Covid19mathblog.com
Another vaccine coming – https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/johnson-johnson-enrolls-about-45000-participants-for-late-stage-covid-19-vaccine
“Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday (Dec 17) that it has enrolled about 45,000 participants for the first late-stage trial of its Covid-19 single-dose vaccine candidate and that it expects interim data by late-January.”
“J&J also said it plans to submit an emergency use authorisation application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in February if the data from the study is safe and effective.
The company had earlier this month announced cuts in enrollment for the vaccine trial from its original plan for 60,000, as higher rates of Covid-19 infections amid a worsening pandemic should generate the data it needs with fewer study subjects.”
“The Ensemble trial was paused for over a week in October after a patient developed an "unexplained illness" during the study.
The company later said it would resume the trial after an evaluation found no clear cause for the illness.
A separate late-stage clinical trial of an investigational Covid-19 vaccine candidate by Janssen to explore a two-dose regimen was ongoing, J&J said.”
China Vaccine update – https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2020/12/18/sinovac-vaccine-has-no-critical-side-effects-bpom-says.html
“A total of 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech are currently stored in a warehouse of state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java, after being flown in to Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on Dec. 6. Indonesia has firm orders of around 160 million vaccine doses, 140 million of which are manufactured by Sinovac Biotech. The remaining orders were given to Novavax, a United States firm, officials have said. The government is waiting for the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) to issue emergency use authorization (EUA) for Sinovac’s CoronaVax vaccine, which, unlike some other candidate vaccines, has not disclosed interim efficacy data.”
Another 3K+ death day for US. Germany saw over 700 deaths
California leading both confirmation and death. It would seem their very conservative approach is not helping contain covid.
Confirmation/death for CA mostly in Southern CA
LA policies did not work
LA will only get worse…
