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Source： 2021-05-06 17:23 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started a rolling review of China s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, the EU s top drug regulator announced Tuesday, and experts said that once the vaccine is approved, China will further fulfill its international responsibilities as a major power and provide support to the international community in the pandemic fight. Sinovac and another China-produced COVID-19 jab, Sinopharm, are also under WHO assessment for emergency use, and results are anticipated in a week. The EMA said the decision on whether Sinovac can be marketed in Europe will be based on preliminary results from laboratory and clinical studies. ....
China: U.S. Prioritizing Vaccines for Americans Hurts Its ‘Shaky Leadership’ China’s state-run Global Times on Wednesday continued its effort to capitalize on the coronavirus pandemic in India by accusing the United States of selfishness for “sitting on tens of millions of vaccines” instead of sharing them with other nations. “Stockpiling the COVID-19 [Chinese coronavirus] vaccines may help accelerate the U.S. vaccination pace for now, but such selfish deed also undermines the country’s shaky leadership and credibility in international society,” the Global Times lectured, presumably hoping its readers will not remember China’s mad dash to buy up all of the medical protective equipment in the world before the Wuhan coronavirus became a pandemic. ....
Mixing COVID-19 vaccine shots ‘acceptable’ though efficacy remains under study Hu Yuwei Published: Apr 29, 2021 11:21 PM A medical worker inoculates a recipient with the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination site in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China. Photo: Xinhua Recipients can accept a second COVID-19 shot developed using the same technique but by a different producer under special conditions, a Chinese health official said on Thursday, vowing to increase supply to ensure success of the injection of the second shot amid reports of vaccine shortage in some places. In response to the difficulty in receiving the second shots reported by some people, Wang Bin, an official from China s National Health Commission (NHC), said at a press conference on Thursday that supply will be enhanced to meet demand and priority would be given to people waiting for their second shot. ....
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Sinovac vaccine effective against virus variants in Brazil; efficacy rises if injection interval is more than 21 days Hu Yuwei Published: Apr 12, 2021 10:43 PM Guarani indigenous chief Jurema Nunes, receives a CoronaVac vaccination shot during a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Marica, Brazil, on January 20. Photo: VCG China s Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine has 50.7 percent efficacy and has proved to be effective against the variants known as P1 and P2 that are prevalent in Brazil, latest data showed. Moreover, the Sinovac vaccine s efficacy rate can climb to 62.3 percent with an interval of more than 21 days between doses rather than 14 days. The findings appear in the latest report released on Sunday by Sao Paulo s state-owned Butantan Institute, which tested and produced Sinovac s COVID-19 inactivated vaccine named CoronaVac. ....