COVID-19: Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines to land in August, ahead of Pfizer
Kenya shall on Monday, August 23, 2021, receive 1.7 million doses of the two-dose mRNA Moderna vaccine from the United States through the global COVAX facility, as well as 390,000 doses of the much-awaited single-shot Viral Vector Johnson & Johnson vaccine from the African Union (AU). The J&J vaccine doses are among a cumulative 13 […]
UK approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
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Pfizer and BioNTech previously said that analysis of the vaccine showed it was 95% effective with no safety concerns.
Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine is 95 percent effective, US firm data shows
A new vaccine that protects against Covid-19 is nearly 95 percent effective, early data from US company Moderna shows. The results come hot on the heels of similar results from Pfizer, and add to growing confidence that vaccines can help end the pandemic. Both companies used a highly innovative and experimental approach to designing their […]