COVID-19 vaccines.And they worry that will lead to unnecessary hesitancy at a time when Canada’s inoculation rollout needs to ramp up.The recently approved Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, and the shot by Johnson & Johnson that could be next in line for authorization, showed 62 and 72 per cent efficacy in preventing COVID-19 infections in their respective clinical trials.

Canada approves Johnson & Johnson’s 1-shot COVID-19 vaccine Compared to the 95 per cent effectiveness of mRNA vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, it seems like a glaring difference.

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Former presidents, 1st ladies urge Americans to get COVID-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON - Four former presidents are urging Americans to get vaccinated as soon as COVID-19 doses are available to them, as part of a campaign to overcome hesitancy about the shots.Two public service announcements from the Ad Council and the business-supported COVID Collaborative feature Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter as well as first ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Rosalynn Carter.

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Denmark pauses AstraZeneca vaccine jabs to probe blood clots

COPENHAGEN – Denmark has temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine after reports of blood clots in some people, but its health authority said Thursday it has no evidence the vaccine was responsible.

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The complications of the AstraZeneca vaccine

Richard Zussman reports on how the arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccine is good news, but also adds another layer of complexity to B.C.’s mass vaccination plan.

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US jobless claims fall to 712,000 as pace of layoffs eases

WASHINGTON – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 712,000, the lowest total since early November, evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs amid a decline in confirmed coronavirus cases and signs of an improving economy.

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Acceleration in delivering COVID-19 vaccine achieved with private sector: Govt

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Nicola Sturgeon coronavirus update LIVE as First Minister to be quizzed by MSPs

Scottish Government’s £500 bonus to NHS workers like porters, catering staff and cleaners. The government announced in December that all health and social care staff would receive the bonus as a thank-you for their hard work during the pandemic.

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Susan Sarandon open to dating men and women - but only if they've had Covid vaccine

Susan Sarandon claimed she will date men or women but only if they have had the Covid vaccine.

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US jobless claims hit lowest since November with more covid-19 vaccines

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Layoffs ease as unemployment claims drop to 712,000

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 712,000, the lowest total since early November, evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs amid a decline in confirmed coronavirus cases and signs of an improving economy.The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for unemployment aid dropped by 42,000 from 754,000 the week before. Though the job market has been slowly strengthening, many businesses remain under pressure, and 9.6 million jobs remain lost to the pandemic that flattened the economy 12 months ago.In February, U.S.

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After Denmark, Norway suspends use of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

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Saskatchewan’s new online COVID-19 vaccine booking system to launch March 11

Saskatchewan is on the brink of launching its COVID-19 vaccine booking system, with officials providing details on when will it will start rolling out and who will have access.

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Spain to welcome holidaymakers from May in Covid-19 vaccine passport plan

Spain from the start of May as part of a new coronavirus vaccine passport plan.The sunny destination could allow tourists to visit as the country begins to reopen for holidays early this summer, according to the latest plans.Spain's tourism minister Reyes Maroto said UK travellers will be required to have had a vaccine and a recent negative coronavirus test or have Covid-19 antibodies, Sky News reports.Under Scotland's lockdown route map, there is currently no date set for when international travel will be allowed to resume, while people in England can travel abroad from May 17.Spain introduced travel restrictions on UK passengers in December, which mean very few people have been allowed to travel into the country.There is currently a ban

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Johnson & Johnson single-shot Covid-19 vaccine approved by EU drugs regulator

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1 in 5 in US lost someone close in coronavirus pandemic, poll shows

WASHINGTON – About 1 in 5 Americans say they lost a relative or close friend to the coronavirus, highlighting the division between heartache and hope as the country itches to get back to normal a year into the pandemic.

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Pfizer says its vaccine is 94 per cent effective in preventing asymptomatic infection

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Wednesday that real-world data from Israel suggests that their COVID-19 vaccine is 94 per cent effective in preventing asymptomatic infections, meaning the vaccine could significantly reduce transmission.The companies also said the latest analysis of the Israeli data shows the vaccine was 97 per cent effective in preventing symptomatic disease, severe disease and death. That is basically in line with the 95 per cent efficacy Pfizer and BioNTech reported from the vaccine’s late-stage clinical trial in December.

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Biden aims to usher US into 'next phase' of pandemic in primetime speech

WASHINGTON (AP) - Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden will use his first prime-time address since taking office to steer the nation toward a hungered-for sentiment — hope — in the "next phase" of the fight against the pandemic that has killed more than 529,000 Americans.Previewing his remarks, Biden said he would "talk about what we’ve been through as a nation this past year, but more importantly, I’m going to talk about what comes next."Biden's challenge Thursday night will be to honor the sacrifices made by Americans over the last year while encouraging them to remain vigilant despite "virus fatigue" and growing impatience to resume normal activities given the tantalizing promise of vaccines.

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Former presidents, first ladies urge Americans to get shots

WASHINGTON – Four former presidents are urging Americans to get vaccinated as soon as COVID-19 doses are available to them, as part of a campaign to overcome hesitancy about the shots.

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PM's photo removed from Covid vaccine certificates in poll-bound states: Report

Health Ministry has applied filters in its Co-Win platform in poll-going states and a union territory to exclude the picture of the prime minister from the COVID-19 vaccine certificates, sources said on Thursday.In a letter to the Election Commission on March 9, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan is learnt to have said that "technical measures to comply with the directions of EC have been explored promptly.""Necessary filters" in Co-WIN have been applied for the vaccination centres situated in the four states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Union Territory of Puducherry, as suggested by the Commission.Following a complaint by the Trinamool Congress, the Commission had asked the health ministry to follow the model code in

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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine 97% effective against asymptomatic infection

According to the analysis, unvaccinated individuals were 44 times more likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19 and 29 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than those who had received the vaccine.Findings from the analysis were derived from de-identified aggregate Israel MoH surveillance data collected between January 17 and March 6, 2021, when the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine was the only vaccine available in the country and when the more transmissible B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 (formerly referred to as the U.K. variant) was the dominant strain.

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Susan Sarandon will date anyone - if they've had coronavirus vaccination

Gallery: Happy Birthday Emily Blunt! A look at Hollywood’s favourite couple (BANG Showbiz)She said: “They could be a school teacher, or they could be a writer or they could be successful or not successful…somebody who owns themselves and isn’t gonna be intimidated by people coming up to [me] on the street and saying, ‘Oh my God, I love you. ’” However, Susan admitted it would "take someone extraordinary" for her to consider embarking on another relationship as she's very content by herself.

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Denmark temporarily suspends use of AstraZeneca vaccine

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine shots on hold for two weeks after reports of cases of blood clots forming, including one death in Denmark, Danish authorities said on Thursday.They did not say how many reports of blood clots there had been, but Austria has stopped using a batch of AstraZeneca shots while investigating a death from coagulation disorders and an illness from a pulmonary embolism.“Both we and the Danish Medicines Agency have to respond to reports of possible serious side-effects, both from Denmark and other European countries,” the director of the Danish Health Authority, Soren Brostrom, said in a statement.“It is currently not possible to conclude whether there is a link.

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MPL, NxtGen Infinite to cover Covid vaccine cost for staff, family members

NEW DELHI : E-sports company Mobile Premier League (MPL) and NxtGen Infinite Datacenter on Thursday said they will absorb the cost of vaccination of their staff and their dependents, joining the growing roster of enterprises in the country that are doing so.MPL said it will undertake an end-to-end vaccination drive for all its Indian employees and their dependents.MPL co-founder and CEO Sai Srinivas said, "We have always prioritised employee welfare and wellness.

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Church of Ireland encourages members to take Covid-19 vaccine

Church of Ireland Archbishops are encouraging all members to take up the opportunity of Covid-19 vaccination programmes in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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'Healthy' mum, 39, died 4 days after taking second coronavirus vaccine dose

Covid vaccine jab.Kassidi Kurill, 39, who received the Moderna vaccination in Utah, US, died suddenly on February 5 having complained "her heart was racing and she felt like she needed to get to the emergency room." Her tragic death comes after four people died and a spate of 153 from the same state reported bad reactions after receiving at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, The Sun reports.

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IOC and China make vaccine deal for Tokyo, Beijing Olympians

GENEVA – The International Olympic Committee and China have teamed up to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing for the upcoming games in both Tokyo and Beijing.

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Holly Willoughby told to 'get a Covid test' as she complains she 'can't smell'

Holly Willoughby was left shaken on Thursday's episode of This Morning when Alice Beer told her to get a Covid test as she couldn't smell the hot cross buns on offer.The ITV favourite was sampling different flavours of the Easter treat with her co-host Phillip Schofield, but complained that she couldn't smell one of the options.Home expert Alice told her she should go and have a Covid test, as a lack of smell is one of the tell-tale symptoms of the virus which has forced the entire world to its knees.But Holly looked terrified at the thought, after she had a run-in with the coronavirus last year and was forced to miss a few days on This Morning.Back in November 2020, Holly missed some of her hosting duties after being forced to self isolate

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Doctors claim it's 'normal' to feel unwell after having coronavirus vaccine

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What do we know about the J&J vaccine?

Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 shot is expected to be authorised by the European Union on Thursday, the bloc's fourth vaccine in the fight to end its chapter of the pandemic.

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No Covid vaccine shortage in any state, renegotiating price of doses: Centre

₹160 per dose (including taxes) from ₹210 earlier, for the current phase of vaccination.However, it had earlier revealed the vaccine prices for the current phase in Parliament. "The manufacturer of Covishield has agreed to supply 10 crore doses for ₹150 plus GST per dose," the health ministry said in a written reply in the Upper House.The price reduction may unlikely have any impact on the final price charged from people vaccinating at private hospitals as the Covid-19 vaccines are already subsidised by the Centre.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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'Very worried about Maharashtra,' says Centre as Covid-19 cases surge

Maharashtra for the last few weeks."We are very worried about Maharashtra. This is a serious matter.

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President Biden immediately begins selling virus aid plan to public

WASHINGTON – The White House began highlighting the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill immediately after it gained final congressional approval on Wednesday, wasting no time in selling the public on President Joe Biden’s first legislative victory.

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Denmark suspends AstraZeneca vaccine after blood clot reports

Denmark has temporarily suspended AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shots after reports of cases of blood clots forming, including one in Denmark, Danish authorities said.

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Biden to announce next phase of fight against Covid in his 1st prime-time speech

Joe Biden will lay out the next phase of his administration's arduous fight against the deadly coronavirus pandemic during his maiden prime-time address to the nation on Thursday night since assuming office in January.In his speech, which will also mark the first anniversary of the World Health Organisation's declaration of the pandemic, Biden is likely to talk about the sacrifices made by the American people and the millions of people whose lives have been changed by the pandemic.The US is the worst-hit nation with over 29,154,600 confirmed cases and more than 529,000 deaths.He will speak about how COVID-19 has been the greatest operational challenge the country has faced and the work his team has done to rapidly increase the number of

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European country suspends Oxford covid vaccine after blood clot reports

COPENHAGEN : Denmark has temporarily suspended Oxford University-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine shots after reports of cases of blood clots forming, including one in Denmark, Danish authorities said on Thursday.They did not say how many reports of blood clots there had been, but Austria has stopped using a batch of AstraZeneca shots while investigating a death from coagulation disorders and an illness from a pulmonary embolism.They said six other European countries had halted the use of a vaccine batch from AstraZeneca."Both we and the Danish Medicines Agency have to respond to reports of possible serious side-effects, both from Denmark and other European countries," the director of the Danish Health Authority, Soren Brostrom, said in a

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Covid-19: These 6 states account for 86% of fresh cases in India

COVID-19 cases, which account for 1.68 per cent of its total caseload.Showing the change in the number of active cases for the states in the 24-hour period, the health ministry said Kerala reported the maximum decline in the figure while Maharashtra has shown the maximum increase.More than 2.56 crore (2,56,85,011) vaccine doses have so far been administered in the country through 4,78,168 sessions, according to a provisional report compiled at Thursday 7 am, the ministry said.The beneficiaries include 71,97,100 healthcare workers (HCWs) who have been administered the first dose, 40,13,249 HCWs who have been given the second dose, 70,54,659 frontline workers (FLWs) who have been given the first dose and 6,37,281 FLWs who have received the

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Lorraine Kelly told she 'was going to die' by trolls after getting Covid vaccine

Lorraine Kelly has hit out at online trolls who targeted her with horrible messages after she revealed she'd had the coronavirus vaccination.The 61-year-old presenter was back on our screens on Thursday morning and discussed the latest Covid news at the start of her ITV talk show with Dr Hilary Jones.While chatting about the vaccination, Lorraine went on to share her experience when she got the jab last week.She explained: "I got it. It's just so quick and so easy.

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Austria targets hard-hit area with shots to battle variant

BERLIN – Austria is embarking on an ambitious drive to inoculate residents of a district that has been particularly hard-hit by the virus variant first found in South Africa, a move that is part of a research project into vaccinations.

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EU regulator meets to evaluate J&J's one-shot COVID-19 shot

AMSTERDAM – The European Medicines Agency was meeting Thursday to discuss whether Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose coronavirus vaccine should be authorized, a move that would give the European Union a fourth licensed vaccine to try to curb the pandemic amid a stalled inoculation drive.

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EU figures show major vaccine exports despite home shortage

BRUSSELS – European Union figures show that the 27-nation bloc has allowed some 34 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine exports over the past weeks despite shortages at home as it continues to struggle to get its vaccine drive up to speed.

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Modi's mother takes first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, shares PM

₹250 per person per dose.Meanwhile, on the 54th day (March 10) of the ongoing vaccination drive, a total of 13,17,357 vaccine doses were administered -- 10,30,243 beneficiaries inoculated across 20,299 sessions for the first dose and 2,87,114 HCWs and FLWs given the second dose.Amid the vaccination programme, Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu continued to report a high number of fresh COVID-19 cases and together account for 85.91 per cent of the new cases of the coronavirus infection reported in the country in a span of 24 hours, the Union health ministry said on Thursday.A total of 22,854 new COVID-19 cases were registered in the country in the said period.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on

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Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray receives first Covid-19 vaccine shot

Maharashtra, state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday received the first anti-Covid jab.This comes even as the state continues to be the biggest contributor to daily infection count.Maharashtra on Wednesday recorded 13,659 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day spike this year, which took the state's caseload to 22,52,057, a health official.With 54 fatalities, the death toll stood at 52,610, he said.In view of this, the Shiv Sena had on Wednesday warned of stringent restrictions if the cases continue to rise in an editorial in its mouthpiece "Saamana"."Is Maharashtra heading towards another lockdown? Cases across the country are increasing and Maharashtra’s contribution is major, which is a cause of concern...

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Covid-19 variant vaccine from Moderna begins human testing

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Feeling absolutely fine: Bengal Governor after taking 1st jab of Covid vaccine

pic.twitter.com/CKaHb2HPIBDhankhar thanked the doctors, nurses and health workers at Command Hospital after being inoculated.Also Read | Dissecting Ola’s audacious electric dreamsTill Wednesday, 19.87 lakh people have been inoculated in West Bengal.West Bengal's Covid-19 tally rose to 5,77,267 as 241 more people tested positive for the infection while two fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 10,283, the health department said on Wednesday.The state now has 3,127 active coronavirus cases, while 5,63,857 people have recovered from the disease.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Will the coronavirus ever go away?

WASHINGTON – Will the coronavirus ever go away?

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EMA expected to approve one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The European Medicines Agency is expected to clear the way for the European Commission to approve the Covid-19 vaccine made by Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, later today.

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Vaccine brings hope one year after pandemic declared

It is one year since the coronavirus threat was declared a pandemic, with vaccinations offering hope but much of world's population still enduring highly restricted lives with no clear path back to normality.

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A year on, WHO still struggling to manage pandemic response

GENEVA – When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting the term and maintaining that the highly infectious virus could still be stopped.

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The Latest: Philippine capital sets restrictions amid surge

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine capital placed two villages and two hotels on lockdown Thursday and police have renewed warnings against kissing and other “public display of affection” after a new surge in coronavirus infections.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

Experts say lower vaccine efficacy shouldn’t be deterrent

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