Tag Archives: COVID19

Before and after COVID-19: How the world has changed in a year, in 37 photos

Breadcrumb Trail Links World News Health Canada This month marks the one year anniversary of Canada swiftly moving into lockdown after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic Author of the article: National Post Staff, The Canadian Press Article content On March 8, Canada recorded its first death from COVID-19, and just a… Read More »

Victoria on alert after NSW COVID-19 case

Victorian authorities are contacting anyone who has arrived in the state from NSW following a COVID-19 scare. A security guard who worked at two quarantine hotels in inner Sydney tested positive for the virus on Saturday, despite having received his first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. A number of venues across the city have been… Read More »

Olympics host Japan turns down China’s COVID-19 vaccine offer

TOKYO — Japan will not take part in China’s offer — accepted by the International Olympic Committee — to provide vaccines for “participants” in the postponed Tokyo Games and next year’s Beijing Winter Games. Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa said Friday that Japan had not been consulted by the IOC about the Chinese vaccines, and that… Read More »

Pfizer, riding high on COVID-19 vaccine launch, pays CEO Bourla $21 million for 2020

Thanks to the success of its COVID-19 vaccine, the drug giant Pfizer has become a household name around the globe—and the company’s eyeing $ 15 billion in sales from the shot this year. For writing that 2020 success story, CEO Albert Bourla collected a pay package worth more than $ 21 million. Bourla, who took… Read More »

‘Covid-19 vaccine makers continue their fight to stay ahead of the disease’

While the number of people infected with Covid-19 ­remains high it’s more likely that new variants will ­appear, so vaccine developers are ­having to deal with the rapidly­evolving virus and are looking for ­‘second generation’ vaccines. Danny Altmann, professor of ­immunology at Imperial College London, says it may be wise to “hedge your bets”. “What… Read More »