Covax: How many Covid Vaccines Have The US And The Other G7 Countries Pledged?

UNICEF has urged leaders of the G7 group of countries – who are meeting in Cornwall this weekend – to speed up the donation of vaccines says a news article Published in BBC.

An open letter, signed by celebrity ambassadors including David Beckham, Andy Murray, and Katy Perry, says Covax is facing an urgent shortfall of 190 million doses.

The charity says G7 countries could donate 20 percent of their vaccine supply between June and August – over 150 million doses – without causing “significant...

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79% Effective Chinese Vaccine To Be Approved for Global Use

According to a Reuters report, Chinese vaccine makers Sinopharm and Sinovac have presented data on their COVID-19 vaccines indicating levels of efficacy that would be compatible with those required by the World Health Organization, the chair of a WHO advisory panel said on Wednesday.

April Date for Authorization

The WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) hopes to issue recommendations on those vaccines by the end of April, its chair Alejandro Cravioto, told a Geneva news briefing.

“The...

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COVID Shots Halted Due To Defective Vials Amid Vaccination ‘Hiccup’

  • More than 50 defects in BioNTech vaccine packaging reported by frontline staff, including cracks, leaks and stains on outside of glass vials; all problematic vaccines disposed off.
  • Defects reported to distribution agent Fosun, which told local government to suspend jabs on Wednesday morning as precautionary measure.
  • About 150,000 doses of batch 210102 administered as of Wednesday; doses from another batch, 210104, not yet used.
  • Health officials stress no safety risks arising from packaging...

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First Batch of Vaccines from China’s Sinovac Delivered

As the global race to produce a Covid-19 vaccine continues, China appears to have made huge strides, with one of its vaccine front-runners, Sinovac, already making its way abroad, says an article published in BBC News.

Shipments of Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine CoronaVac have arrived in Indonesia in preparation for a mass vaccination campaign.

Difference between Sinovac and some other vaccines

CoronaVac is an inactivated vaccine, which works by using killed...

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Chinese Old Fashioned Vaccine Touted To Be the Gamechanger COVID19 Vaccine

Many of the 200-plus Covid-19 vaccine projects under way around the world are focused on new technologies—inoculations based on messenger RNA, for example, or genetically modified cold viruses. The company developing one of China’s leading vaccine candidates, by contrast, is betting that humanity’s best chance may lie with a shot not too different from the kind that’s been in use for hundreds of years, reports Bloomberg.

Chinese Company Started Final Trials Last Month

Beijing-based Sinovac...

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