Chinese Sinovac covid vaccine more than 50% effective, but data withheld
A nurse holds China s Sinovac covid vaccine. A 50% efficacy rate is a minimum standard set by US regulators for emergency authorization of Covid vaccines
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A Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech was found to be more than 50% effective in a Brazilian clinical trial, though researchers delayed releasing more information at the request of the company
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A Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd. was found to be more than 50% effective in a Brazilian clinical trial, though researchers delayed releasing more information at the request of the company.
Uganda Allows Chinese Residents to Import Covid-19 Vaccine
A staff nurse at the Royal Cornwall Hospital prepares to administer Covid-19 vaccinations as the hospital began their vaccination programme on Dec. 9 in Truro, United Kingdom. Photo: Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) Uganda approved a request by Chinese residents to import 4,000 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine from their home country for their own use.
The inoculation will be provided to Chinese living in an industrial zone, about 58 kilometers (36 miles) northwest of the capital, Kampala, the Health Ministry said on its Twitter account.
The government “is not importing the Chinese Covid-19 vaccine for use by Ugandans,” the ministry said. The shot has yet to be approved by the World Health Organization, it said.
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This file photo taken on Sept 24, 2020 shows a staff member checking vaccines during a media tour of a new factory built to produce a coronavirus vaccine at Sinovac, one of 11 Chinese companies approved to carry out clinical trials of potential coronavirus vaccines, in Beijing. - AFP BEIJING, Dec 19 (Bloomberg): China said it has already administered more than 1 million coronavirus vaccines since July and plans to distribute more, initially targeting workers in industries where they’re at higher risk of infection as the country seeks to be at the vanguard of the global Covid-19 immunisation effort.
Vaccines developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. and the state-owned China National Biotec Group Co., known as CNBG, have been dispensed in the country since they were granted emergency-use authorization in July.
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China said it has already administered more than 1 million coronavirus vaccines since July and plans a phased rollout going forward that will initially target workers at higher risk of infection, as the country seeks to be at the vanguard of the global Covid-19 immunization effort. Vaccines developed by Sinovac Biotech Ltd. and the state-owned China National Biotec Group Co. have been dispensed in the country since they were granted emergency-use authorization in July.
China is now planning wider distribution of the experimental shots with those working in hospitals, customs and cold-chain logistics as well as vulnerable groups, including people with pre-existing medical conditions, to receive them first. A later phase of the rollout will involve the general public, Zeng Yixin, vice minister at China’s National Health Commission, told reporters in Beijing Saturday.