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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen inside a freezer in Cali, Colombia, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic on February 19, 2021. (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
Pfizer CEO expects 3rd dose of vaccine will be necessary within a year
By TOI staff
Albert Bourla believes COVID-19 inoculations will become an annual affair; says bringing down pool of people susceptible to virus crucial to halting pandemic
A doctor holding syringe for vaccination against COVID-19, in front of a South African flag. (Igor Vershinsky via iStock by Getty Images)
Israeli data shows South African variant able to ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine
By Nathan Jeffay
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 are seen inside a freezer in Cali, Colombia, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic on February 19, 2021. (Luis ROBAYO / AFP)
April 15, 2021, 10:44 pm
Pfizer CEO expects 3rd dose of vaccine will be necessary within a year
Albert Bourla believes COVID-19 inoculations will become an annual affair; says bringing down pool of people susceptible to virus crucial to halting pandemic
By TOI staff
Vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine are seen in a cold room before being packaged for shipping, at a warehouse in the Paris suburbs, March 30, 2021. (Joel Saget/AFP)
April 15, 2021, 4:16 am
EU to get 50 million Pfizer doses early; Denmark stops using AstraZeneca shot
European Union to start receiving the vaccines by end of April, providing a boost to the bloc’s beleaguered immunization campaign
By Marc BURLEIGH and Camille BAS-WOHLERT
A young Israeli receives a COVID-19 vaccine injection, at a Clalit vaccination center in Holon, February 4, 2021. (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
April 13, 2021, 4:37 pm
Israeli pediatricians back vaccinating under-16s when Pfizer gets go-ahead
Israeli Pediatric Association waiting for regulators to approve shot for ages 12-15, argues it is safe, 100% effective, and will reduce virus spread
By TOI staff and AFP
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, December 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 12, 2021, 5:06 am
Israeli pediatricians plan to issue call for parents to vaccinate under-16s
Israeli Pediatric Association waiting for regulators to approve shot for those aged 12-15, arguing it is safe and effective; Pfizer has asked for US authorization
By TOI staff and AFP
A worker opens a package of coronavirus vaccine made by a Sinopharm subsidiary during a COVID-19 vaccination session for resident foreign journalists at a vaccination center in Beijing, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
April 11, 2021, 10:52 am
Beijing admits Chinese vaccines ‘don’t have very high protection rates’
Country’s top disease control official makes rare admission of shot’s low efficacy, says use of other inoculations ‘under formal consideration’
By Joe McDonald and HUIZHONG WU
A doctor holding syringe for vaccination against COVID-19, in front of a South African flag. (Igor Vershinsky via iStock by Getty Images)
April 10, 2021, 8:08 pm
Israeli data shows South African variant able to ‘break through’ Pfizer vaccine
Strain is more effective than original COVID and the British variant at bypassing the shot, Israeli scientists find, in first-of-its-kind, real-world study
By Nathan Jeffay
In this file illustration picture taken on November 17, 2020 shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached and syringes with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson. - The EU's drug regulator said April 9, 2021 it had launched a review of possible links between the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and blood clots after reports of four cases, one of them fatal. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
April 9, 2021, 11:14 pm
EU now also probing J&J vaccine for blood clot side effects
Company says no link established between its shot and reported cases; issue threatens to further hamper faltering European inoculation campaign
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touches the first batch of Pfizer vaccines to arrive in Israel at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, December 9, 2020. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
April 9, 2021, 10:27 pm
Pfizer said to warn Israel: Pay up or go to the back of vaccine line
Dispute between Netanyahu and Gantz delays cabinet authorization of budget to buy additional vaccines; angry company officials reportedly tell Israel, ‘We’re not philanthropists’
By TOI staff
A vial and a syringe of the Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine at the Bordeaux CHU hospital, January 7, 2021. (MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP)
April 9, 2021, 9:40 pm
Pfizer says vaccine 100% effective for 12-15 olds, asks for US authorization
Vaccine maker says it plans to follow up with requests to regulators in other countries in coming days; says shot ‘well tolerated’ by young people
By AFP and TOI staff
A staff member at a Meuhedet COVID-19 vaccination center in Kfar Habad, central Israel, on February 16, 2021. (Flash90)
April 8, 2021, 10:38 pm
Israel’s secrecy on vaccines is causing supply uncertainty, says state adviser
Culture of caginess is delaying deal for kids’ vaccines and hampering health community’s preparedness for administering them, claims Nadav Davidovitch
By Nathan Jeffay
A Clalit vaccination center in Jerusalem, on February 25, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
April 6, 2021, 1:56 am
Pfizer says working on a new deal to supply more vaccines to Israel
Drug company says it has fulfilled initial agreement with Jerusalem for inoculations, working to update it to ship more doses, as Israel prepares to vaccinate children
By TOI staff
Actress Shira Haas during the filming of the third season of 'Shtisel,' which is coming to Netflix on March 25, 2021 (Courtesy Vered Adir)
April 4, 2021, 2:22 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 4 – Filming ‘Shtisel’ during COVID: A behind-the-scenes peek
Tune in Sunday through Thursday to hear ToI editors and reporters quickly catch you up on what’s important today
By TOI staff
Israeli students go to school in Yad Mordechai, March 07, 2021 (Flash90)
April 4, 2021, 10:50 am
Virus czar: We expect to start vaccinating children within weeks
Ash says waiting for FDA and local approval after Pfizer’s positive results in trials for kids 12-15; says officials looking to restore full classes in schools, cancel pod system
By TOI staff
Illustrative: A Magen David Adom worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Holocaust survivor Yaffa Balaban, 95, at her apartment in Beit Tovei Hair retirement residence in Jerusalem on January 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 2, 2021, 8:10 pm
Vaccinations may offer protection for 2 years or more, Israeli expert says
Professor Michal Linial says past reports of swift antibody decline were ‘much ado about nothing’; Health Ministry chief hopes to begin vaccinating Israeli teens in May
By TOI staff
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv, December 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 1, 2021, 4:22 pm
Pfizer: Vaccine 91% effective after 6 months, protects against S. Africa strain
Updated data shows that coronavirus immunization poses no serious safety concerns
By AFP and TOI staff
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