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A COVID-19 vaccine created at the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston has received emergency use authorization in India, after nearly 10 years of research and funding obstacles in 2020.

The goal is to make the vaccine – called Corbevax – available in other low- and middle-income nations across the globe to help prevent future variants of concern from forming.

“As long as we leave the southern hemisphere unvaccinated new variants of concern for us will emerge," said Dr. Peter Hotez, co-director of the Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and dean at Baylor's National School of Tropical Medicine. “The only way to stop it is to vaccinate the world and we think our [vaccine] is going to be a major contributor to that."

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Asia keeps omicron at bay for now, but worries about a surge that already hit Australia

Wed, 2021-12-29 09:25 — mike kraft

Asia keeps omicron at bay, but a surge may be inevitable | AP News TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Much of Asia has largely managed to keep omicron at bay even as the variant rages in other parts of the world, but the region that is home to most of the globe’s population is bracing for what may be an inevitable surge. AP NEWS

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Overview: Europe and Asia Covid developments

Tue, 2021-12-21 19:39 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus Countries across Europe considered new curbs on movement while U.S. President Joe Biden called on military medics to support hospitals and fight the Omicron variant sweeping the world days before the second Christmas of the pandemic. Reuters Reuters

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Some countries shorten COVID-19 booster timelines in face of Omicron surge

Mon, 2021-12-20 12:07 — mike kraft

As Omicron threatens a global surge, some countries shorten COVID-19 booster timelines A growing number of countries are reducing the wait time for COVID-19 vaccine boosters from six months to as few as three in a bid to ward off a new surge in infections from the Omicron variant. Deena Beasley Reuters

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Overview: Omicron developments internationally

Mon, 2021-12-13 19:43 — mike kraft

Factbox: Latest on the worldwide spread of the coronavirus At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, the first publicly confirmed death globally from the swiftly spreading strain. Reuters Reuters

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WHO says measures used against delta should work for omicron

Fri, 2021-12-03 10:51 — mike kraft

WHO says measures used against delta should work for omicron | AP News MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Measures used to counter the delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting the coronavirus pandemic , even in the face of the new omicron version of the virus, World Health Organization officials said Friday, while acknowledging that the travel restrictions imposed by some countries may buy time. AP NEWS

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Vaccines are finally available in many African countries, but some people there, as well as in South Asia, are wary of taking them.

Wed, 2021-12-01 12:31 — mike kraft

JOHANNESBURG — The detection of the Omicron variant in Africa signals the next stage of the battle against Covid-19: getting many more people inoculated in poorer nations where vaccines have been scarcest in order to deter new mutations from developing.

But while world leaders sometimes talk about this as if it were largely a matter of delivering doses overseas, the experience of South Africa, at least, hints at a far more complex set of challenges.

Like many poor countries, South Africa was made to wait months for vaccines as wealthier countries monopolized them. Many countries still do not have anywhere near enough doses to inoculate their populations.

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Omicron outbreak turns up heat on EU over vaccine access

Mon, 2021-11-29 11:40 — mike kraft

Omicron outbreak turns up heat on EU over vaccine access India and South Africa want a waiver on patents, but Brussels is not budging. POLITICO

An outbreak of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in Southern Africa is boosting critics of the EU, who say that Brussels is preventing a quick roll-out of jabs across poor nations by zealously defending vaccine patents.

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