News of vaccine

Government wants to begin Covid-19 vaccinations in January

24-11-2020 22:07 Government plans to start its massive vaccination programme in January, as long as the vaccines are ready available, says Health Minister Ginés González García.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

In new breakthrough, Moderna's Covid vaccine nearly 95% effective

16-11-2020 12:58 US biotech firm Moderna on Monday announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, another major breakthrough in the quest to end the pandemic.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Covid-19: As lab execs sell shares worth millions, questions arise

15-11-2020 09:25 Executives at several US laboratories developing Covid-19 vaccines have recently pocketed millions of dollars by selling shares in their companies – raising questions about the propriety of such a move in the midst of a global health crisis.

US ELECTION 2020

'Time will tell': Trump hints at election loss, talks up vaccine efforts

14-11-2020 11:01 President comes close but stops just short of acknowledging he lost the November 3 election to Democrat Joe Biden.

THIS WEEK

What we learned this week: November 7 to 14

14-11-2020 10:21 A round-up of some of the key stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

AS I SEE IT

The coronavirus remains far from beaten

14-11-2020 08:56 Will life ever return to “normal”? After a fashion, it probably will, but the after-effects of the great pandemic which took the world by surprise and has yet to be mastered will be felt for many years to come.

by James Neilson

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Half of respondents in survey say they’re ready to be vaccinated

14-11-2020 08:50 Half of respondents in a new public opinion survey say they are ready to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Covid-19 vaccines: the five frontrunners

14-11-2020 08:39 Government wants to vaccinate 11 million against Covid-19 next year, with five potential options.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Government ramps up plans for massive vaccination programme

14-11-2020 08:33 Government wants to vaccinate 11 million against Covid-19 next year, with three frontrunners most likely to arrive on market first.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Poorer nations face vaccine wait as West locks down supply

13-11-2020 14:17 While richer nations plan their vaccination programmes through the end of 2021, experts warn that poorer and developing countries face hurdles that could deny billions the first proven protection against the coronavirus.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Vaccine innovation sparks hope, questions

10-11-2020 16:51 Reports that one of the vaccines for Covid-19 has shown highly promising results are a ray of hope for a world in the shadow of surging virus cases.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine 90% effective in Phase 3 trial

09-11-2020 09:05 A vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech was 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 infections in ongoing Phase 3 trials, the companies announced Monday.

Coronavirus pandemic

AMBA moves from 'isolation' to 'distancing'; Fernández talks up vaccine hopes

06-11-2020 21:24 President Alberto Fernández confirms residents in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area will see a loosening of coronavirus restrictions as from next week, while revealing that Argentina hopes to have a vaccine by the end of the year.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government: Coronavirus vaccine 'won't be mandatory' in Argentina

05-11-2020 16:49 Government officials said Thursday that the deployment of any coronavirus vaccine in Argentina will not be mandatory, as they sought to calm concerns over treatments used to tackle Covid-19.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Argentina agrees to buy 25 million doses of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine

03-11-2020 02:16 President Fernández reveals in interview with Russian news agency that government will receive initial 10 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine by as early as December, should it clear clinical trials.

Coronavirus pandemic

Congress approves bill saying Covid-19 vaccine is in public interest

31-10-2020 08:27 Senate approve bill declaring research and development, manufacture and purchase of vaccines against the novel coronavirus to be of public interest.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Swiss regulator looking at AstraZeneca-Oxford virus vaccine

06-10-2020 14:58 Swiss authorities said Tuesday they had begun assessing AstraZeneca and Oxford University's Covid-19 vaccine – the first such treatment submitted for authorisation in the country.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Oxford University and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

13-09-2020 08:52 Trials of potential coronavirus vaccine officially restart, days after clincal trials were suspended following a reported side-effect in a UK patient.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Mexico warns setback in tests could delay AstraZeneca vaccine

09-09-2020 08:41 Latin American roll-out of AstraZeneca's potential Covid-19 vaccine could be delayed after the biotech company announced a pause in tests, says Mexican government, which will co-produce it with Argentina.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

AstraZeneca pauses Covid-19 vaccine trial after unexplained illness

08-09-2020 21:54 Pharmaceutical company says it has"voluntarily paused" a randomised clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine, in what it called a routine action after a volunteer developed an unexplained illness.

HUNT FOR A VACCINE

A day in the life of a coronavirus vaccine volunteer

29-08-2020 10:15 Editorial Perfil employee Miguel Sette is one of 4,500 volunteers in Argentina who are testing out a new vaccine against coronavirus, manufactured in Argentina by Pfizer laboratory and developed in Germany by BionTech.

by Claudio Corsalini

LATIN AMERICA

Countries in Prosur bloc mull reopening of borders

28-08-2020 00:27 Foreign ministers from the nine-country Prosur bloc had formed a commission that will have 10 days to present measures on reopening borders.

Global pandemic

Some countries don’t want to wait for superpowers’ vaccines

27-08-2020 14:40 The US and other superpowers have laid claim to billions of Covid vaccine doses that are nearing the finish line. That’s sparked worries that poorer countries will be left behind and shots will be slow to reach many of the world’s 7.8 billion people.

Global pandemic

Covid-19 lockdowns blocked flu in some places but fall looms

26-08-2020 08:44 Winter is ending in the Southern Hemisphere and country after country had a surprise: Their steps against Covid-19 also apparently blocked the flu.

Coronavirus pandemic

Pride and emotion run high inside Covid-19 vaccine lab

24-08-2020 07:00 Work has already began at Argentina’s mAbxience lab, where they're gearing up to begin producing millions of doses of a vaccine against Covid-19.

PROFILE

Hugo Sigman: Renaissance man's firm to co-produce vaccine

24-08-2020 07:00 Hugo Sigman is a low-profile businessman from the pharmaceutical industry, who is also one of Argentina's richest individuals. He also produces films, collects art and now his firm is to co-produce the Oxford-AstaZenaca vaccine with Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim.

by Ernesto Ise

US ELECTION 2020

Biden accepts Democratic nomination – now Trump awaits

22-08-2020 10:31 Former vice-president pledges to end 'darkness' in speech closing a very peculiar Democratic convention; Obama uses address to issue scathing criticism of Trump, saying he is a threat to US democracy.

FERNÁN QUIRÓS

City Health Minister Fernán Quirós polls well as profile rises

22-08-2020 08:39 Fernán Quirós’ star is rising as he leads the response to the coronavirus pandemic in the capital – and City Hall is taking note.

by Ezequiel Spillman

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

More than 8,000 new virus cases for second straight day

22-08-2020 08:34 Health Ministry announces 8,159 new cases recorded on Friday – the second straight day that the amount cleared 8,000. Total number of infections to date now reaches 329,043.

Coronavirus vaccine

Pope calls for social justice and vaccines for all

19-08-2020 14:40 Pope Francis on Wednesday called attention to the ways in which Covid-19 has exacerbated global issues of inequality and said that he hopes the eventual vaccine will not be reserved for the wealthiest.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Argentina and Mexico to produce coronavirus vaccine for Latin America

15-08-2020 11:15 President Alberto Fernández confirms Argentina and Mexico will co-produce millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca.

AS I SEE IT

Light from the city of dreaming spires

15-08-2020 10:08 It is no longer enough for governments to concentrate solely on trying to block the spread of the virus. They are also expected to keep the economy moving and to worry about the long-term effects the prolonged lockdowns are certain to have on people’s lives.

by James Neilson

Coronavirus pandemic

Mexico, Argentina aim to roll out vaccine early next year

13-08-2020 17:54 Mexico and Argentina aim to have a coronavirus vaccine available for Latin America early next year under a production agreement with drugs giant AstraZeneca.

Global pandemic

Russia declares itself 'first' to develop coronavirus vaccine

11-08-2020 15:21 Russia claimed Tuesday it has developed the world's first vaccine offering "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus, despite mounting scepticism about its effectiveness as fears grow over a second wave of infections across the globe.

Global pandemic

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

20-07-2020 13:01 Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.

BLOOMBERG

Most of the world may face Covid without a vaccine, warns expert

19-07-2020 23:53 Klaus Stohr has urged governments for many years to prepare for the grim possibility of a pandemic. And he paints a sobering picture of what lies ahead.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Argentina selected as testing site for Covid-19 vaccine

11-07-2020 07:55 Joint project, led by German company BioNTech and the US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer, is one of 12 vaccines that are being tested on humans worldwide.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Covid-19 surge lifts number of infections to 94,060

11-07-2020 07:50 Argentina records its highest daily toll yet of 3,367 new cases. Death toll rises to 1,774.

EDITORIAL

100 days

27-06-2020 08:46 Behind closed frontiers in most cases with the nation state in full revival, each government lurches into its own response in a global patchwork of quarantine strategies amid total uncertainty.

AS I SEE IT

The year of the scientists

20-06-2020 11:20 Throughout the world, complaints about the tyranny of “Science” are becoming more frequent. We are not laboratory rats, people say, and demand that other factors be taken into account.

by James Neilson

Scientific breakthrough

Researchers develop therapeutic serum to treat Covid-19 patients

18-06-2020 17:58 Argentine researchers have developed a serum that could help treat coronavirus patients, according to the government.

Periodismo puro / Interview

Rifat Atun: 'The coronavirus pandemic has increased inequality'

11-06-2020 17:48 Dr Rifat Atun, professor of Global Health Systems at Harvard, tells Jorge Fontevecchia in an interview that it will "probably take around 10 to 12 months before a vaccine is available globally."

Vaccine development

Argentina joins the world race to develop a coronavirus vaccine

02-06-2020 13:05 Argentine scientists take first steps in developing an oral formulation to prevent infection from SARS-CoV-2. It will be the first initiative of its kind in Latin America.

by Enrique Garabetyan

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

More than 300,000 fatalities from Coronavirus recorded to date

16-05-2020 09:20 Virus lockdowns ease in Europe as global hunt for vaccine heats up.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Covid-19 death toll rises to 356, surge in infections sparks concern

16-05-2020 08:12 President Alberto Fernández hails local researchers for developing new ‘faster, more efficient’ Covid-19 testing kits.

THE PANDEMIC: A GLOBAL VIEW

Bryan In-ho Kim: ‘People need to get used to social distancing in daily life’

16-05-2020 07:49 Dr Bryan In-ho Kim, senior researcher at Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), discusses the methods that helped South Korea achieve remarkable results in the fight against Covid-19.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Coronavirus pandemic

Race for vaccine tests limits of drug innovation

31-03-2020 12:44 From medical workers to the billions of people told to stay home to slow the pandemic, everyone is waiting for one thing: a vaccine for the novel Covid-19 coronavirus.