EMA’s human medicines committee (CHMP) has recommended extending the indication of RoActemra (tocilizumab) to include the treatment of adults with COVID-19 who are receiving systemic treatment with corticosteroids and require supplemental oxygen or mechanical ventilation.
A new version of the coronavirus called omicron, was discovered in southern Africa, and now it is also present in Romania after two patients returning from South Africa were shown to have this variant of the pathogen.
The government mandate requiring health-care workers to get vaccinated against Covid is not unconstitutional, as it serves the smooth functioning of the health-care system, the Constitutional Court ruled on Friday.
Altogether 191 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 10,143 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Friday.
A vaccination day will be held in all Hungarian localities within the next six weeks, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told public radio on Friday.
EMA starts rolling review of Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine (VLA2001).
Altogether 218 patients died of a Covid-related illness over the past 24 hours, while 10,466 new coronavirus infections were registered, koronavirus.gov.hu said on Thursday.
Katalin Karikó and co-researcher Drew Weissman will be among scientists recognised with next year’s Benjamin Franklin Medals for their achievement in life sciences, the Philadelphia-based Franklin Institute announced on its website.
The government is extending the vaccination action week for another week and has asked the operative board to develop a system of vaccination action days nationwide, the minister in charge of the prime minister’s office said in a Government briefing on Thursday.
According to the CEO of the US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, it is likely that repeated doses of coronavirus vaccines will be needed annually in the foreseeable future, as this is expected to maintain a very high level of immune protection.
