US approves updated Covid vaccines to rev up protection this fall
By AP and published by Yahoo!News Washington – The US approved updated Covid-19 vaccines on Monday, hoping to rev up protection against the latest coronavirus strains and blunt any surge this fall and winter. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most […]
Read MoreThailand not among 95 nations allowed to make Pfizer Covid pill
US News &World Report and Sanook.com PFIZER Inc. announced yesterday (Nov. 16) that it has reached an agreement for its promising Covid-19 antiviral pill to be made and sold cheaply in 95 developing nations but Thailand is not among them, US News & World Report and Sanook.com said. Within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations […]
Read MorePfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe Covid-19 by 89%
By Reuters staff, published by Channel NewsAsia New York – A trial of Pfizer’s experimental antiviral pill for Covid-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89 per cent the chances of hospitalisation or death for adults at risk of developing severe disease, the company said today (Nov. 5). The […]
Read MoreMinister denies foot-dragging on additional US vaccine donation
DEPUTY Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul today (Sept. 23) denied Thailand has not signed and sent back documents to US for an additional donation of 1 million doses of Pfizer vaccine pointing out that the US embassy has not forwarded these papers, Sanook.com said. Earlier today Khunying Sudarat Keyuraphan, chairman of the […]
Read MoreSamut Sakhon Governor keeping Pfizer vaccine for 16- to 18-year-olds
IN a message posted on his personal Facebook page, Samut Sakhon Governor said today (Sept 5) that everyone in his province has the right to be vaccinated including foreigners and that he is reserving Pfizer vaccine doses due to arrive at the end of this month for 16- to 18-year-old teenagers, Sanook.com said. The […]
Read MoreCovid count hits 19,603 cases as Korat gets only 15,800 Pfizer vaccine doses
WITH Thailand still logging a high daily total of 19,603 Covid-19 cases and 149 deaths today (August 9) Nakhon Ratchasima (Korat) province revealed that it has only been allotted 15,800 out of 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the US, Thai Rath newspaper said. Of today’s large batch of cases, 19,290 were […]
Read MoreDoctor calls for allocating donated Pfizer vaccine to garbage collectors
A THAI doctor tweeted today (July 30) that some of the 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the US that has just arrived here should be allocated to garbage collectors who are usually overlooked by the society, Sanook.com said. Dr. Tosaporn Sererak, a several- term MP from Phrae province and former deputy […]
Read MoreThailand logs 17,345 new cases as Pfizer vaccine donated by US arrives
WITH Thailand’s daily Covid count remaining high at 17,345 new cases and 117 more deaths today (July 30) the first batch of much-needed 1.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccine donated by the US has arrived, Amarin TV said. Of today’s large new batch of cases, 12,823 emerged in surveillance and health systems, 3,833 through […]
Read MoreAnother hospital shuts emergency services amid 11,305 Covid cases, 80 deaths
LERDSIN HOSPITAL this morning (July 20) announced the closure of its emergency room services due to the large number of coronavirus patients with the Public Health Ministry announcing 11,305 new cases and 80 deaths over the past 24 hours, Siam Rath newspaper said. On a more positive note Pfizer (PFE.N) and Germany’s BioNTech (22UAy.DE) […]
Read MoreBioNTech Covid vaccine ‘produces 10 times more antibodies than Sinovac’
By Bloomberg, published by The Straits Times Hong Kong – There is a substantial gap in the amount of antibodies that mRNA and inactivated vaccines can generate against the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a Hong Kong study. It is the latest finding on what may have contributed to the varied outcomes following […]
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