Earlier this week, AstraZeneca PLC and the University of Oxford said their vaccine candidate was 62% to 90% effective, joining two other Western vaccine rivals in providing data. The results could allow the US and other countries to grant regulatory clearance and prepare distribution plans for widespread vaccination. Chinese vaccine …
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BEIJING: A Covid-19 vaccine developed by a state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company was administered to about one million people under the government’s emergency use scheme, the company’s president said. “In terms of emergency use, the vaccines were given to almost a million people and there has not been a single case …
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Covaxin, India’s first homegrown attempt to fight the pandemic, has undergone rapid testing and is now in the midst of medium-scale testing. According to experts, if all goes well, the deadline for vaccine delivery could be sped up even further and India could see millions of doses ready by early …
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BEIJING (AP) – Chinese firm Sinovac Biotech Ltd said Monday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate appeared to be safe for older people, based on preliminary results from an early to mid-stage trial, while immune responses triggered by the vaccine were slightly weaker than those of younger adults. Health officials have …
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