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Indonesia To Get Data From Brazil After Its Own Covid-19 Vaccine Clinical Trial Shows Slow Progress, SE Asia News & Top Stories

[ad_1] JAKARTA – With the slow development of its own phase three clinical trial of a Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Indonesia said it requested data from Brazil, where a similar trial is progressing smoothly. It expects to receive the CoronaVac safety and efficacy data from Chinese company Sinovac Biotech by December …

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SIA Trials New App to Verify Passenger Covid-19 Test Results; adopts the industry framework for potential vaccine passports, transportation news, and highlight stories

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – The flag carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) has begun testing of a new service that will allow faster verification of Covid-19 test results, potentially paving the way for the introduction of vaccine passports. Instead of manually verifying health certificates to verify their authenticity, immigration staff will be able …

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Cryptocurrency XRP Falls 24 Percent After US SEC Indicts Ripple

[ad_1] Deal Cryptocurrency XRP fell 18 percent to a month-low on Wednesday after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused blockchain partner Ripple of conducting an offering of unregistered securities of US $ 1.3 billion. FILE PHOTO: Representations of the virtual currencies Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum, and Litecoin are seen …

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