Vaccination

Japan launched its coronavirus vaccination programme on Feb. 17, five months ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, as the World Health Organization reported a fall in new cases around the world.

The largest number of infected are in the United States - more than 18 million people, followed by India with almost 11 million infected, and Brazil with 9.9 million.
Russia is on the fourth place in the world and the first in Europe with more than four million cases of COVID-19.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca shared a statement on Twitter with details of the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board's latest meeting and 'we are about to complete Phase 1 in the vaccination of priority groups identified by our Scientific Board," he said on Feb. 16. 

"Today, I felt the need to address you, as this is the straw that broke the camel's back. I refer to the lies about vaccination," Ana Brnabi opened press conference with this sentence.

The National COVID Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) informs that 45,077 people have received the coronavirus jab in the past 24 hours, with 28,055 injected with the Pfizer vaccine, 7,827 with the Moderna vaccine and 10.095 with the AstraZeneca one, according to data provided by the National Public Health Institute through the National Electronic Vaccinations Registry app.

Ljubljana – The National Institute of Public Health (NIJZ) expects new batches of Covid-19 vaccines this week, consisting of 21,060 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and 16,800 of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The national vaccination strategy has been updated in the part setting the priority groups, the NIJZ told the STA.

More data from Israel's vaccination programme is suggesting the Pfizer vaccine prevents 94% of symptomatic infections.

This indicates the vaccine is performing just as well in a larger population as it did in the clinical trials.

It is proving highly effective at preventing illness and severe disease among all age groups, according to public health doctor Prof Hagai Levine.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that the rate of vaccinations against Covid-19 in the country depends on the availability of vaccines and called the European Union to avoid further delays in their roll out in an interview with Bloomberg Television on Monday.

The National COVID Vaccination Coordination Committee (CNCAV) informs that according to data provided by the National Public Health Institute through the National Electronic Vaccinations Registry app, 37,137 people have received the coronavirus jab in the past 24 hours, with 27,290 injected with the Pfizer vaccine, 3,035 with the Moderna, and 6,812 with the AstraZeneca serum.

The Health Ministry supports the vaccination law, Minister Vlad Voiculescu declared today, explaining that there is a vaccination bill under Parliament debate, which is not related to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. "It's good to clarify this. There is a bill under Parliament debate, but there is no connection between this piece of legislation and the COVID-19 vaccination. There was a confusion.