Coronavirus: Health ministry lashes out over AstraZeneca doubts
The debate over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the over 65s took an unexpected turn on Wednesday when the Cyprus Medical Association (Cyma)...
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Coronavirus: people to be told in advance which vaccine they’ll receive
As the AstraZeneca vaccine is different from the other two – Pfizer and Moderna – already being used, the health ministry will in future inform...
Coronavirus: AstraZeneca doses ready for rollout
Cyprus will have 7,200 AstraZeneca doses ready to administer from Tuesday and they will not be subject to age restrictions, the health ministry said. The...
Global health officials back Astra jab after S. Africa study (Update)
Health officials around the world gave their backing to the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19, after a study showing it had little effect against mild disease...
Coronavirus: first batch of AstraZeneca due on Monday
The AstraZeneca vaccine, the first 7,200 doses of which are expected to be delivered on Monday, will be administered without any age restrictions, the health...
Coronavirus: High risk groups should not be given AstraZeneca expert says
People at risk of serious illness if infected with the coronavirus should not be vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine because of its lower efficacy, according...
Coronavirus: Cyprus to receive over 69,000 doses of AstraZeneca jab next month
Cyprus expects to take delivery of 69,403 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine in February, the health ministry said on Friday, the same day the jab...
EU stands its ground in vaccine row, says AstraZeneca contract ‘crystal clear’
The European Union stood its ground in a row with AstraZeneca over COVID-19 vaccine supplies on Friday, pressing the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker to deliver the doses as...
No breakthrough in EU, AstraZeneca talks over vaccine supplies
The European Union failed to make a breakthrough in crisis talks with AstraZeneca on Wednesday and demanded the drugmaker spell out how it would supply the bloc...
Coronavirus: Minister calls for EU action over vaccine supplies
Health Minister Constantinos Ioannou on Wednesday called for action by the EU to make sure AstraZeneca treats the bloc the same way as its other...
Aussie scientists raise doubts over vaccine efficacy of AstraZeneca
Australian scientists have raised questions over the efficacy of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in establishing herd immunity, calling for a pause on its widespread rollout...
EU drugs watchdog receives Astra-Oxford vaccine approval application (Update)
The European medicines regulator said on Tuesday it had received an application from AstraZeneca for the conditional approval of the drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine being developed...
Coronavirus: Cyprus expects 600,000 AstraZeneca vaccines, awaiting EMA approval
The health ministry on Thursday published an update from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the body in charge of the evaluation of medicinal products, on...
AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine can be 90% effective
AstraZeneca said on Monday its vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be around 90% effective without any serious side effects, the latest drugmaker to unveil...
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials produce robust immune response in elderly (update)
The COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Oxford produces a similar immune response in both older and younger adults, and adverse responses were...
EU signs contract with AstraZeneca on supply of potential COVID-19 vaccine
The European Commission said on Thursday it had signed a contract on behalf of EU states with British drugmaker AstraZeneca for the supply of at...
Coronavirus: Ministry says Cyprus will need 1.2 million vaccines (updated)
By Evie Andreou and Annette Chrysostomou Cyprus has already informed the EU it would need 1.2 million Covid-19 vaccines, to also cover the Turkish Cypriot...
AstraZeneca agrees to supply Europe with 400m doses of COVID-19 vaccine
AstraZeneca Plc has signed a contract with European governments to supply the region with its potential vaccine against the coronavirus, the British drugmaker’s latest deal...