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Italy blocks AstraZeneca vaccine shipoment to Australia, using new regulations

Thu, 2021-03-04 12:35 — mike kraft

Covid: Italy 'blocks' AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia The bar on shipping 250,000 doses amid a row with the firm is backed by the EU. BBC News

The Italian government has blocked the export of an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia.

The decision affects 250,000 doses of the vaccine produced at an AstraZeneca facility in Italy.

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Differences in vaccine availability pit rural vs urban area residents

Mon, 2021-03-01 20:04 — mike kraft

Tensions over vaccine equity pit rural against urban America NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rita Fentress was worried she might get lost as she traveled down the unfamiliar forested, one-lane road in rural Tennessee in search of a coronavirus vaccine. Then the... AP NEWS

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The U.S. vaccine campaign has heightened tensions between rural and urban America, where from Oregon to Tennessee to upstate New York complaints are surfacing of a real — or perceived — inequity in vaccine allocation.

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WHO says vaccine hoarding hurts supplies for less wealthy countries

Fri, 2021-02-26 19:35 — mike kraft

Vaccine hoarding threatens global supply via COVAX: WHO Countries seeking their own COVID-19 vaccine doses are making deals with drug companies that threaten the supply for the global COVAX programme for poor and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said on Friday. Reuters Staff U.S.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries seeking their own COVID-19 vaccine doses are making deals with drug companies that threaten the supply for the global COVAX programme for poor and middle-income countries, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

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Pharmacists say "pooling" of leftover vaccines would provide more shots

Fri, 2021-02-26 10:47 — mike kraft

Pharmacists say 'heartbreaking' waste of Covid vaccines has a simple solution The FDA says leftover Covid-19 vaccine cannot be combined because neither Moderna's nor Pfizer's products contain preservatives to prevent contamination. NBC News

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Scarity of medical oxygen in Africa, Latin America, causing unnecessary deaths --AP

Thu, 2021-02-25 19:36 — mike kraft

Medical oxygen scarce in Africa, Latin America amid virus DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck nations in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic... AP NEWS

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AstraZeneca to miss second-quarter EU vaccine supply target by half - EU official

Tue, 2021-02-23 18:49 — mike kraft

Exclusive: AstraZeneca to miss second-quarter EU vaccine supply target by half - EU official AstraZeneca expects to deliver less than half the COVID-19 vaccines it was contracted to supply the European Union in the second quarter, an EU official told Reuters on Tuesday. Francesco Guarascio U.S.

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G-7 leaders vow 'equitable' world vaccine access, but details scant

Fri, 2021-02-19 17:45 — mike kraft

G-7 vows 'equitable' world vaccine access, but details scant LONDON (AP) — Leaders of the Group of Seven economic powers promised Friday to immunize the world’s neediest people against the coronavirus by giving money, and precious vaccine doses, to a... AP NEWS

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How scarcity of niche biotech ingredients has slowed Covid-19 vaccine production

Fri, 2021-02-19 11:03 — mike kraft

Why grandparents can’t find vaccines: Scarcity of niche biotech ingredients Limited supply of key ingredients called lipids has constrained coronavirus vaccine manufacturing and contributed to the frustratingly slow rollout of shots in the United States and Europe. Christopher Rowland Washington Post

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States are prying loose vaccine supplies that were held in reserve

Fri, 2021-02-19 10:06 — mike kraft

RICHMOND, Va. — When tiny glass vials of coronavirus vaccine began rolling off production lines late last year, federal health officials set aside a big stash for nursing homes being ravaged by the virus. Health providers around the country figured as well that it was prudent to squirrel away vials to ensure that everyone who got a first dose of vaccine got a second one.

Two months later, it is clear both strategies went overboard.

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