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Moderna emerges 94.5% effective vs. COVID, second vaccine this month to reach near-complete stats

The Brew News Team   Mon 16 Nov 2020    

A second COVID-19 vaccine now also appears highly effective in preventing illness following exposure to the virus that causes the disease. The biotech company Moderna, Inc., said Monday that its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing disease, according to […]

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Britain’s Johnson self-isolates, nations move to tighten curbs as cases soar past 54M worldwide

Brew Admin   Mon 16 Nov 2020    

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson went into isolation after a contact tested positive for the coronavirus, as a stay-at-home advisory came into effect for the United States’ third-biggest city on Monday. Global infections have soared past 54 million with more […]

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Pakistan warns U.N to reject monopoly over COVID vaccine

Brew Admin   Wed 11 Nov 2020    

Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Tuesday urged the United Nations’ departments to discourage the monopolisation of the recently announced COVID-19 vaccine and ensure availability for poorer countries too. The minister acknowledged the efforts of the […]

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Biden sets up COVID task force, moves to curb virus, ensure vaccine, safeguard future

Brew Admin   Mon 09 Nov 2020    

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced the members of his coronavirus task force– a group made up entirely of doctors and health experts– in an avowed, top priority science backed enactment once he is seated in the White House on […]

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UAE raises its flag to the COVID-aid heroes on nation’s 7th Flag Day

Brew Admin   Wed 04 Nov 2020    

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, has dedicated the celebrations of the Flag Day to the heroes at the forefront of the nation’s fight against COVID-19. His Highness hoisted the […]

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Stock for bloc: ‘Only part of EU may receive vaccine before 2022,’ say officials in a race to secure COVID-cure

Brew Admin   Wed 28 Oct 2020    

Only a fraction of the European Union population may be vaccinated against the coronavirus before 2022, EU officials said in an internal meeting, as the cure the bloc is securing may not prove effective or may not be manufactured in […]

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UK study reveals COVID-19 immunity on decline, raises alarm amid second European wave

Brew Admin   Tue 27 Oct 2020    

Antibodies against the novel coronavirus declined rapidly in the British population during the summer, a study found on Tuesday, suggesting protection after infection may not be long lasting and raising the prospect of waning immunity in the community. Scientists at […]

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Poorer, at-most-risk nations would suffer if vaccine storage proves ‘impossible’ — which it might

Brew Admin   Tue 20 Oct 2020    

From factory to syringe, the world’s most promising coronavirus vaccine candidates need nonstop sterile refrigeration to work. But despite great strides in equipping developing countries to maintain the vaccine “cold chain,” nearly 3 billion of the world’s 7.8 billion people live […]

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A grim, bleak reality as COVID kills 1M worldwide amid second wave

Brew Admin   Tue 29 Sep 2020    

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has boiled over 1 million, nearly a year into the devastating pandemic that crisis that has crashed the global economy, crumpled countries and resolves, and forced an entire era of beings to mold […]

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Shiekh Khaled receives Covid19 vaccine – ‘UAE committed to frontliner safety’

Brew Admin   Thu 24 Sep 2020    

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Executive Council and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office, was today administered the COVID-19 vaccine. This was during his visit to Khalifa Hospital to review the first day […]

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Russia boasts Sputnik-V confidence, ready to take on legal risks in case of side-effects

Brew Admin   Tue 22 Sep 2020    

Russia is so confident in its COVID-19 vaccine that it will shoulder some of the legal liability should anything go wrong, rather than requiring buyers to take on the full risk, the head of the state fund bankrolling the project […]

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