine discovery… The INSERM or French National Institute for Health and Medical Research has announced that the vaccine is about to be tested on 41,000 volunteers that signed up from mid-December, after striking several deals with three pharmaceutical companies whose candidate vaccine passed their clinical trial phases.

Coronavirus: a vaccine to be put into circulation from September 2020?

A race for vaccine that is getting harsher to wipe out coronavirus! AstraZeneca has announced they were able to provide 300 million doses of their vaccine from September 2020. The vaccine is put into circulation very quickly given clinical trials in humans have not delivered their first outcomes.

Coronavirus: France teams up with three other European countries to purchase vaccines

In order to fight against the Covid-19 pandemic as well as possible, France has teamed up with Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy within Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance. Together, they announce to have signed a first principle agreement with the AstraZeneca laboratory to buy several millions of vaccine doses.