Federal health regulators on Wednesday again extended the expiration dates on Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, providing health workers with six more weeks to use millions of doses of the shot. The Food and Drug Administration said in a letter to J&J that the shots remain safe and effective for at least six months when […]
South Africa announced Friday it would start vaccinating people under 50 years old as the continent’s hardest-hit country buckles under a vicious third wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Delta variant. The decision comes just two weeks after the government extended the country’s struggling vaccination campaign under 60s. “We are aiming to start vaccinating […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Italy on Monday authorised the administration of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine to those over 65 years of age. The health ministry said in a statement the vaccine could be used safely on people 65 and older, except for “extremely vulnerable” subjects. These include patients with weak immune systems or those taking […]
Canada is extending a ban on most travellers entering the country until the end of September in order to limit the spread of COVID-19, the government announced Friday. And Canadian citizens and permanent residents returning from abroad will still be subject to strict quarantine measures, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced on Twitter. This restriction […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday prolonged by a further 14 days a three-week national lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus, as infections notched up to 1,934. “After careful consideration of the available evidence, the national coronavirus command council has decided to extend the nationwide lockdown by a further two weeks […]
