Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for XBB.1.5 subvariant approved in U.K.
The U.K. drug regulator said on Tuesday it has approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech that targets only the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant.
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The U.K. drug regulator said on Tuesday it has approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech that targets only the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant.
The World Health Organization on Friday urged countries to strengthen their surveillance and reporting of COVID-19 amid the spike in hospitalizations in northern nations.
COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan, China in 2019 before spreading across the world, leading to lockdowns and other public health measures for more than three years.
A panel of global health experts are meeting on Thursday to decide if COVID-19 is still an emergency under the WHO’s rules.
More than 1.13 million people in the U.S. have died from COVID-19 over the last three years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus about the origin of COVID-19.
China on Tuesday said it has been “open and transparent” in the search for the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and dismissed U.S. criticism as politicizing the issue.
Ian Haworth highlights how the left manufactured an “emergency” under the guise of Covid to gain power.
Nearly 60,000 people with COVID had died in hospital as of Jan. 12, roughly a month after China abruptly dismantled its strict zero-COVID policy, according to government data.
The World Health Organization’s immunization director praised China on Friday for making quick progress on vaccinating older people with COVID-19 shots.