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The world awaits pandemic weary travelers, who are vaccinated against COVID-19 and ready to hit the road. United Airlines (UAL) announced Monday, in its Q1 earnings report, that it will begin flying this July to Iceland, Greece, and Croatia “moving to capitalize on emerging pent-up demand for travel to countries where vaccinated travelers are welcome.”   The key, of course, is for a passenger to prove they have been vaccinated. Countries like Israel and China are already using digital… Source link

Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg Google announced a series of pledges on Thursday to fund and promote coronavirus vaccines across the globe, including $250 million in advertising grants for pro-vaccination groups. Through its philanthropy arm, Google will pay for 250,000 shots in “low and middle-income countries,” as classified by Google’s partner Gavi, a charity focused on… Source link

As with masks, lockdowns and seemingly everything else about the COVID-19 pandemic, Republicans and Democrats are now sharply divided over the emerging prospect of “vaccine passports” designed to provide proof of immunization against the coronavirus, according to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll. The survey of 1,649 U.S. adults, which was conducted from April 6 to April 8, found that a significant majority of Democrats (61 percent) would favor certain businesses requiring verification of… Source link

undefined A vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at South Shore University Hospital. Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP Europe’s medical regulator has opened an investigation into possible links between Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) COVID-19 vaccine and blood clotting events.  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in a statement on Friday it had started a “review” of the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by J&J subsidiary Janssen, following reports that some patients who had… Source link

Pfizer (PFE) and BioNTech’s (BNTX) COVID-19 vaccine is proving effective six months after the second dose, according to an ongoing analysis of the Phase 3 trial participants. The vaccine showed 91.3% efficacy against COVID-19, slightly lower than the original 95% seen in Phase 3 trials. The data, from 12,000 of the more than 44,000 adults in the trial, is a result of observations from seven days through six months after the second dose was received. The two companies announced the results in a… Source link

March 30, 2021 NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that the City will open a new vaccination site at the Fulton Community Center in Chelsea, Manhattan. The new vaccination site located at 119 Ninth Avenue, hosted by Hudson Guild and operated by Daybreak Health, will offer more than 200 appointments per day – over 1,000 per week – and will be open 5 days a week, from Tuesday through Saturday. “Technology is going to help fuel New York City’s recovery, including… Source link

AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and syringe are seen at the medical centre “It’s appalling the way AstraZeneca has been treated. I wouldn’t blame them if they were thoroughly fed up and decided to bow out of the covid vaccine business.” That was the view from one of the biggest institutional investors in the UK. It’s not a view the pharmaceutical giant and its talismanic boss Pascal Soriot would have expected to hear, having developed a safe, effective vaccine at breakneck speed, signing contracts… Source link

(Reuters) – Players at the Miami Open on Monday expressed little love for COVID-19 vaccines, with many saying they want more information before getting a shot. Seventh seeded Aryna Sabalenka expressed more concern over the vaccine than her quarterfinal opponent number one Ash Barty while fifth seed Elina Svitolina said she was inclined to take the advice of friends and wait. “So far I don’t really trust it,” Sabalenka told reporters following her fourth round 6-1 6-2 mugging of Marketa… Source link

More than a dozen countries in the European Union have suspended distribution of AstraZeneca’s vaccine due to blood clot concerns, further complicating a vaccination effort that was already lagging across the region. The call to pause the rollout is being questioned by some health experts, who say the data simply does not support the decision. It is “important to contextualize” what’s being reported because the risk of blood clots is no higher among vaccinated people than among the… Source link

Tens of millions of doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine are currently sitting in U.S. distribution centers. The company is awaiting results from its U.S. clinical trial before requesting emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration. Made by the British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca in collaboration with Oxford University, the vaccine has been causing controversy in some European countries over fears that it has potential links to blood clots. On Monday its rollout… Source link