Moderna Inc said on Tuesday it is on track to deliver the U.S. 100 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine by March and 200 million doses by June. This supply will be enough to immunize 100 million people – about one-third of the country’s population – with the two-shot regimen. The vaccine produced by Moderna is … Read more
Doctors have issued a warning to ministers and health officials over second doses of coronavirus vaccine. They say patients given their first dose have not received an assurance that all will get a second jab of the same vaccine after 12 weeks and that it is ‘completely unacceptable’ to ignore the need for one. Scientists … Read more
Hospitals ‘could lose their licence’ if they dish out second doses of Covid jabs before 12 weeks as doctors warn controversial dose-spacing strategy is putting patients at risk NHS hospital in Southampton warned staff not to give second doses early Government is stretching doses as far apart as possible to make supplies last But medics … Read more
Italian aircraft firm Tecnam transforms one of their 11-seater planes into a massive -122F freezer that can transport 115,000 Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccine doses Tecnam has unveiled a redesigned plane to help delivery COVID vaccines Called P2012 TravelCare, the plane features a massive freezer in the cargo area The freezer is capable of maintaining -122F … Read more
Hundreds of Pfizer doses delivered to a GP surgery in Macclesfield have been thrown away due to a ‘refrigeration issue’ meaning the town’s most vulnerable face another three week wait for the jab. A batch of the coronavirus vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech, containing 975 doses, delivered to Waters Green Medical Centre was found to be unusable. The … Read more
Hundreds of Pfizer doses delivered to a GP surgery in Macclesfield have been thrown away due to a ‘refrigeration issue’ meaning the town’s most vulnerable face another three week wait for the jab. A batch of the coronavirus vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech, containing 975 doses, delivered to Waters Green Medical Centre was found to be unusable. The … Read more
Hundreds of Pfizer doses delivered to a GP surgery in Macclesfield have been thrown away due to a ‘refrigeration issue’ meaning the town’s most vulnerable face another three week wait for the jab. A batch of the coronavirus vaccine Pfizer-BioNTech, containing 975 doses, delivered to Waters Green Medical Centre was found to be unusable. The … Read more
Hundreds of doses of the Covid-19 vaccine are believed to have been ruined after a fridge failed at a GP clinic. Harborough Field Surgery in Rushden, Northamptonshire, was storing 975 precious doses of the Pfizer jab, which must be kept at minus 70 degrees. The clinic is acting as a central hub for surgeries in … Read more
FDA reveals vials of Pfizer’s vaccine contain extra doses that could be given to 6.86 million Americans by Christmas Pharmacists across the U.S. have discovered vials of Pfizer’s coronavirus shot contain up to 40% more vaccine than expected Many vials have enough of the scarce vaccine to give six or seven doses, instead of the … Read more
The head of Operation Warp Speed says the US government is currently in talks to purchase more doses of Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine for Americans. Currently, the US has plans to receive 100 million doses of the vaccines – enough to inoculate 50 million people – from the New York-based drug company. However, a recent … Read more