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Brazil, with more COVID-19 cases than any other country after the United States and India, is on the verge of having its first authorized vaccine for the pandemic disease. At a press conference today, Brazilian researchers reported that a vaccine made by a Chinese company, Sinovac, was safe and had 78% efficacy in preventing mild cases of COVID-19 in a study of more than 12,000 health care workers. It also completely prevented moderate and severe illness caused by SARS-CoV-2 infections, the team said. “The result we are seeing today is fantastic,” Rosana Richtmann, a physician from the Emilio Ribas Institute of Infectious Disease, said at the press conference.
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Colorado polio survivor is hopeful about COVID-19 vaccine
Marny Eulberg was four years old when she was hospitalized with polio. She spent six months in the hospital and had to learn to how to walk again when she was finally able to return home. Eulberg, a retired physician, is still running a clinic for other polio survivors and she can t help but notice some parallels between polio and COVID-19.
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WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. â Marny Eulberg was 4 years old when she was hospitalized with polio. She spent six months in the hospital and had to learn to how to walk again when she was finally able to return home.