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Russia trials COVID-19 vaccine for domestic animals, mink

Posted by [email protected] on January 18, 2021 at 12:40 AM Comments comments (0)



Russia is close to completing clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine for domestic animals and mink and expects to begin the regulatory approval process in February, according to Russia’s agricultural safety watchdog.

 

The Federal Centre for Animal Health began developing the vaccine in spring after the authorities established the virus could be passed from huma...

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New Zealand agrees to allow quarantine-free travel with Australia in first quarter of 2021

Posted by [email protected] on January 10, 2021 at 4:50 AM Comments comments (0)





New Zealand agreed on Monday to allow quarantine-free travel with Australia in the first quarter of 2021, nearly a year after it locked down its borders to protect its population from the novel coronavirus.

 

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the cabinet had agreed in principle on a trans-Tasman, quarantine-free travel bubble pending confirmation by Australia’s c...

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We may soon have a covid-19 vaccine: Who will take it?

Posted by [email protected] on November 25, 2020 at 5:25 AM Comments comments (0)





Public resistance to vaccines has been much discussed this year, but the issue became very real on Monday when Pfizer and BioNTech announced their candidate was more than 90% effective in large trials – hoisting an actual shot onto the horizon.

 

Numerous opinion polls carried out before and during the pandemic showed confidence is volatile, and that politi...

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