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04.05.2021 / 02:04

COVID-19: Saskatchewan expands vaccine eligibility as of May 4

COVID-19 vaccination shot.The province said as of May 4, the eligibility for immunization moves to 37 years of age and older.In the Northern Saskatchewan Administrative District, the age eligibility moves to anyone 18 years of age or older. Overview of Saskatchewan’s COVID-19 vaccination plan Health officials said age eligibility applies to all clinics in the province: booked appointments, drive-thru and walk-in clinics, pharmacies and mobile clinics.The exception is the Swift Current drive-thru clinic, which is open only to people aged 40 and older as it is only offering the AstraZeneca vaccine.The Saskatchewan Health Authority said 8,000 additional appointments are being added to the booking system as of 8 a.m.

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Banff mayor ‘disappointed’ in COVID-19 vaccine delays

Banff mayor sees increased need for COVID-19 vaccinations in younger demographics Banff Mayor Karen Sorensen issued a statement saying front-line workers need the vaccines.She also thanked provincial health officials for exploring other sources to help immunize high-risk areas as soon as possible.Residents of Banff were among several priority groups across Canada looking forward to the promise of J&J shipments next week.Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses are on hold after Health Canada learned part of the vaccines were manufactured at a Maryland facility that messed up the ingredients in 15 million doses bound for the U.S. market.

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Canada to get 1.9M COVID-19 vaccines this week, including 1st Johnson & Johnson shots

COVID-19 vaccines this week, including its very first shipment of single-dose shots from Johnson & Johnson.Canada is set to receive about 300,000 doses of the J&J vaccine, which will come in addition to more than one million Pfizer-BioNTech shots and around 650,000 jabs from Moderna. U.S.

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EMA: Benefits of J&J Covid-19 vaccine outweigh risks

The European Medicines Agency has said the benefits of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine outweigh the risks.

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US calls for pause on Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine

US federal health agencies have recommended pausing the use of Johnson & Johnson's single-dose Covid-19 vaccine after six recipients developed a rare disorder involving blood clots.

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EMA to review blood clot link with Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The EU's drug regulator has said it has launched a review of possible links between the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and blood clots after reports of four cases, one of them fatal.

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Some U.S. areas stop using J&J COVID-19 vaccine after ‘adverse reaction’ reports

COVID-19 jab, a county in North Carolina also paused its use on Thursday.The decision came “out of an abundance of caution,” after some people reported feelings of nausea and dizziness, a senior communications consultant at the Wake County Government told Global News in an emailed statement Thursday. Does AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine cause blood clots? Here’s what we know so far Of the 2,300 Johnson & Johnson vaccines administered at the Wake County PNC clinic on Thursday, a total of 18 patients were evaluated by the Wake County Emergency Medical Services.

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Biolyse suggests Health Canada lacks urgency over its ask to produce COVID-19 vaccines for export

COVID-19 vaccine for export annually, but it’s waiting for action from Health Canada.The St. Catharines, Ont.-based company, which currently produces cancer medicines, is seeking a special, rarely sought licence that would allow it to essentially override a patent and manufacture a generic version of vaccines on its own in order to export them to countries in need.But after a meeting with Health Canada on Wednesday, Biolyse is anticipating a lengthy process despite the urgency it says the pandemic poses.

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Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 shot set to soon arrive in Canada. Here’s what we know

COVID-19 vaccine to its supply, with procurement minister Anita Anand announcing this week that initial shipments of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose jab are to arrive by the end of April.Canada approved the vaccine in early March and had pre-ordered 10 million doses, but manufacturing problems from the company led to shipment delays to Canada and elsewhere.

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Johnson & Johnson says batch of COVID-19 vaccines failed quality check

Johnson & Johnson‘s COVID-19 vaccine failed quality standards and can’t be used, the drug giant said late Wednesday.The drugmaker didn’t say how many doses were lost, and it wasn’t clear how the problem would impact future deliveries.A vaccine ingredient made by Emergent BioSolutions — one of about 10 companies that Johnson & Johnson is using to speed up manufacturing of its recently approved vaccine — did not meet quality standards, J&J said. Johnson & Johnson vaccine to begin arriving in Canada by end of April J&J said the Emergent BioSolutions factory involved had not yet been approved by the U.S.

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Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine won’t be the ‘workhorse’ in Canada’s rollout

COVID-19 vaccine shipment timeline is the result of naivety and a lack of ambition, while an infectious disease physician says it won’t be the country’s ‘workhorse’ vaccine.On Monday, Procurement Minister Anita Anand announced that the first shipments of the single-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson would arrive at the end of April. Health Canada announced approval of the vaccine March 5.

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J&J to deliver Covid-19 vaccine to Europe from 19 April

Johnson & Johnson has said it would start delivering its single-shot Covid-19 vaccine to Europe on 19 April, giving the continent a boost as it struggles to speed up its vaccination drive.

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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine plant approved in U.S.

COVID-19 vaccine was cleared by U.S. regulators on Tuesday, setting the stage for the weekly U.S.

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U.S. has now administered more than 107M COVID-19 vaccine doses, CDC says

COVID-19 vaccines in the country and distributed 135,847,835 doses as of Sunday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.The tally is for Moderna, Pfizer/BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson’s vaccines as of 6 a.m.

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EMA expected to approve one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine

The European Medicines Agency is expected to clear the way for the European Commission to approve the Covid-19 vaccine made by Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, later today.

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EMA expected to clear the way for Johnson and Johnson vaccine

The European Medicines Agency is expected to clear the way for the European Commission to approve the Covid-19 vaccine made by Janssen, a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson, later today.

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Canada warned of production issues with Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine: Trudeau

Justin Trudeau says Canada has been warned of manufacturing problems plaguing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.The viral vector vaccine developed by J&J’s subsidiary, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, was authorized by Health Canada as safe and effective last week.Canada pre-ordered 10 million doses of the vaccine, which is the first and only one in Canada’s vaccine plan that requires only one dose.

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Majority of Canadians don’t think feds will meet COVID-19 vaccine target: Ipsos

COVID-19 vaccine target of having most of the population inoculated by the end of September, according to a newly released Ipsos poll.The poll, conducted exclusively for Global News found that out of 1,000 Canadians surveyed, 48 per cent said they were confident about the Liberals’ vaccine promises while 52 per cent disagreed. Respondents who fell under the Gen X demographic (between 41 and 56 years old) were the least likely to feel confident about Liberals’ vaccine targets at 60 per cent.Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs, told Global News that Canadians are in a “transitional point of perspective” when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines.

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Detroit turns down Johnson & Johnson vaccine in favour of other makes

coronavirus vaccine, with Mayor Mike Duggan favouring shots from Pfizer and Moderna for now.“Johnson & Johnson is a very good vaccine. Moderna and Pfizer are the best,” he said Thursday.

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Johnson & Johnson vaccine approval expected in ‘next few days’: feds

Johnson & Johnson one-shot coronavirus vaccine within a matter of days.Dr. Marc Berthiaume, director of the bureau of medical science at Health Canada, said during a press conference on Thursday that he expects there will be good news on the approval of that vaccine shortly.“The Johnson & Johnson vaccine should be available in the next few days,” he said, referring to the vaccine approval — officials said the specifics of any possible deliveries are still being worked out.“So we should have good news on that in the next few days.”Earlier in the week, Health Canada’s chief medical advisor Dr.

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Canada received ‘last piece’ of manufacturing data for Johnson & Johnson vaccine: Sharma

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine, Health Canada’s chief medical adviser says.In an interview with Global News on Monday, Dr. Surpiya Sharma said the review of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine candidate is “progressing very well.”“There was a last piece of some of the manufacturing data that we were expecting an we received that on Saturday,” she said.

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Americans to start receiving Johnson & Johnson shots in 1-2 days

Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine within the next 24 to 48 hours, its chief executive said on Monday after U.S. regulators approved the vaccine, making it the country’s third available one for the novel coronavirus.

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Fauci says 3 approved COVID-19 vaccines ‘really quite good,’ urges public to accept shots

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US expert panel recommends authorising Johnson & Johnson vaccine

A US panel of independent experts has voted unanimously in favour of recommending Johnson & Johnson's one-dose Covid-19 shot for emergency approval.

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Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine is safe, prevents COVID-19, U.S. FDA says

Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19, according to an analysis by U.S. regulators Wednesday that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and easier-to-use shot to help tame the pandemic.The Food and Drug Administration’s scientists confirmed that overall the vaccine is about 66% effective at preventing moderate to severe COVID-19.

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South Africa replaces AstraZeneca with unapproved J&J vaccine over variant concerns

South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant there, the health minister said Wednesday.Zweli Mkhize said South Africa has scrapped plans to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine because it “does not prevent mild to moderate disease” of the variant.The one-shot J&J vaccine is still being tested internationally and has not been approved in any country.But Mkhize, in a nationally broadcast address, declared that the vaccine is safe, relying on tests of 44,000 people done in South Africa, the United States and Latin America.

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Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose coronavirus shot appears less effective than others

Johnson & Johnson on Friday said its single-dose vaccine was 72% effective in preventing COVID-19 in the United States but a lower rate of 66% was observed globally in the large trial conducted across three continents and against multiple variants.In the trial of nearly 44,000 volunteers, the level of protection against moderate and severe COVID-19 was 66% in Latin America and just 57% in South Africa, where a particularly worrying variant of the novel coronavirus is circulating.Those results compare to the high bar set by two authorized vaccines from Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc, which were around 95% effective in preventing symptomatic illness in pivotal trials when given in two doses.

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Johnson & Johnson says coronavirus vaccine data expected next week

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it expected to report eagerly-awaited data on its COVID-19 vaccine early next week, and that it would be able to meet the delivery target for doses to countries with which it had signed supply agreements.Public health officials are increasingly counting on single-dose options like the one being tested by J&J to simplify and boost inoculations given the complications and slower-than-hoped rollout of authorized vaccines from Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc, which require second shots weeks after the first.The company forecast 2021 profit well above Wall Street estimates, and its shares rose 3.4 per cent to $171.55.

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Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine on track for March, exec says

Johnson & Johnson is on track to roll out its single-shot coronavirus vaccine in March, and expects to have clear data on how effective it is by the end of this month or early February, the U.S. healthcare company’s chief scientific officer said.

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Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid vaccine trial as participant becomes ill

Johnson & Johnson has temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick, the company said.

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Johnson & Johnson pauses coronavirus vaccine trials after ‘unexplained illness’

coronavirus vaccine after an “unexplained illness” in a study participant, the company said Monday.In a statement posted to its website, the company said the person’s illness is being reviewed and evaluated by the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board along with the company’s own physicians. Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate begins phase 3 trial The company assured that such “serious adverse events” are not uncommon in clinical trials.

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Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate begins phase 3 trial

Johnson & Johnson is beginning a huge final study to try to prove if a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine can protect against the virus.The study starting Wednesday will be one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccine studies so far, testing the shot in 60,000 volunteers in the U.S., South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.A handful of other vaccines in the U.S. — including shots made by Moderna Inc.

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9 drugmaker executives testing coronavirus vaccines pledge safety, high standards

coronavirus signed an unprecedented pledge meant to boost public confidence in any approved vaccines.The companies said Tuesday that they will stick to the highest ethical and scientific standards in testing and manufacturing and will make the well-being of those getting vaccinated their top priority.The announcement comes amid worries that President Donald Trump will pressure the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a vaccine before it’s proven to be safe and effective.

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US govt invests $1 billion in Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine

The US government has announced a new $1 billion investment in a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Johnson & Johnson, guaranteeing 100 million doses.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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