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Madrid, Aug 28 (EFE) - The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Health Products of the Ministry of Health authorized this Friday the first clinical trial in humans in the country for a vaccine against Covid 19.The Spanish Minister of Health, Salvador Illa, announced the details on Friday in a press conference, in which he added that the vaccine belongs to the pharmaceutical company Janssen and that 190 healthy volunteers between 18 and 55 years old will participate in the trial.EXTERIOR IFOOTAGE OF JASSEN'S HEADQUARTERS IN MADRID-
Laupheim (Germany), Feb 4 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Ronald Wittek).- The biopharmaceutical company Rentschler Biopharma is working on the production of CureVac's first generation Covid-19 vaccine CVnCoV, which is currently in phase II and III of the clinical trial. FOOTAGE OF RENTSCHLER BIOPHARMA HEADQUARTERS IN LAUPHEIM, GERMANY.
Five top anti-vaccine advocacy groups received PPP funding from the Trump administration. The news was broken by the Washington Post American distrust in the safety of COVID-19 vaccinations continues to pose a threat to public health. A Harvard professor of health communication told Insider that anti-vaccine groups are "likely to perpetuate the adverse impacts of the pandemic."
President-elect Joe Biden received a dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday afternoon. The first shot in a series of two was administered at ChristianaCare Hospital in Newark, Delaware. Biden's vaccination came one week after the first doses of the vaccine were given to health care workers. Biden noted that the vaccine rollout was in the beginning stages and cautioned Americans about the long road ahead. According to CNN President-elect Biden cautioned Americans saying: "It's going to take time". Biden urged Americans in the meantime to listen to public health experts, wear masks and maintain social distance.
Joe and Jill Biden will get the COVID vaccine on Monday. This news comes from the incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki. Psaki also revealed that VP-elect Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff, will receive their vaccinations the week after the Bidens. The Pfizer vaccine requires two doses given to patients several weeks apart. Business Insider said the Pfizer has been found to be 94.5% effective. On December 18, VP Mike Pence, second lady Karen Pence, and Surgeon General Jerome Adams received the vaccine on-camera.