Reuters Health Report: Malaysia approves Sinovac, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for use

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Reuters Health Report Your Daily Briefing       Tweet       Share Malaysia approves Sinovac, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for use Malaysia on Tuesday granted conditional approval for the use of vaccines made by UK firm AstraZeneca and China's Sinovac, just days after launching its nationwide COVID-19 inoculation programme. On the COVID-19 frontline but half of French care home workers don't trust vaccine Marie-France Boudret, who works in a French home for the elderly, watched a patient suffocate to death in front of her because COVID-19 had infected his lungs. But when her employer offered her a vaccine against the virus, the nurse hesitated. Some U.S. meatpackers announce vaccine plans, but many workers still waiting COVID-19 vaccines are making their way into the arms of U.S. meat and agriculture workers, but companies and union officials say progress needs to be faster after coronavirus outbreaks idled slaughterhouses and sickened thousands of workers. Ghana kicks off coronavirus vaccination campaign with COVAX shots Ghana began its coronavirus vaccination drive on Tuesday with 600,000 AstraZeneca doses it received from the global COVAX vaccine-sharing facility aimed at providing shots to developing nations to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Graphic: Bats and the origins of outbreaks Scientists have long suspected that the rate of new infectious diseases could accelerate, especially in developing countries where human and animal interaction is increasing. Woman dies from brain haemorrhage in Japan days after vaccine, but link uncertain A Japanese a woman in her 60s died from a brain haemorrhage three days after receiving a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination, the health ministry said on Tuesday, adding that there may not be a link between the two. Austria and Denmark break ranks with EU to produce vaccines with Israel Austria and Denmark, chafing at the slow rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the European Union, have broken ranks with Brussels to form an alliance with Israel to produce second-generation vaccines against mutations of the coronavirus. EU executive says joint vaccine strategy not unravelling The European Union's joint vaccine procurement has not unravelled, a spokesman for the European Commission said on Tuesday when asked about individual countries getting jabs from Russia or China that do not have the bloc's authorisation. Nigeria takes delivery of its first COVID-19 vaccines Nigeria received its first COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday to kick off an inoculation programme in Africa's most populous nation, delivered under the international COVAX scheme. Indonesia says identifies two cases of British COVID-19 variant Indonesia has detected two cases of the more infectious COVID-19 variant first discovered in Britain, officials said on Tuesday, marking a potential new complication for the country as it tries to contain one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Asia. UK rollout data on AstraZeneca shot should guide other countries: vaccine chief Data from Britain's vaccine rollout on the effectiveness of the AstraZeneca/Oxford University COVID-19 shot in older people should help other countries reassess their use of it, the head of the university's vaccine research group said on Tuesday. Related Videos Fauci urges public to get any of the 3 vaccines Health Fauci urges public to get any of the 3 vaccines Health Introducing the all-new Reuters News app The new Reuters News app is here, redesigned from the ground up to fit your busy life. Get it now on iOS Your world. Your news. More Newsletters Get Reuters News App Get Reuters TV App               © 2021 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036 Email Preferences    |   Privacy Policy    |   Terms and Conditions