Medical research

The Turkish Health Ministry's Science Board is currently working on plans as to when a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech's vaccine should start to be given to those who have already received two doses of the jab.

The development of the first prototype of the Bulgarian vaccine against COVID-19 will be presented today by Prof. Andrey Chorbanov at a scientific forum. This is the World Congress of Vaccines, in which Prof. Chorbanov will participate online with a report to present the first prototype of the Bulgarian vaccine, funded by the Pasteur Institute - Paris, said in an interview with BTA Prof.

Vaccination with two doses of the Pfizer jab stays highly effective against severe COVID - including the Delta variant - for at least six months, an analysis of U.S. patients said on Oct. 4.

While previous data from clinical trials have shown jabs protect against hospitalization, the study published in the Lancet measures one vaccine's effectiveness over time in a real-world setting.

A new formulation is likely to be needed by the middle of next year to protect against COVID-19 as it mutates, Uğur Şahin, the chief executive of BioNTech that is behind one of the first mRNA vaccines against the coronavirus, has told the Financial Times.

The Germany-based BioNTech developed the COVID-19 vaccine jointly with the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer.

The number of COVID-19 jabs administered in Turkey has surpassed 110 million doses, with over 72 percent of the adult population having been fully vaccinated.

"It became clear to everyone that the reason for the large number of people infected with COVID-19 in our country is the non-compliance with the measures. If they are introduced more strictly, people will be disciplined." This was stated in tv interview by academician Bogdan Petrunov.

Slovenia suspended the application of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine as it investigates the death of a 20-year-old woman and thousands of people protested vaccination in the tiny Eu nation.

Ljubljana – Slovenia on Wednesday suspended the use of the single-shot coronavirus vaccine produced by Johnson & Johnson after a twenty-year-old woman died within a fortnight after receiving the shot, Health Minister Janez Poklukar announced.

Sanofi is dropping plans to develop its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine despite positive results in phases 1 and 2 because of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna's dominance in the market, the French pharma corporation announced on Tuesday.

Among the dead-vaccinated people there are those who have somehow obtained the necessary document and have not been vaccinated at all. There are also those who, after being vaccinated with both doses, do not observe any measures for social distance and disinfection and come into contact with infected people. If they have a concomitant disease, it can be fatal.