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Indonesia first to grant approval to Novavax Covid vaccine in bid to boost inoculation campaign

The Indonesian government has approved the use of the Novavax Covid vaccine, becoming the first state in the world to greenlight the jab as the country pushes to boost its inoculation program. Novavax announced the approval in a press release, describing it as a “historical milestone” as the “first protein-based Covid vaccine authorized by a […]

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Cuban-Iranian ‘PastoCoVac’ jab added to Tehran’s vaccine arsenal after approval for kids

The jointly produced Cuban-Iranian Covid jab, PastoCoVac, has been added to Tehran’s public vaccination drive as the Islamic Republic tries to ramp up its inoculation rates as a defense against the virus. On Monday, the head of the Iranian Food and Drug Administration, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, shared that “the first batch of six million doses […]

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EU says people with AstraZeneca vaccine should be able to travel to US, despite lack of FDA approval for jab

The European Commission has said that EU citizens injected with the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 should be able to travel to the US, despite the jab still lacking approval from the American regulator. On Monday, White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients announced that in “early November” the US is planning to reopen for air […]

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Chinese Sinopharm shots manufactured in UAE, known as Hayat-Vax, granted emergency approval in Vietnam

As part of its program to contain Covid-19, Vietnam has approved for emergency use a Chinese vaccine produced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). On Friday, Vietnam approved Hayat-Vax, the seventh coronavirus vaccine to be endorsed in the country, which was registered by the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention in December 2020. The name […]