Pfizer and UK health regulators have said the two-week extension would have ‘no impact’ on the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness The National Health Service has extended the shelf life of certain batches of nearly expired Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine shots. The move was prompted by concerns about millions of doses being wasted due to a lackluster […]
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Expiration date on nearly 1 million old Covid tests extended
US regulators have agreed to push back the use-by date on hundreds of thousands of expired rapid tests despite concerns they might return erroneous results The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has lengthened the shelf-life for around 800,000 expired coronavirus tests that have sat in a warehouse in Florida for months, giving state health […]
Quarantine extended for Omicron carriers
Israel has increased the quarantine period for people infected with the ‘super-mutant’ Omicron variant of the coronavirus over suspicions they could remain contagious longer than other Covid patients. Starting from Thursday, Omicron carriers will have to quarantine for 14 days, instead of the 10 days mandated for people infected with other strains, the Israeli Health […]



