Vaccines

Ministry proposes zero VAT for Covid-19-related services, products

Ljubljana – The Health Ministry has proposed that the seventh stimulus package include a provision on remission of value added tax (VAT) for Covid-19 vaccine, tests, testing and vaccination kits, and all related medical services, the ministry said on it web site on Wednesday.

Rich Countries Overstocking Vaccines, Poor Ones Lagging Far Behind

There are fears that poorer countries could be left behind as richer nations "hoard" more doses of coronavirus vaccine than they need.

Wealthy countries have amassed a big enough stock of vaccine doses to immunize their people nearly three times over by the end of next year, assuming the vaccines in clinical trials are all approved for use.

Scientist: The Vaccine Will Save Many Lives, but We Have to Follow The Measures for 1-2 Years

"All experts in the world say emphatically: The vaccine is a great discovery, it will save many lives. However until we clarify for 1-2 years the nature of this immunity that it creates, we must continue to follow the measures - wearing masks, hand washing, avoiding social contact." This is the opinion of Acad. Petrunov from the Bulgarian Academy of Science.

Greek expert dismisses concerns over Pfizer vaccine

London School of Economics Health Policy Professor Elias Mosialos, who is also Greece's international coronavirus spokesperson, has dismissed concerns over the safety of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.

Six people - four in the placebo group and two in the vaccine group - died during clinical trials, but none of these deaths has been linked to the vaccine, Mosialos said in a Facebook post.

Queen Elizabeth and Husband Are First in UK to Be Vaccinated against Coronavirus

After Russia, corona vaccination campaign will be started in Britain from today also. After the public vaccination campaign of the corona vaccine, Sputnik-V started in Russia on Saturday, now in Britain, the vaccination campaign will start from today.

The first vaccine received by a 90-year-old British woman

Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old grandmother, on Tuesday became the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer NSE -0.33 % COVID-19 vaccine shot outside of a trial as Britain began vaccinating its population.
Great Britain is the first Western country to start vaccinating its general population today.

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