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Global COVID vaccine roll-out will face many hurdles

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Initial data are expected to become available before the end of the year, and subject to evidence of safety and efficacy, to be submitted for approval and fast-tracked so that a…

Vaccine nationalism could prolong pandemic

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Klugge is likely aiming to be optimistic. An effective COVID-19 vaccine is considered to be the only economically and humanely acceptable exit strategy for this pandemic…

Controversies could fuel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

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Scientists and governments are increasingly concerned that ‘vaccine hesitancy’, the situation of people delaying or refusing some or all vaccines, could reduce immunisation…

COVID-19 vaccine allocation may change over time

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Although COVID-19 vaccine candidates are already in production to speed up delivery, there will be limited doses of vaccines available in the immediate term if one of the eleven…

The EU's vaccine troubles may only be temporary

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Indeed, by bargaining hard with vaccine providers and opting for a more deliberate approval process, EU countries are considerably behind the United Kingdom and United States in…

Variants may delay, not derail COVID-19 control

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Viruses mutate when they multiply and often the changes do not affect their behaviour significantly. However, changes that allow them to infect better, evade immune defences or…

Prospects for COVID-19 to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

COVID-19 remains a complex disease due to lack of effective treatment, uncertainty around variants, marked differences by country and region on vaccination progress, and…

Vietnam will quicken pace of vaccine roll-out

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VIETNAM

Meanwhile, its programme to vaccinate the population against the coronavirus is proceeding slowly: fewer than 160,000 of its roughly 98 million people are fully inoculated. The…

Brazil's local vaccine production aims for autonomy

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BRAZIL

Priority groups -- including health professionals, indigenous people, the elderly and those with co-morbidities, teachers, security and prison staff, prisoners and the homeless -…

New COVID-19 variants will keep distancing relevant

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Yet it is still difficult to predict what new variants may emerge or what their impact might be. Extreme disparity in vaccine coverage has resulted in a complex demographic of…