Immunization: The US Drug Agency recommends approving Moderna's vaccine against Covid
World Top 10 Why is the Spanish Health System still one of the best?
Spain will
begin to vaccinate against the
coronavirus
with the rest of European countries within 10 days, between December 27 and 29, through 50 points distributed throughout the country, which will continue with the curve of infections by
coronavirus on
the rise until mid or end of January, and whose evolution depends, and much, on Christmas.
After the first injections, 21 days must pass before the next application and there will still be months
, until June, for 60% of the population to be immunized.
Until then, Spain faces the challenge of keeping the rebound under control.
The evolution is not good:
this Thursday there has been a cumulative incidence of 207 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, an increase that began on December 9 and that still does not reflect the
effect of the Constitution Bridge,
to which the impact will also be added. of the Christmas holidays.
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coronavirus
in Andalusia, Catalonia, the Canary Islands, the Valencian Community, the Balearic Islands and Galicia.
The data of the coronavirus in Spain
251,169 in
Andalusia
(4,681 dead)
76,933 in
Aragon
(2,525 dead)
25,955 in
Asturias
(1,268 dead)
28,965 in the
Balearic Islands
(434 dead)
24,275 in the
Canary Islands
(375 dead)
16,973 in
Cantabria
(359 dead)
93,179 in
Castilla-La Mancha
(3,997 dead)
128,511 in
Castilla y León
(4,933 dead)
326,907 in
Catalonia
(8,502 dead)
2,959 in
Ceuta
(57 dead)
124,561 in the
Valencian Community
(2,668 dead)
31,649 in
Extremadura
(1021 dead)
55,680 in
Galicia
(1307 dead)
371,876 in
Madrid
(11,635 dead)
4,341 in
Melilla
(43 dead)
57,170 in
Murcia
(691 dead)
41,205 in
Navarra
(928 dead)
105,636 in the
Basque Country
(2,777 dead)
17,477 in
La Rioja
(576 dead)
* Source: Ministry of Health
Total figures: 1,785,421 confirmed coronavirus cases with a diagnostic test for active infection;
48,777 deaths with a positive test as of December 17
07.09.
Pfizer seeks approval in Japan for its coronavirus vaccine
US drugmaker
Pfizer
asked the Ministry of Health of Japan's approval of its
vaccine
against the
coronavirus
to be administered in the country, said
in a statement the Japanese division of the company.
Pfizer
is the first pharmaceutical company to file such an application in the country.
If approved, vaccinations in Japan could begin in March 2021.
The American pharmaceutical company has provided the Ministry with material on the clinical trials carried out so far and other tests, and is currently developing a nationwide study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of the vaccine, within the framework of which it has already been administered the second dose.
"It is expected that the main data will be obtained in February of next year and the results will be finalized and sent as soon as they are complete," the pharmacist explained in the text.
7.00 Headache, fatigue and chills, the most common side effects of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine
The most common side effects associated with Moderna's
coronavirus
vaccine
, which is about to be approved in the US, are fatigue, headache, muscle pain, joint pain and chills.
The rare "serious" side effects tend to occur in younger participants more than older ones.
These are cases of lymphadenopathy, or swelling of the lymph nodes, which occurred in 1.1% of the participants who received the vaccine, compared to 0.6% of those who received the placebo.
The vaccinated group also showed more allergic or inflammatory reactions (1.5% versus 1.1% for the placebo group), but none were classified as severe.
To date, there have been three reports of Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis, most often temporary, in the vaccine group and one in the placebo group.
[Read the complete information here].
06.59.
US experts concerned about the safety of Moderna's vaccine after allergic reactions to Pfizer
Moderna has indicated that in clinical trials its vaccine has shown an efficacy of 94.1% in preventing the disease, and 100% in preventing serious cases.
Despite this document, one of the issues that occupied a large part of the session of the FDA expert committee -which has recommended the approval of the vaccine this Thursday-, in which doctors, scientists and pharmaceutical representatives participated, among others, It was the safety of the serum, following the cases of two Alaskan health workers, who this week reported allergic reactions after being administered the Pfizer preparation, similar to those of two Britons who received the vaccine in the United Kingdom.
During the committee meeting, vaccine expert Doran Fink encouraged continuing immunization, but cautioned: "While the entirety of the data continues to support vaccinations under (emergency clearance from) Pfizer without further restrictions, these cases underscore the need to stay alert during the first phase of the vaccination campaign. "
Fink noted that it is not clear at this time which component of Pfizer's vaccine might have created the allergic reactions.
"We learned of these cases through established safety surveillance systems, which worked exactly as designed; the FDA is coordinating to investigate the cases in the United States, and communicate our findings in a timely manner," he said.
In this regard, Moderna's vice president of drug surveillance, doctor David Martin, said during the committee meeting that the company will monitor possible reactions of this type.
06.57 The Supreme Court of Brazil endorses that the vaccine against covid-19 is mandatory
The Federal Supreme Court of Brazil, the country's highest court, decided on Thursday that the covid-19 vaccine may be mandatory.
By a large majority, ten of the eleven judges in the plenary decided that both the federal government and the states and municipalities have powers to impose sanctions on those who do not get vaccinated.
However, this does not mean that the population is forced to be forcibly vaccinated.
"Nobody is going to drag anyone by the hair to get vaccinated," illustrated the president of the Supreme Court, Luiz Fux, defending his vote in favor of being mandatory but not imposing.
No one can be physically forced to get vaccinated, but sanctions can be applied to those who refuse to do so.
In practice, the situation will be similar to voting.
In Brazil, it is compulsory to vote in elections, but in reality abstention is relatively high (in the last municipal elections it exceeded 30 percent in some cities).
[Read the complete information here, by Joan Royo Gual].
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