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Covid: Are the French giving Moderna vaccine the cold shoulder?

As the Covid vaccination campaign is growing in France, more and more French seem to be giving Moderna vaccine the cold shoulder yet said to be effective and statistically safer than other rivals’ products. For what reason? Keep reading to find out more.

Covid: the French Medicines Agency releases latest data about vaccine side effects

As the vaccination campaign is expected to increase even more in France over the coming weeks, the ANSM – the National Medicines Agency – has unveiled the conclusions of their latest investigation on side effects noticed following Covid-19 vaccination. Keep reading to find out more.

Covid vaccine: what does 70%, 80% or 90% effective mean?

As several vaccines are beginning to share their clinical trial results, their effectiveness can be very different. 70%, 80%, 90%... What do these number mean? Keep reading to find out more!

Covid vaccine: stock update in France

Where is France’s vaccine stock at? As the government announces they aim at vaccinating 30 million people by mid-June, vaccinations data raise questions. According to the government’s data, over 1,800,000 vaccines are stocked in refrigerators and freezers in France.

Covid: Moderna vaccine soon to be manufactured in France

This Wednesday February 3, Deputy Minister for Industry Agnès Pannier-Runacher announced that in addition to deliveries scheduled already, Moderna Covid vaccine will be manufactured in France by a subcontractor. Production is to start “in March”.

Covid: Novartis to help Pfizer manufacturing their vaccine in Europe

This Friday January 29, after Sanofi, it is now Novartis laboratories’ turn to announce they have a deal with Pfizer to help them manufacture their vaccine. Goal? Getting round the lack hitting countries, as deliveries are lagging behind.

Covid: Sanofi to help Pfizer producing vaccine in Europe

This Tuesday January 26, in the evening, French laboratory Sanofi announced they will help rival Pfizer producing their vaccine in Europe as they are behind elaborating theirs. All in all, over 100 million doses are to be manufactured in Frankfurt by the end of 2021.

Covid: the second dose of the vaccine to be given in France 3 to 4 weeks later, as planned

This Saturday January 23, to face tensions rising from the Covid vaccine distribution around the world, the Haute Autorité de Santé has announced in a release they are recommending to defer the second dose of vaccine for 42 days, namely six weeks instead of four. A recommendation Health Minister Olivier Véran has decided not to comply with, as he would rather bet on safety. The second dose will be inoculated 28 days after the first injection, as initially decided.

Deaths by Covid vaccine: no connection confirmed but strengthened observation

In France, as of January 22, 9 elderly people living in nursing homes and given the vaccines died. They all had chronic diseases and heavy treatments. Deaths that occurred a few days after being given the vaccine have occurred in all countries, but the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products (ANSM) says “nothing says these deaths are related to vaccine”.

Vaccines will be delivered in the EU as planned, in the first quarter of the year, Pfizer says

As worries start to rise because of delivery delays, expected by late January-early February, Pfizer CEO intended to reassure saying doses promised for the first quarter of the year will be delivered in the European Union as planned.

Covid vaccine: six severe allergy cases reported in France, the ANSM says

This Thursday January 14, the ANSM - the French Agency for the Safety of Health Products - said they have been reporting six cases of severe allergy to Pfizer Covid vaccine in France. This statement completes Health Minister Véran's - made on Tuesday January 12 - as he announced a case of “an adverse effect of an allergic nature” has been identified following Covid vaccine injection.

Covid: can you choose what vaccine you want injected?

So far, as two vaccines have been approved in France, many French people are wondering if they can choose what Covid vaccine they want injected. This January 7, invited on BFMTV, Health Minister Olivier Véran answered the question.

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.

Covid: Is France’s vaccine campaign slower?

As France has launched its Covid vaccine campaign on Sunday December 27, 2020, many people are wondering about the cruising speed of the domestic campaign, slower than other countries’. Keep reading to find out more.

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine: pregnant women, allergic history… when is it not recommended?

As the first vaccines against coronavirus are to be given from Sunday December 27, 2020 in France, the Haute Autorité de Santé has given the green light to use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Yet, this Covid serum is not recommended to some people. Who are they? Keep reading to find out more.

Covid vaccine: the campaign has started!

The Covid-19 vaccine campaign has started this Sunday December 27 in France. A 78-year-old woman has been the first person vaccinated against coronavirus in France at the René-Muret hospital in Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis.

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.

Coronavirus in Europe: 12.5 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be delivered by the end of the year

The European Union vaccine campaign is set to start from December 27th. By the end of the year, the European Union is said to get 12.5 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

Covid: vaccines causing slight but too many adverse effects

As the first Covid vaccines have been inoculated, several adverse effects noticed in Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been reported after injection in many patients. Slight effects, such as headaches, fatigue, fever, or rashes, detailed in clinical trial reports, but much more frequent than for other vaccines. Here is more on the matter.

Covid in Europe: vaccination campaigns to all start on December 27

Covid vaccine soon to be made available in Europe… This Wednesday December 16, President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen announced the 27 will be able to “start on the same day” their vaccination scheme once the European Medicines Agency has given the green light – on September 23, 2020 at the latest. A date has even been alluded to by German Health Minister: December 27. It has been confirmed by the President of the European Commission.