Tag: Vaccine

World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots | Reuters

The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots in a world first.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain/world-faces-around-4000-covid-19-variants-as-researchers-explore-mixed-vaccine-shots-idUSKBN2A40U0

Coronavirus vaccine rollout: World’s ‘moral failure’ WHO says

The WHO called on wealthier countries that had pre-ordered millions of doses of coronavirus vaccines, such as the U.S., U.K. and Europe, to share a portion of those vaccines with COVAX.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2021/01/18/coronavirus-vaccine-rollout-worlds-moral-failure-who-says.html

Canada’s slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout puts most vulnerable at risk. Here’s what can be done to fix it | CBC News

Canada is falling behind in its initial rollout of COVID-19 vaccines at a critical time in the pandemic, and experts say our most vulnerable populations are being left at risk.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/health/canada-slow-vaccine-rollout-covid-19-1.5862358