Chinese vaccines welcomed by world China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-26 12:29
Turkey will receive first batch of jab which is 91.25 percent effective in trials Nurse Arzu Yildirim (center) administers a dose of China s Sinovac coronavirus vaccines during phase III clinical trials at Acibadem Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, on Monday. EMRAH GUREL/AP
ANKARA－Turkey will receive its first shipment of China s Sinovac coronavirus vaccines within days as preliminary domestic tests showed it was 91 percent effective, becoming the latest country to welcome Chinese scientific medical breakthroughs. We are sure that the vaccine is effective and safe for Turkish people, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday at a news conference.
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SAO PAULO, Dec 23, 2020 (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.
2:24 a.m. ET, December 24, 2020
Japan records new record high of Covid-19 cases as experts urge public to cancel holiday travel
From CNN’s Yoko Wakatsuki in Tokyo
A chef wearing a face mask looks out from a restaurant window on December 23, in Tokyo, Japan. Carl Court/Getty Images
Japan reported a record 3,268 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, according to the country s Health Ministry.
Wednesday s numbers top the previous record of Dec. 17, when authorities reported 3,208 cases.
Tokyo reported 748 new cases the capital s second-highest number of infections confirmed in a single day, according to the city s metropolitan government.
The Health Ministry also reported 56 additional coronavirus-related fatalities Wednesday, pushing the country s death toll to 3,063.
SAO PAULO Brazil state-run Butantan Institute on Wednesday announced that the CoronaVac vaccine developed by the private Chinese laboratory Sinovac Life Scie