Denmark bars J&J vaccine from Covid vaccination programme

The EU decision to shut the door to British-Swedish pharma giant AstraZeneca’s jab and the general miscommunication over the safety of its product will cost thousands of lives in Europe, a Greek expert has said.

About 10,000 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 on the first day of mass inoculation in Montenegro on Tuesday, which is 1.5% of the population, the country’s health ministry said on Wednesday. On the second day of mass inoculation against coronavirus,…

After months of broken promises and unmet contractual targets, the European Commission has stepped up its legal offensive against pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca. But EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides says its vaccine remains an “important part” of the EU portfolio in the efforts to protect Europeans against the COVID-19.

Boris Johnson’s Conservatives are likely to reap the benefits of the UK’s COVID-19 vaccination programme in local elections on Thursday. The Tories are on course to win mayoral races in Birmingham and the north east of England and the prize…

The head of the European Medicines Agency said Monday (10 May) that BioNTech/Pfizer’s jab against Covid-19 could be approved in the EU for 12- to 15-year-olds soon, perhaps as early as this month.