BEIJING – In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, a Chinese state-owned company boasts that its employees, including top executives, received experimental vaccines even before the government approved tests on people. “Help forge the victory sword,” reads an online SinoPharm post with images of company leaders who he …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinopharm has begun phase III clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi with up to 15,000 volunteers, the government in the UAE capital said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The Sinopharm Group Co Ltd company logo is displayed at a press conference …
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Russia faces new scrutiny for its cyber espionage efforts after the United States, Britain and Canada alleged Thursday that a Kremlin-linked piracy group is trying to steal research related to the development and testing of the coronavirus vaccine. The group of hackers known as APT29 or “Cozy Bear” is believed …
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Text size Mladen Antonov / AFP / Getty Images As the new coronavirus pandemic continues in the U.S., people yearn for a victory after Washington’s spectacular failures to secure adequate supplies of test kits and personal protective equipment. Success depends on whether any of the candidates for the fast-track Covid-19 …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia plans to produce 30 million doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine domestically this year, with the potential to manufacture another 170 million abroad, the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Kirill Dmitriev, director of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), attends …
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