The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Sunday lowered the age that people can receive Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in Saudi Arabia to 12 — a move that is expected to speed up the vaccination drive in the country. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was authorized for use in people ages 18 and up in December 2020. However, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) has now amended the authorization to include children ages 12 to 18.
Battling a fast-increasing surge of COVID-19 cases, South Africa has reintroduced tough restrictions including a ban on alcohol sales and an extended nightly curfew. The delta variant, first discovered in India, appears to be driving South Africa’s new increase, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Sunday night, announcing the return to strict measures.
According to government sources reported by Moroccan media, Morocco aims to start manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccines by the end of 2021, as part of an agreement with China's Sinopharm.
The number of deaths in the country has increased recently, in comparison to previous week, due to the spread of viral mutations and lack of commitment to preventive measures,” official spokesperson of the UAE health sector, Dr Farida Al Hosani, stated during the weekly Covid-19 briefing.
STUDENT cases have soared to the highest level since January with fears that schools will be forced to shut. The number of outbreaks in schools has jumped from 96 to 148 - a massive 54 percent increase.
Namibia will from Tuesday temporarily suspend administering first doses of COVID-19 vaccines as supplies run low, a health ministry memo seen by Reuters showed. The southern African nation, in the midst of a deadly "third wave" of infections, recorded more than 2,500 new cases on Thursday, the highest daily tally since the virus was first detected in the country in March last year.
GCI Health, global speciality healthcare, and medical communications agency, today announced its expansion into the Middle East at a pivotal time when healthcare has become one of the fastest-growing sectors in the region. GCI Healthwill integrates with ASDA’A BCW’s current healthcare team, which will now operate as GCI Health Middle East.
Tunisia will receive a first batch of US vaccine Johnson & Johnson by mid-August, Director of the National Coronavirus Vaccination Campaign Hechmi Louzir told TAP. Louzir said Tunisia has planned the acquisition of preliminary quantities of 2 million doses of this vaccine.
MyHealthChecked Plc (AIM: MHC), the consumer home-testing healthcare company, announces the acquisition ("Acquisition") of 100% of the outstanding share capital of Nell Health Ltd ("Nell Health"), a provider of genetic testing and personalized nutrition consultancy services...
German biotechnology company BioNTech SE, based in Mainz, and Siemens intend to expand their strategic cooperation. The companies plan to intensify their collaboration for the rapid expansion and creation of production capacity for the Covid-19 vaccine. Siemens supplies the latest automation and digitalization technology for the production of Covid-19 vaccines
Medcare Hospitals & Medical Centres, based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is using the Capsule Medical Device Information Platform (MDIP) to power its digital transformation initiative and prepare for future imperatives, Capsule announced.
Exelixis, Inc. and Ipsen today announced that COSMIC-312, the ongoing phase 3 pivotal trial evaluating cabozantinib in combination with atezolizumab versus sorafenib in patients with previously untreated advanced hepatocellular carcinoma, met one of the primary endpoints, demonstrating significant improvement in progression-free survival at the planned primary analysis
Advanced Aesthetic Technologies, Inc. (AAT), a leader in aesthetic gel implant technology, is proud to announce the initiation of a clinical trial for their Algeness® VL (2.5% Agarose Gel) Filler in China in partnership with Lanzhou Biotechnique Development Co., LTD (LanDev) and their parent company China National Biotec Group Co., LTD (CNBG).
Africa’s vaccine manufacturing potential has always been overlooked, but COVID-19 warranted a closer look at internal capability development. Is this the beginning of something bigger?
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