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View all search resultsNoting that "extraordinary measures" are needed to tackle the global health crisis, the US trade representative said in a statement that the administration of President Joe Biden will support the IP waiver "in service of ending this pandemic."
The vaccines' high effectiveness has been confirmed in "real-world conditions" among health care personnel and other essential workers, who are more likely than the general population to be exposed to the novel coronavirus because of their occupations, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Taro Kono told a parliamentary committee that 17 cases of anaphylaxis, a severe and potentially fatal allergic reaction, have been reported among the 107,558 health care workers who had been inoculated as of Tuesday.
It is the first reported case of death after a coronavirus vaccination in Japan. The woman, in her 60s and with no pre-existing condition, is believed to have died of subarachnoid hemorrhage, the ministry said, weeks after Japan launched the first phase of its vaccination program.
The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been "highly effective" in reducing coronavirus infections and severe illness among elderly people in Britain, with a more than 80 percent reduction in hospitalisation, official data showed Monday.
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