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Minister strongly urges university students to get vaccinated
Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has called on university students to "immediately" get their vaccine shots against COVID-19, warning that the virus is spreading fast among the young population.
Turkish-German vaccine inventors awarded prize in Greece
Two Turkish-German scientists were awarded Greece's Empress Theophano Prize on Oct. 13 for saving millions of lives with the development of the first vaccine against the coronavirus, according to the Empress Theophano Foundation.
Iceland halts Moderna jabs over heart-inflammation fears
Iceland on Oct. 8 suspended the Moderna anti-Covid vaccine, citing the slight increased risks of cardiac inflammation, going further than its Nordic neighbors which simply limited use of the jabs.
UK recognizes vaccines administered in Turkey
Fully vaccinated travelers from dozens of more countries, including Turkey, will not be required to self-isolate in the U.K. starting next week, the British government has announced.
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Officials working on plans for third dose of BioNTech jab
The Turkish Health Ministry's Science Board is currently working on plans as to when a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine should start to be given to those who have already received two doses of the jab.
Updated COVID vaccine may be needed next year, says BioNTech CEO
A new formulation is likely to be needed by the middle of next year to protect against COVID-19 as it mutates, Uğur Şahin, the chief executive of BioNTech that is behind one of the first mRNA vaccines against the coronavirus, has told the Financial Times.
The Germany-based BioNTech developed the COVID-19 vaccine jointly with the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer.
France Stops Development of Sanofi mRNA Vaccine against Covid
Sanofi is dropping plans to develop its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine despite positive results in phases 1 and 2 because of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna's dominance in the market, the French pharma corporation announced on Tuesday.
In 2022, Adapted Vaccines against Current Variants of COVID-19 Will be Launched in Bulgaria
In 2022, adapted vaccines according to current variants of the coronavirus are expected to be approved. Currently, the third dose uses vaccines that we have, but a combination is allowed - in the first and second dose of vector vaccine to be given an mRNA vaccine.
Slovenia donates over 100,000 vaccine doses to Bosnia
Ljubljana – The government has approved a donation of 100,620 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 for Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The donation was approved at a correspondence session last night with the Health Ministry announcing the donation is meant as Slovenia’s humanitarian aid to Bosnia-Herzegovina in coping with the pandemic.
PM Citu: We have decided to start vaccination with the third dose starting with September 28th
Prime Minister Florin Citu announced on Wednesday that a decision was made to start administering the third dose, starting with September 28, for all persons who have more than 6 months after the second dose, with any of the Pfizer BioNTech, Moderna and Astra Zeneca vaccines.