vaccine

10 December 2020, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart: Medical students in their practical year simulate a vaccination on nursing students at the Klinikum Stuttgart during a refresher course in the paediatrics and patient simulator at the Klinikum Stuttgart. Photo: Marijan Murat/dpa

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THL STUDY

Survey: 64% of Finns say they will take a coronavirus vaccine

The Nomad Today 12/14/20

About 20% of respondents said that they would not take the vaccine.

Minister of Social Affairs and Health, Aino Kaisa Pekonen (Left Alliance). Photo: Jussi Toivanen/Vnk.

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CORONAVIRUS

Government warns: vaccines not available to everyone at once

The Nomad Today 12/10/20

Finland is taking part in the EU’s joint procurement, which guarantees access to six different coronavirus vaccines from different manufacturers. Health authorities reported 9 deaths and 840 new…

30 November 2020, England, Newcastle: Student Amy Hariot Ingle (R), 22, from Newcastle University, is being shown how to administer a Covid-19 test so she can self-test, by David Black an occupational heath specialist, as part of a coronavirus mass testing across the UK, which starts Tuesday. Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire/dpa

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ACCORDING TO NHS

British coronavirus vaccination campaign to start on Tuesday

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/4/20

Some 800,000 more doses are expected to arrive next week, with millions to be delivered by the end of the year.

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PANDEMIC

Moscow to begin mass vaccinations against coronavirus this weekend

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/3/20

Russia reported on Thursday another single-day record of new coronavirus cases, 28,145.

Prime Minister Sanna Marin led the government's deliberations Wednesday afternoon at the House of States. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

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VACCINE COMING

Finland will offer free Covid-19 vaccination to all residents

The Nomad Today 12/3/20

The government approved on Wednesday the strategy to vaccinate the entire population from the beginning of 2021.

HANDOUT - 02 December 2020, Russia, Moscow: Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting via videoconference of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Photo: -/Kremlin /dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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CORONAVIRUS

Putin orders Russia to begin mass coronavirus vaccination next week

The Nomad Today 12/2/20

Russia was the first country to introduce a vaccine against the virus for widespread use, registering the Sputnik V vaccine in August.

19 November 2020, Spain, Malaga: A man walks past the Pfizer pharmaceutical company headquarters in Malaga. Photo: Álex Zea/EUROPA PRESS/dpa

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CORONAVIRUS

Britain green-lights Pfizer vaccine in Covid-19 breakthrough

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/2/20

The go-ahead from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) paves the way for Pfizer and BioNTech to begin delivering doses "immediately" to the country.

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CORONAVIRUS

Pfizer and BioNTech apply for EU approval of Covid-19 vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/1/20

This puts the companies neck and neck with US firm Moderna, which also applied to the EU regulator for the conditional approval of its Covid-19 vaccine on Monday.

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VACCINE

Moderna to apply for authorization of Covid-19 vaccine in US, EU

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/30/20

The company says its vaccine could be delivered to the EU as early as December, if it receives approval.

Passengers disembark the first Qantas flights from Melbourne following the lifting of border restrictions at Sydney Airport, Sydney, Monday, November 23, 2020. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP/dpa

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CORONAVIRUS

Qantas to make Covid-19 vaccine compulsory for international travel

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/24/20

"We are looking at changing our terms and conditions... that we will ask people to have a vaccination before getting on the aircraft," Quantas CEO Alan Joyce said.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) attends the signing of the memorandum of understanding between WHO and the WHO Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, May 27, 2020. Christopher Black/WHO/Handout via REUTERS

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PANDEMIC

WHO chief sees light at end of tunnel after news of latest vaccine

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/23/20

Tedros urged governments to make sure that every country gets vaccines.

22 November 2020, Hamburg: Police officers run in the form of a police chain in front of a water cannon as protesters set up their barricades during a protest against the measures of the German government amid the coronavirus pandemic. Photo: Georg Wendt/dpa

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PANDEMIC

G20 leaders pledge ‘affordable, equitable access' to vaccines

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/22/20

The bloc’s leaders said Sunday they were committed to a debt suspension initiative launched for the least-developed countries.

17 November 2020, Belgium, Puurs: An aerial view of the production site of Pfizer pharmaceutical company. Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech have made further gains with their promising Covid-19 vaccine, announcing on Wednesday that the drug is 95-per-cent effective and passed a key safety milestone. Photo: Dirk Waem/BELGA/dpa.

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CORONAVIRUS

Pfizer vaccine clears key hurdle, 95% effective

The Nomad Today 11/18/20

The experimental vaccine worked almost equally well among the people aged over 65.

Finland

HEALTH RESEARCH

Finland to integrate vaccine efforts into new research company

The Nomad Today 11/18/20

The government proposes to establish a company to integrate the clinical vaccine research of THL and Tampere University. In addition, the new company is hoped to attract more research…

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PANDEMIC

US firm Moderna says coronavirus vaccine 94.5% effective

The Nomad Today 11/16/20

The European Commission is already negotiating with Moderna to supply up to 160 million vaccine doses.

HANDOUT - 13 August 2020, Russia, Moscow: An undated picture made available on 13 August 2020 shows vials of the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow. The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has financed the Gamaleya Institute in Moscow to develop the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V. Photo: -/Russian Direct Investment Fund via YNA/dpa.

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CORONAVIRUS

Russians skeptical of state-made Covid vaccine as mass rollout looms

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/14/20

Russians express a mixed bag of hopes and concerns about the country's coronavirus vaccine, the world's first to be approved by a government for public use.

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CYBER ATTACKS

Microsoft says Russian, North Korean hackers targeting Covid vaccines

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/13/20

The pharmaceutical companies being targeted in the latest attacks are based in Canada, France, India, South Korea and the United States, Microsoft said.