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Brazil Turns to Chinese Covid Vaccine as Cases Surge
Two top politicians clash over response as the country’s average death toll approaches 1,000 people a day.
Serbia receives million doses of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
A plane carrying one million doses of Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine arrived on Saturday in Serbia, making it the first European country to receive the Chinese vaccine for mass inoculation programmes.
U.A.E. Pushes Ahead With Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine, Hoping to Avoid Lockdowns as Cases Surge
The Gulf nation has embarked on the world’s second-fastest coronavirus vaccination campaign, trailing only Israel.
Cambodia says China donates 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday that China will provide a million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be used for inoculating 500,000 people.
Vaccine shipments to EU slow as Turkey, China ramp up inoculations
Some EU nations are receiving fewer than expected doses of coronavirus vaccines as U.S. pharmaceutical firm Pfizer slows shipments, while Turkey and China race ahead with inoculations amid surging infections worldwide.
China COVID-19 vaccinations gather momentum as outbreaks spread
A little-known Beijing museum of urban planning looks set to see more visitors after being converted into a COVID-19 vaccination site as China seeks to ramp up inoculations amid a new upsurge in infections.
Exclusive: International COVID-19 vaccine poll shows higher mistrust of Russia, China shots
People across the world are generally likely to say yes to getting a COVID-19 vaccine, but would be more distrustful of shots made in China or Russia than those developed in Germany or the United States, an international poll showed on Friday.
Hungary PM asks regulator to assess Chinese COVID vaccine quickly
Hungary's medical regulator will hopefully give a "clear answer" in a few days on whether the country can start using a coronavirus vaccine developed by China for mass inoculations, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.
India says trust with China 'profoundly disturbed', U.S. ties on upswing
India's Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday that trust with China had been deeply impaired after last summer's border clash which resulted in the first combat deaths in 45 years.
WHO's Tedros welcomes Chinese green light for virus origins probe
The head of the World Health Organization on Monday welcomed news that China had authorised a team of international experts probing the origins of the new coronavirus to come to the country.
Indonesia approves China's Sinovac vaccine as infections surge
Indonesia gave Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine its first emergency use approval outside China on Monday as the world's fourth most populous country launches nationwide inoculations to stem surging infections and deaths.
Seychelles rolls out COVID-19 vaccination using China's Sinopharm, says president's office
Seychelles has started vaccinating its population against COVID-19 with doses from China's Sinopharm vaccine, President Wavel Ramkalawan said.
Brazil snaps up local output of Chinese vaccine for national immunization
Brazil's government has signed a deal with Sao Paulo's Butantan Institute to buy the full output this year of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine it is producing, the institute said, after announcing strong efficacy trial data.
COVID-19 fight in China's Hebei enters 'wartime mode'
The fight to contain the coronavirus in northern China's Hebei has entered "wartime mode", official media reported on Tuesday, after the province surrounding capital Beijing saw its first locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in more than six months.
China's CNBG has supplied 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to UAE
United Arab Emirates (UAE) has received a total of three million COVID-19 vaccine doses from China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the company said on Tuesday.
'No need to panic,' China official says of coronavirus variants
There is no sign new coronavirus variants will affect the immune impact of a vaccine that China has just authorised for public use, a disease control official was quoted as saying on Friday.
Crowds fill streets in China's pandemic-hit Wuhan, celebrate New Year
Large crowds took to the streets at midnight on Friday in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, celebrating the arrival of 2021 after a year marred by a deadly pandemic that killed thousands there and required the city to be locked down between the end of January and early...
Philippines warns of unapproved Covid-19 shots as soldiers get jabs,
SE Asia News -“The law does not bar anyone from getting shots of unregistered vaccines,” said the president’s spokesman Harry Roque.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Turkey expects China COVID-19 vaccine in days, as doctors seek more data
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday Turkey would receive the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines developed by China's Sinovac this week, remaining focused on its rollout even as doctors awaited a fuller picture of trial results.
China's CAS COVID-19 vaccine induces immune response in mid-stage tests
A coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) was found to be safe and triggered immune responses in early and mid-stage trials, researchers said on Tuesday.