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Covid: No need “yet” to adapt the vaccine to new variants, Pfizer says

As the Delta variant urges some countries to make new health measures, this August 9, Pfizer/BioNTech laboratories head said there is no need “yet” to adapt the vaccine to new coronavirus variants.

Covid – Delta variant: a “new vaccine within 100 days”, BioNTech claims

Both German laboratory BioNTech founders stated in an interview with our peers from Les Echos they are able to supply a new Covid vaccine, adapted to the Delta variant, within 100 days. An achievment reached thanks to the mRNA technology.

Covid: vaccinating 12-15 y.o. with Pfizer allowed in Europe

Following consultation, this Friday May 28, the European Medicines Agency has approved vaccinating teenagers from 12 years old with Pfizer. As for France, the country is still waiting for the report from the Haute Autorité de Santé likely to be handed over "next week".

Covid: EMA allows stocking Pfizer vaccine in standard refrigerators

This Friday March 26, the European Medicines Agency announced Pfizer/BioNTech Covid vaccine can be stored at higher temperatures than recommended so far, for two weeks, making storage easier. An authorization following recommendations issued in mid-February by the American laboratory in terms of storage.

Covid: things might go back to “normal in the Fall 2021” Pr. Arnaud Fontanet states

When will life get back to normal in France? This is a question many French are asking as the coronavirus crisis has been hitting Europe in the beginning of 2020. On BFMTV, professor Arnaud Fontanet from the Institut Pasteur said life could go back to normal “in the Fall 2021” but only if “80-90% of the French” get vaccinated.

Covid: can you be contagious although vaccinated?

As the whole world is waiting for the vaccine that will put an end to the coronavirus epidemic, the French Haute Autorité de Santé expresses a doubt as to the ability of the vaccine to stop from spreading, even though it is effective.