Tag: Sinovac

Mexico approves Chinese Covid vaccines CanSino and CoronaVac

  MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP)– Mexican regulators gave emergency approval Wednesday to the Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines CanSino Biologics and CoronaVac. The approval was announced by deputy health minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell as Mexico struggles to manage the pandemic. “I have given the authorization for emergency use of both vaccines,” Lopez-Gatell, who serves as the spokesman for the government’s pandemic coordination, said during a press conference. In addition to CanSino and Sinovac’s CoronaVac, Mexico has authorized three […]

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FDA: PHL clinical trials for 3 COVID-19 vaccines – Janssen, Clover, Sinovac – ready to begin

  (Eagle News) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that three clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines which it had earlier approved are about to begin in the country. These are the Phase 3 clinical trials for the vaccines developed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals of Johnson and Johnson, Clover Biopharmaceuticals, and Sinovac. “So wala na po tayong pending ngayon na mga applications for clinical trials with FDA, and all these three clinical trials have been […]

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Pres. Duterte dares senators to get Pfizer jab as Norway probes 23 deaths after vaccine shots

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte said that senators who had been criticizing government negotiators and even health officials for including vaccines made by China in the Philippine government’s vaccine acquistiion program should look into recent reports about deaths associated with the Pfizer vaccine. Duterte in his latest Talk to the Nation revealed the news on more than 20 elderly people who died in Norway shortly after receiving Pfizer vaccines. “Gusto nyo yung Pfzer […]

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Global vaccine campaign gains pace as Brazil approves AstraZeneca, Sinovac jabs

  by Agence France Presse Bureaus SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — The global Covid-19 vaccination drive gained pace Sunday as Brazil gave its first injections and India pushed on with its massive campaign, while European authorities sought to allay concerns about delays in supplies. Brazil’s health regulator gave the green light for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and China’s CoronaVac to be used as the Latin American giant suffers a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. Monica […]

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China to donate one million Sinovac vaccine doses to Cambodia: PM

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AFP) — China will donate one million doses of its Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Cambodia, the kingdom’s strongman premier Hun Sen has said, thanking “friend” Beijing for its generosity. Cambodia has long been a staunch ally of Beijing, receiving billions of dollars in soft loans and investment from China. While many countries reacted early in the pandemic by closing its borders to Chinese travellers, Hun Sen refused, and even travelled to Beijing […]

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Turkey launches vaccination drive with China’s Sinovac after trials there showing 91.25% efficacy

  ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkish doctors and nurses rolled up their sleeves on Thursday as the nation of 83 million people launched a coronavirus vaccination drive with China’s Sinovac jab. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca received the first shot of CoronaVac live on television after formally approving the vaccine Wednesday despite contradictory data about its efficacy rate. Preliminary studies involving more than 7,000 volunteers in Turkey showed CoronaVac to be 91.25 percent effective. But a […]

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President Widodo gets first Sinovac jab to prove its safety as Indonesia starts mass vaccination

  (Eagle News) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo was the first to be inoculated with China’s Sinovac vaccine against COVID-19 on Wednesday, Jan. 13, as Indonesia officially kicked off its mass vaccination drive starting with the Chinese-developed vaccines. The vaccination of the Indonesian president was broadcast live on television. Widodo had earlier announced that he would be the first one to get the jab to allay the public’s fears about getting vaccinated against COVID-19. The […]

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Indonesia okays emergency use of Sinovac, as Turkey announces start of vaccination this week

  (Eagle News) — Indonesia has given emergency use approval to the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac BioTech Ltd., and is set to start vaccination using the vaccines. As this developed, Turkey also announced that it would start vaccination using the Chinese-made vaccine by Thursday or Friday. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan himself announced the start of the vaccination in Turkey In Indonesia, the Jakarta Post reported that no less than Indonesian President Joko Widodo […]

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Sinovac’s CoronaVac vaccine 78% effective in final stage clinical trials in Brazil, says officials

  SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine CoronaVac showed at least 78-percent effectiveness in final-stage clinical trials in Brazil, officials announced Thursday, saying they would apply for emergency approval from the Brazilian regulatory agency to begin a vaccination campaign. “This is a historic day, a day of hope,” Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria told a news conference announcing the results. He said his state’s vaccination campaign would begin on January 25, though […]

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Palace says first COVID-19 vaccines set to arrive in February will be 65k doses from Sinovac

Roque says PHL to get a total of 25 million vaccine doses from Sinovac in 2021 (Eagle News) – Malacanang said that the first COVID-19 vaccine doses to arrive next month would be coming from Sinovac, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company that produces vaccines against infectious diseases. In a media briefing, Palace spokesperson Harry Roque said that at least 65,000 doses of Sinovac’s vaccines will be arriving in the country by February, which means that 65,000 […]

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Turkey to start using China’s Covid-19 vaccine Sinovac after strong results

    ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) — Turkey will receive its first shipment of China’s Sinovac coronavirus vaccine within days as preliminary domestic tests showed it was 91% effective, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday. Ankara in the next few days will also sign a deal with Pfizer/BioNTech for 4.5 million doses, with the option to buy 30 million more from the US pharmaceutical giant and its German partner, Koca said Turkey will initially receive […]

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Brazilian institute says Chinese vaccine effective

    SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) — Clinical trials of the CoronaVac coronavirus vaccine developed by Chinese laboratory Sinovac have “reached the efficacy threshold” demanded by the World Health Organization, the Brazilian institute charged with its production and distribution said on Wednesday. However, the Butantan Institute didn’t publish the results of those trials — the last before authorization. “We’re reached the efficacy threshold that allows us to seek an emergency use” authorization from Brazil’s Anvisa […]

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