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Study backs up need for booster doses to prevent breakthrough infections

Pfizer jab efficacy wanes 3 months after second dose

Experts who have been tracking the effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine have found that the risk of Covid infection increases the longer it is since people had a second dose.

Coronavirus • 25 Nov 21

Pfizer/BioNTech believe a third dose may be needed 6 to 12 months after full vaccination

WHO says more data needed over Covid booster plans

The World Health Organization has said it was not clear whether Covid-19 booster vaccines will be needed to maintain protection, until further data is collected.

Coronavirus • 09 Jul 21

Up to $40m will be invested in Grange Castle and an additional 75 roles will be recruited (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

Pfizer to make Covid-19 vaccine component in Dublin

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer has announced that it will begin using its west Dublin facility as part of its supply chain for its Covid-19 vaccine.

Coronavirus • 19 May 21

Vaccinating children is seen as a crucial next step toward herd immunity and ending the pandemic

Pfizer-BioNTech expect vaccine for 12-15 year olds

BioNTech has said that it expected its Covid-19 vaccine, jointly developed with Pfizer, to be available to 12 to 15-year-olds in Europe from June.

Coronavirus • 29 Apr 21

The updated trial data includes participants inoculated for up to six months

Pfizer says vaccine is effective against SA variant

Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine is around 91% effective at preventing the disease, the companies have said, citing updated trial data that included participants inoculated for up to six months.

Coronavirus • 01 Apr 21

Pfizer carried out trials on adolescents in the US

Pfizer says vaccine 100% effective in 12-15 year olds

Pfizer-BioNTech said their vaccine showed 100% efficacy against the coronavirus in children aged 12 to 15, as they eye approval for adolescents to get the jabs before the next school year.

Coronavirus • 31 Mar 21

Vaccine supply will increase as more become available, said Stephen Donnelly

Vaccines in all care homes by end of January - Donnelly

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said it is planned that all those working and living in Ireland's 580 nursing homes - around 70,000 people - will receive their first Covid-19 vaccine dose by the end of this month.

Coronavirus • 02 Jan 21

The German state of Saxony-Anhalt has already started vaccinations

Germany starts coronavirus vaccines a day early

The rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 across Europe is under way following approval on Monday by the European Medicines Agency.

Coronavirus • 26 Dec 20

The Moderna jab is the second coronavirus vaccine to receive emergency authorisation by the US regulator

US authorises Moderna as second Covid-19 vaccine

The United States has authorised a second Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use against the pandemic, that's killing more than 2,500 people in the US every day.

Coronavirus • 19 Dec 20