Brazilian Federal Government Unwilling to Buy Chinese Vaccines, Only Buying Products Developed by British Pharmaceutical Companies and Oxford University
In an interview with local Brazilian media on 14th October, Sao Paulo State Health Secretary Jean Gorinchteyn confirmed that the Brazilian federal government had not appropriated funds to purchase the Wuhan Virus vaccine (CoronaVac) from China. Clinical trials of CoronaVac are being conducted in Brazil and the Butantan Institute of Sao Paulo State is in collaboration with research and development.
Gorinchteyn had also stated that in an earlier Ministry of Health meeting, the Brazilian federal government had confirmed they would only purchase vaccines jointly developed by British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University and were not planning on purchasing CoronaVac. Besides the guaranteed purchase of 61 million doses of the Oxford vaccines that the Brazilian federal government had already committed to, authorities are unwilling to purchase additional vaccines, but did not explain the reason why funds were not appropriated to buy the Chinese vaccine.
#WuhanVirus #Brazil #vaccines #AstraZeneca #CoronaVac #Oxford #UK
Source: Stand News #Oct16
In an interview with local Brazilian media on 14th October, Sao Paulo State Health Secretary Jean Gorinchteyn confirmed that the Brazilian federal government had not appropriated funds to purchase the Wuhan Virus vaccine (CoronaVac) from China. Clinical trials of CoronaVac are being conducted in Brazil and the Butantan Institute of Sao Paulo State is in collaboration with research and development.
Gorinchteyn had also stated that in an earlier Ministry of Health meeting, the Brazilian federal government had confirmed they would only purchase vaccines jointly developed by British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca and Oxford University and were not planning on purchasing CoronaVac. Besides the guaranteed purchase of 61 million doses of the Oxford vaccines that the Brazilian federal government had already committed to, authorities are unwilling to purchase additional vaccines, but did not explain the reason why funds were not appropriated to buy the Chinese vaccine.
#WuhanVirus #Brazil #vaccines #AstraZeneca #CoronaVac #Oxford #UK
Source: Stand News #Oct16
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周三 (14/10) ，巴西聖保羅州衞生部部長 Jean Gorinchteyn 接受當地傳媒訪問時確認，聯邦...
Hundreds of People Protested Against the Push for Chinese Vaccination in Brazil São Paulo
More than 300 people demonstrated in the central business district of São Paolo, the biggest city in Brazil, on Sunday local times (Nov 1), opposing the measures suggested by the state governor João Doria on the universal COVID-19 vaccination, as well as opposing the authorities on the use of vaccines from a Chinese company Sinovac Biotech.
Protest participants expressed support for President Jair Bolsonaro, who opposed the use of Chinese vaccines. Some even viewed João Doria as China’s ambassador, forcing them to take the Chinese vaccines.
Doria earlier stated that as long as the vaccines were available and sufficient, he planned to force the citizens of São Paolo to vaccinate. However, President Bolsonaro indicated earlier that vaccination was only voluntary. Reports stated that the local Supreme Court would make a verdict on the issue later.
Source: Stand News #Nov02
#Wuhan #Coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID #SaoPaolo #Brazil #JoaoDoria #Doria #JairBolsonaro #Bolsonaro #Vaccines #ChineseVaccine #SinovacBiotech
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More than 300 people demonstrated in the central business district of São Paolo, the biggest city in Brazil, on Sunday local times (Nov 1), opposing the measures suggested by the state governor João Doria on the universal COVID-19 vaccination, as well as opposing the authorities on the use of vaccines from a Chinese company Sinovac Biotech.
Protest participants expressed support for President Jair Bolsonaro, who opposed the use of Chinese vaccines. Some even viewed João Doria as China’s ambassador, forcing them to take the Chinese vaccines.
Doria earlier stated that as long as the vaccines were available and sufficient, he planned to force the citizens of São Paolo to vaccinate. However, President Bolsonaro indicated earlier that vaccination was only voluntary. Reports stated that the local Supreme Court would make a verdict on the issue later.
Source: Stand News #Nov02
#Wuhan #Coronavirus #COVID19 #COVID #SaoPaolo #Brazil #JoaoDoria #Doria #JairBolsonaro #Bolsonaro #Vaccines #ChineseVaccine #SinovacBiotech
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UAE Claims 86% effectiveness of Sinopharm COVID Vaccine, Experts Question Failure to Account for Clinical Test Data
The UAE health authorities announced on Wednesday (Dec 9) that the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has been tested and confirmed to be 86% effective, making it the first country in the world to certify the effectiveness of a Chinese-made vaccine. However, some academics, holding a wait-and-see attitude, believe that the UAE authorities have not provided key and detailed information, including data from the Phase 3 clinical trials.
The UAE is one of the ten countries where two of Sinopharm’ vaccines are undergoing clinical trials. UAE indicated that it had approved an interim analysis of the vaccine’s Phase 3 clinical trial data, which showed 100% effectiveness in preventing mild symptoms from turning into moderate to severe conditions. They also claimed an overall effective protection rate of 86%, adding that the vaccine poses no serious safety concerns.
The Sinopharm Group did not confirm the news or comment to the media for several hours after UAE’s announcement. The New York Times even reported that it was disconnected when it tried to reach the group on the phone. It was only at dusk on Thursday (Dec 10) that Sinopharm uploaded its vaccine registration statement for the UAE. Still, it did not provide further data on the Phase 3 tests, such as the number of people infected with the vaccine and the volunteers’ age. The group also did not make any “welcome” remarks.
#UAE #China #Sinopharm #COVID19 #Vaccines #Trials #TestData #NewYorkTimes
Source: Stand News #Dec11
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The UAE health authorities announced on Wednesday (Dec 9) that the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine has been tested and confirmed to be 86% effective, making it the first country in the world to certify the effectiveness of a Chinese-made vaccine. However, some academics, holding a wait-and-see attitude, believe that the UAE authorities have not provided key and detailed information, including data from the Phase 3 clinical trials.
The UAE is one of the ten countries where two of Sinopharm’ vaccines are undergoing clinical trials. UAE indicated that it had approved an interim analysis of the vaccine’s Phase 3 clinical trial data, which showed 100% effectiveness in preventing mild symptoms from turning into moderate to severe conditions. They also claimed an overall effective protection rate of 86%, adding that the vaccine poses no serious safety concerns.
The Sinopharm Group did not confirm the news or comment to the media for several hours after UAE’s announcement. The New York Times even reported that it was disconnected when it tried to reach the group on the phone. It was only at dusk on Thursday (Dec 10) that Sinopharm uploaded its vaccine registration statement for the UAE. Still, it did not provide further data on the Phase 3 tests, such as the number of people infected with the vaccine and the volunteers’ age. The group also did not make any “welcome” remarks.
#UAE #China #Sinopharm #COVID19 #Vaccines #Trials #TestData #NewYorkTimes
Source: Stand News #Dec11
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阿聯酋衛生部門周三（9 日）宣布，指經測試證實中國國藥控股研發的武漢肺炎（COVID-19）疫苗有效率達 86...
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China wants the United States to be generous and share the coronavirus vaccines worldwide; China’s hypocritical and rascal acts to shift focus on their responsibility of spreading the coronavirus epidemic
//On the weekend after G20 meeting, leaders from each country gave a speech through the internet meeting and mostly discussed the rebound of the epidemic happening around the world. During Xi Jinping’s speech, he talked through his hat as usual and stated that he fully supports vaccine development and for the vaccine to become public assets in the future, so those poor countries could also get the vaccine. He even suggested developing an international health code cell-phone app for healthy people to travel around the world, to speed up the recovery of the global economy.
//Health codes are QR codes app that is currently implementing in Mainland China, storing all personal health data and location information in the mobile phone so that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Government can track one’s location.
//Even if a person is not concerned about personal’s privacy, one should worry about the credibility of China’s virus testing. If the virus testing has a false result, it would lead to many falsely diagnosed patients traveling around the world, repeating the tribulation of China exporting the coronavirus. The world needs to remember in early 2020, China tried to conceal the in-country epidemic; when it could not be hidden anymore, CCP repeatedly emphasized that the virus was similar to flu and condemned those countries that prohibited the entry of Chinese citizens as an act of racialism, resulting in many Chinese patients exported the virus over the world. China is the origin of the coronavirus epidemic.
//Other countries may not do well in controlling the epidemic, but it cannot counteract the responsibility of China creating the epidemic. It is the same as a fireman being unable to control the mountain fire effectively, but ignore the criminal liability of the arsonist who caused the fire.
//If China really cares about poor countries for not getting the vaccines, why don’t China purchase the vaccines for the countries from the United States? The Chinese government had also been telling the world that the vaccines developed in China were very effective and safe, even releasing them before the US. Since the Chinese vaccines are that good, why don’t the China government distribute them to poor countries for free?
//The Chinese pharmaceutical factories had never published their research and testing data on the vaccines.
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: The Stand News
#China #Coronavirus #Vaccines #Blame #Pressure
China wants the United States to be generous and share the coronavirus vaccines worldwide; China’s hypocritical and rascal acts to shift focus on their responsibility of spreading the coronavirus epidemic
//On the weekend after G20 meeting, leaders from each country gave a speech through the internet meeting and mostly discussed the rebound of the epidemic happening around the world. During Xi Jinping’s speech, he talked through his hat as usual and stated that he fully supports vaccine development and for the vaccine to become public assets in the future, so those poor countries could also get the vaccine. He even suggested developing an international health code cell-phone app for healthy people to travel around the world, to speed up the recovery of the global economy.
//Health codes are QR codes app that is currently implementing in Mainland China, storing all personal health data and location information in the mobile phone so that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Government can track one’s location.
//Even if a person is not concerned about personal’s privacy, one should worry about the credibility of China’s virus testing. If the virus testing has a false result, it would lead to many falsely diagnosed patients traveling around the world, repeating the tribulation of China exporting the coronavirus. The world needs to remember in early 2020, China tried to conceal the in-country epidemic; when it could not be hidden anymore, CCP repeatedly emphasized that the virus was similar to flu and condemned those countries that prohibited the entry of Chinese citizens as an act of racialism, resulting in many Chinese patients exported the virus over the world. China is the origin of the coronavirus epidemic.
//Other countries may not do well in controlling the epidemic, but it cannot counteract the responsibility of China creating the epidemic. It is the same as a fireman being unable to control the mountain fire effectively, but ignore the criminal liability of the arsonist who caused the fire.
//If China really cares about poor countries for not getting the vaccines, why don’t China purchase the vaccines for the countries from the United States? The Chinese government had also been telling the world that the vaccines developed in China were very effective and safe, even releasing them before the US. Since the Chinese vaccines are that good, why don’t the China government distribute them to poor countries for free?
//The Chinese pharmaceutical factories had never published their research and testing data on the vaccines.
Full Translation Here: Hong Kong Echo
Source: The Stand News
#China #Coronavirus #Vaccines #Blame #Pressure
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HK Advisory Panel considers China-made Sinovac’s Covid vaccine “safe” despite its efficiency of just 62.3%: "No Need to Wait for Results Published in Medical Journal"
On Feb 10, 2021, upon the review of the newly developed #Covid19 vaccine by the Chinese company #Sinovac , the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines, established by the Hong Kong SAR government, requested the company to submit supplementary information, and scheduled a reassessment in two weeks.
However, on Feb 16, 2021 the Panel announced that based on the supplementary information received, it was concluded that the pros of the vaccine outbalance the cons, and that it recommended the Department of Health of the Hong Kong government to administer the vaccine for emergency use.
Wallace Lau Chak-sing, the convenor of the Panel, indicated that the efficiency of the vaccine is as high as 62.3%. However, in a data pool with about 11 million testers, 44 developed facial palsy and 2 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome.
When being compared with the efficiency of the vaccine by BioNTech, which is as high as 95%, panel member David HUI Shu-cheong argued that it is impossible to compare different kinds of vaccines, and quoted that the standard efficiency determined by WHO is only 50%. He also said the supplementary data for the vaccine provided by Sinovac was sufficient enough and that it was unnecessary to wait for the publication of its third term report in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Source: Stand News #Feb16
#MadeinChina #Vaccines #DavidHui
HK Advisory Panel considers China-made Sinovac’s Covid vaccine “safe” despite its efficiency of just 62.3%: "No Need to Wait for Results Published in Medical Journal"
On Feb 10, 2021, upon the review of the newly developed #Covid19 vaccine by the Chinese company #Sinovac , the Advisory Panel on COVID-19 Vaccines, established by the Hong Kong SAR government, requested the company to submit supplementary information, and scheduled a reassessment in two weeks.
However, on Feb 16, 2021 the Panel announced that based on the supplementary information received, it was concluded that the pros of the vaccine outbalance the cons, and that it recommended the Department of Health of the Hong Kong government to administer the vaccine for emergency use.
Wallace Lau Chak-sing, the convenor of the Panel, indicated that the efficiency of the vaccine is as high as 62.3%. However, in a data pool with about 11 million testers, 44 developed facial palsy and 2 developed Guillain-Barré syndrome.
When being compared with the efficiency of the vaccine by BioNTech, which is as high as 95%, panel member David HUI Shu-cheong argued that it is impossible to compare different kinds of vaccines, and quoted that the standard efficiency determined by WHO is only 50%. He also said the supplementary data for the vaccine provided by Sinovac was sufficient enough and that it was unnecessary to wait for the publication of its third term report in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
Source: Stand News #Feb16
#MadeinChina #Vaccines #DavidHui
A wide range of vaccines is used in many countries but is a high vaccination rate proportional to herd immunity? Here are some examples of countries injecting different types of vaccines.
#COVID19 #Vaccines #HerdImmunity #GoHKgraphics
#COVID19 #Vaccines #HerdImmunity #GoHKgraphics
Indonesia has 5 million confirmed cases a day, Korean media criticized relentlessly as “has been pitted by China’s vaccines”
Indonesia recently is being a COVID-19 pandemic centre globally, and there were 5 million confirmed cases on 14 July. A Korean media reported this situation today (16July), and directly stated “has been pitted by the China’s vaccines”.
Chosun Media in Chinese version used “Indonesia confirms 10% of global cases in one day…has been pitted by the vaccines produced by China” as title on 16July, reported the difficult situation facing by Indonesia nowadays. The official of Indonesia announced on 14 July, there was 54,517 confirmed cases. Reviewed back to mid of May, the confirmed cases were approximately two thousand people, however from 21 June, the daily confirmed cases were over 1.5 million, on 14 July was the first time to over 5 million confirmed cases on a single day, which is 10% of the global cases on that day.
The report stated, the ratio of people who had first dose vaccination in Indonesia is 13.3%, completely vaccinated is 5.5%. However, the problem is occurred in the vaccines, there are 90% from Sinovac. A foreign media reported recently, there were 181 medical staff died from the pandemic during June to the next few days, which mainly vaccinated with Sinovac.
Source: The Liberty Times #Jul16
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3605438
#China #Indonesia #KoreanMedia #ChosunMedia #Sinovac #COVID #Pandemic #Vaccines
Indonesia recently is being a COVID-19 pandemic centre globally, and there were 5 million confirmed cases on 14 July. A Korean media reported this situation today (16July), and directly stated “has been pitted by the China’s vaccines”.
Chosun Media in Chinese version used “Indonesia confirms 10% of global cases in one day…has been pitted by the vaccines produced by China” as title on 16July, reported the difficult situation facing by Indonesia nowadays. The official of Indonesia announced on 14 July, there was 54,517 confirmed cases. Reviewed back to mid of May, the confirmed cases were approximately two thousand people, however from 21 June, the daily confirmed cases were over 1.5 million, on 14 July was the first time to over 5 million confirmed cases on a single day, which is 10% of the global cases on that day.
The report stated, the ratio of people who had first dose vaccination in Indonesia is 13.3%, completely vaccinated is 5.5%. However, the problem is occurred in the vaccines, there are 90% from Sinovac. A foreign media reported recently, there were 181 medical staff died from the pandemic during June to the next few days, which mainly vaccinated with Sinovac.
Source: The Liberty Times #Jul16
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3605438
#China #Indonesia #KoreanMedia #ChosunMedia #Sinovac #COVID #Pandemic #Vaccines
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印尼一天確診破5萬人 韓媒不留情直批「被中國疫苗坑了」 - 國際 - 自由時報電子報
印尼最近成為全球武漢肺炎（新型冠狀病毒病，COVID-19）疫情中心，14日更爆出單日新增5萬確診的恐怖數字，今天（16日）有韓媒報導此一慘況，更直指印尼「被中國產疫苗坑了」。《朝鮮日報中文版》16日以「印尼一天內確診全球10%的病例...被中國產疫苗坑了」為題，報導印尼現今面臨的艱難處境，印尼官方14日公布，一天確診人數多達54517，回顧5月中旬，印尼日確診約2千人，但從6月21日開始，每天確診超過1.5萬人，14日則是首次單日確診超過5萬人，是當天全球新增確診者的10%。