Oregon sends COVID aid to India, Pfizer to send vaccines abroad
As the Pacific Northwest eases back toward normal life, efforts are ramping up to help others less fortunate.
Credit: Medical Teams International Author: Galen Ettlin Updated: 5:09 PM PDT May 23, 2021
OREGON, USA With about half of Oregon and Washington s populations vaccinated against COVID-19, life is easing back to normal. The Pacific Northwest is now sending aid to people in other countries who are less fortunate.
On May 20, crews in Portland loaded 300,000 rapid COVID test kits onto a Boeing 747-8F, headed to India.
India faces an ongoing surge in cases, with hundreds of thousands falling ill and thousands dying per day.
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China admits to ineffective vaccines, looks to foreign options
China s admission comes as an Oregon congressman pushes for effective vaccine formulas be shared to more quickly to end the coronavirus pandemic. Author: Galen Ettlin Updated: 8:01 PM PDT April 11, 2021
BEIJING, China In a rare admission this weekend, the director of China s health agency said COVID vaccines produced by private and state-run groups are not very effective. This comes as an Oregon congressman pushes for effective vaccine property rights be shared to more quickly end the coronavirus pandemic.
The Associated Press reports the director of the China Centers for Disease Control, Gao Fu, said Chinese vaccines “don’t have very high protection rates.”