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WHO Europe: Vaccine production delays are a real issue

10:13 pm January 28, 2021

Geneva : National tensions are erupting over slow coronavirus vaccine rollouts but production delay issues are real and world leaders must realize that “no one is safe until everyone is safe,” the European chief for the World Health Organization said Thursday. Dr Hans Kluge said international solidarity in the fight against the virus that has already killed 2.1 million […]

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Wockhardt UK vaccine plant back in operation after ‘suspicious package made safe’

11:53 pm January 27, 2021

London: A“suspicious package” which had caused a temporary manufacturing pause on Wednesday at a vaccine production facility of India-headquartered bio-pharmaceutical major Wockhardt in the UK has now been ”made safe” after an investigation by the local police. The factory, located at Wrexham Industrial Estate in North Wales, operates a fill-finish production line for the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 after an agreement was […]

Pasteur Institute ends main vaccine project

10:16 pm January 25, 2021

Paris : France’s Pasteur Institute announced on Monday it is abandoning its main COVID-19 vaccine project after clinical trial tests did not meet expectations. The decision was made in coordination with its industrial partner, U.S. pharmaceutical company Merck, the statement said. The project was attempting to develop a COVID-19 vaccine based on an existing measles vaccine. Pasteur’s statement stressed that […]

UK vaccination drive expands as virus toll nears 100,000

12:02 am January 25, 2021

London: Britain is expanding a coronavirus vaccination programme that has seen more than 6 million people get the first of two doses — even as the country’s death toll in the pandemic approaches 100,000. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday that three-quarters of the U.K.’s over-80s have received a vaccine shot. He said three-quarters of nursing home […]

Hugh Grant in talks to join Guy Ritchie’s new movie

3:52 pm January 22, 2021

Los Angeles: British star Hugh Grant is in negotiations to board filmmaker Guy Ritchie’s next, starring Jason Statham in the lead. If finalised, the movie, which was earlier titled ”Five Eyes”, will mark a reunion between Ritchie and Grant after they worked together on 2019 movie ”The Gentlemen”. As per Deadline, Ritchie will direct the new project from a screenplay by Ivan Atkinson and Marn Davies. Statham will star […]