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10.03.2021 / 19:35

Rich, poor countries grapple over bid to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents

COVID-19 vaccines for poor nations hung in the balance at the World Trade Organization on Wednesday amid disagreement between richer and developing countries over the issue of patent rights.

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As more COVID-19 vaccines arrive, provinces look to revise vaccination timeline

COVID-19 vaccines and possible dosing gaps, Canadian provinces are now aiming to review their vaccination timelines and get more people immunized earlier than projected.The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is the newest to be approved by Health Canada, which unlike the others, requires just a single dose.Canada has pre-purchased 10 million doses, and has options to buy another 28 million doses. Additionally, the country is expected to receive 12.8 million doses between April to June, from Pfizer alone.

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‘Now is not the time’: WHO cautions against relaxing pandemic fight

coronavirus pandemic, top World Health Organization officials said on Friday, citing concern that Brazil’s epidemic could spread to other countries.“We think we’re through this. We’re not,” Mike Ryan, WHO’s top emergency expert, told an online briefing.

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Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine can be stored at higher temperatures

COVID-19 vaccine to be stored at ultra-low temperatures, potentially allowing it to be kept in pharmacy freezers.Approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could send a strong signal to other regulators around the world that may ease distribution of the shot in lower-income countries.The companies have submitted new temperature data to the FDA to support an update to the current label that would allow vials to be stored at -25 to -15 degrees Celsius (-13°F to 5°F) for a total of two weeks. Vaccine mix-and-match: U.K.

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Territories will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for 75% of adults by end of March

vaccinate 75 per cent of their adult populations against the coronavirus “by the end of March,” Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said on Wednesday. Coronavirus vaccines arrive in remote First Nations across Canada Chief Medical Officer of Public Health Dr.

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LeBlanc: vaccine rollout criticism from provinces ‘a bit simplistic,’ Canada remains ‘on track’

Dominic LeBlanc says that Canada is “on track” with its coronavirus vaccine rollout, adding that provinces that claim they’re running out of doses are being “a bit simplistic.”His comments come after Ontario Premier Doug Ford warned the province is “running out” of COVID-19 vaccine doses, claiming its Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine supply is slated to run dry at the end of next week.

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Canadians worry vaccine won’t come fast enough to stop coronavirus surge: Ipsos

COVID-19 case counts and deaths.An Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found that 74 per cent of respondents are worried that the public distribution of a vaccine would be too slow to stop a greater spread of COVID-19.The worry comes as cases continue to surge in Canada, with over 6,000 new cases being reported daily — a figure that almost doubles those reported just a month ago. Canada has also seen over 394,000 cumulative coronavirus cases to date, and over 12,000 Canadians have died from the illness.

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Canadian military eyes ultra-low temperature freezers for coronavirus vaccine rollout

coronavirus vaccine and other gear related to the pandemic at ultra-low temperatures.It comes amid anticipation that Canadians could start getting vaccinated early next year, possibly between January and March.In a request for proposal posted online on Thursday, the government says it is looking for suppliers that can provide portable ultra-low temperature freezers for storing a potential vaccine and patient swabs.The portable freezers would be used in medical clinics, onboard military ships and during deployments.It comes as the government is facing questions about how it plans to distribute a vaccine.Some of the coronavirus vaccine candidates cannot be stored in normal freezers.Instead, candidates like the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine must be

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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