Even with a vaccine, there is little chance that the coronavirus will disappear. “It is more realistic to count on a scenario where the spread evolves from an epidemic situation to an endemic,” said virologist Steven Van Gucht at the Sciensano press conference. – The Belgian virologist and authority in the field of virus control … Read more
The vaccine from pharmaceutical company Pfizer, which achieved an effectiveness of 90 percent in the first research results, probably protects the carrier against the corona virus for at least one year. Marc Kaptein, medical director of the Dutch branch of Pfizer, made this claim on Thursday evening on television On 1. “We don’t know exactly … Read more
The European Commission will approve a purchase contract for Pfizer-BioNTech’s corona vaccine on Wednesday. The spokesman for the Commission has announced this. Belgium then has five days to decide whether to subscribe to the order. – The European Commission, which is negotiating with various pharmaceutical companies on the purchase of vaccines on behalf of the … Read more
NUcheckt checks messages for their reliability. This time, we’re looking at the claim that the future corona vaccine will permanently change your DNA. This is incorrect. NUcheckt was asked via email whether a Facebook message claiming that a possible corona vaccine is damaging your DNA is correct. The message was already posted online in August, … Read more
AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are resuming their trials in the United States with the corona vaccines they have developed. As a precaution, the pharmaceutical companies temporarily halted the studies due to health problems in a few test subjects. The British-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford stopped their trials in early September … Read more
The first vaccines against covid-19 should be available in Belgium in March. Minister of Health Maggie De Block stated this on Thursday The first one. These are vaccines developed by the company Sanofi. – The Open VLD minister confirms the estimates that have been circulating in recent weeks, including with interfederal spokesman Yves Van Laethem … Read more
British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is resuming trials with a possible corona vaccine. The company says this in a statement. – On Wednesday, the tests were temporarily halted due to medical problems with a subject (DS September 10, 2020). AstraZeneca, which is developing the vaccine together with Oxford University, has now received approval from the British … Read more
The clinical trials of the potential corona vaccine from AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford started again in the United Kingdom on Sunday, the pharmaceutical company said on the website. Last Sunday, a pause was taken after potentially serious side effects occurred in a British subject. The company, which is developing one of the most … Read more
Dose and vaccination schedule ‘In a phase 2a clinical study we are investigating which dose and vaccination schedule is most effective in inducing an immune response in subjects’, explains Meta Roestenberg, internist infectiologist at the LUMC and medical responsible for this study. ‘With this study it is not yet possible to determine whether the immune … Read more
Since Tuesday evening, some 5,000 women have responded to the call from the Emma Children’s Hospital to donate breast milk. ‘Overwhelming. Our researchers are very enthusiastic about the great response, ‘says a spokesperson for the children’s hospital, part of Amsterdam UMC. – An investigation by the hospital shows that the breast milk of women who … Read more