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The European Medicines Agency is the EU regulatory body responsible for COVID-19 vaccine approval. Now, Gizmodo reports a cyberattack on EMA's servers has produced an 'unlawful access' of documents related to a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The EMA’s own statement on the attacks doesn’t disclose much, but does confirm that the breach happened. However, pharma giant Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, announced that some of their own documents were caught up in the breach. There’s a chance that this latest attack might push Pfizer/BioNTech's timeline for an EU regulatory review of its proposed vaccine back a bit.
India starts giving booster vaccine shots to health workers and the elderly as the country undergoes an infection surge driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant of the virus. IMAGES
Özlem Türeci, BionTech's Chief Medical Officer says that the coronavirus vaccine developed jointly by BioNTech and Pfizer neutralises the Omicron variant of the virus after three doses. A laboratory study by its makers found "three doses of our vaccine neutralise the Omicron variant", but warned that "two doses show significantly reduce neutralization of this new variant.". SOUNDBITE
Panama City, Oct 13 (EFE).- Panama began Wednesday to administer the third booster shot of the Pfizer vaccine to citizens over 55 years of age, who have already received the first two doses of Covid vaccine .Panama has so far recorded a total of 469,440 Covid-19 cases and 7,275 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: CARLOS LEMOS).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE RECEIVE THE THIRD BOOSTER SHOT OF COVID-19 VACCINE IN PANAMA CITY, PANAMA.
Nom Pen, Oct 11 (EFE/EPA).- Cambodian authorities started administering on Monday a third dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus to control the pandemic. (Camera: KITH SEREY). SHOT LIST: CAMBODIANS RECEIVED THEIR THIRD DOSE OF COVID-19 VACCINE AT A SCHOOL IN PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA.
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