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Chinese media's disclosure that Wuhan Pneumonia vaccine may increase severity retracted in less than a day
(31 Aug) On 30 August, Yicai Media published a report titled "Exclusive evidence: COVID-19 vaccine may cause aggravated immune response". An anonymous expert from the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center told the media, "our latest study found that ADE [antibody-dependent enhancement] exists and its prevalence is not low. The results of relevant studies are awaiting publication."
The expert admitted, "COVID-19 presents a risk of ADE, which will be a challenge for the vaccine but it will depend on the specific antigen it uses." He also claimed that earlier this month, the Center for Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration released the "(Preliminary) Guidelines for the Clinical Evaluation of Prophylactic COVID-19 vaccination", which did not mention the risk of ADE in vaccines. The reality is that many countries have continually deliberated on the ADE issue in COVID-19. As of yet, no in-depth studies exist in the world. He is unsure if his team's findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals. The report from Yicai Media was deleted a day after [its publication].
ADE is the acronym for "antibody-dependent enhancement". The presence of ADE means that after inoculation, the immune response in a portion of the population would exacerbate the disease. As the second wave of the Wuhan Pneumonia sweeps the globe, a man from Reno*, Nevada in the US is re-infected with symptoms much worse than the first time. Although it is still uncertain whether the "ADE phenomenon" caused it, scientists warn that if the Wuhan Pneumonia virus produces ADE, the mortality risk of the second wave will be much higher.
Editor's Note:
* The original article incorrectly states that the man's name is Reno.
Source: Itn
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
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Chinese media's disclosure that Wuhan Pneumonia vaccine may increase severity retracted in less than a day
(31 Aug) On 30 August, Yicai Media published a report titled "Exclusive evidence: COVID-19 vaccine may cause aggravated immune response". An anonymous expert from the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center told the media, "our latest study found that ADE [antibody-dependent enhancement] exists and its prevalence is not low. The results of relevant studies are awaiting publication."
The expert admitted, "COVID-19 presents a risk of ADE, which will be a challenge for the vaccine but it will depend on the specific antigen it uses." He also claimed that earlier this month, the Center for Drug Evaluation of the National Medical Products Administration released the "(Preliminary) Guidelines for the Clinical Evaluation of Prophylactic COVID-19 vaccination", which did not mention the risk of ADE in vaccines. The reality is that many countries have continually deliberated on the ADE issue in COVID-19. As of yet, no in-depth studies exist in the world. He is unsure if his team's findings will be published in peer-reviewed journals. The report from Yicai Media was deleted a day after [its publication].
ADE is the acronym for "antibody-dependent enhancement". The presence of ADE means that after inoculation, the immune response in a portion of the population would exacerbate the disease. As the second wave of the Wuhan Pneumonia sweeps the globe, a man from Reno*, Nevada in the US is re-infected with symptoms much worse than the first time. Although it is still uncertain whether the "ADE phenomenon" caused it, scientists warn that if the Wuhan Pneumonia virus produces ADE, the mortality risk of the second wave will be much higher.
Editor's Note:
* The original article incorrectly states that the man's name is Reno.
Source: Itn
Translated by: Hong Kong Echo
#ADE #ChineseVaccine #Coronavirus
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中媒爆接種武肺疫苗或致病症加重 不到1天被下架 - 國際 - 自由時報電子報
武漢肺炎（新型冠狀病毒病，COVID-19）疫情全球爆發，各國無不加速研發疫苗的腳步，日前中國宣布該國已有進入Ⅲ期臨床試驗的疫苗，但昨日有中媒引述上海公共衛生臨床中心專家的話表示，該團隊最新研究發現武漢肺炎恐有「ADE效應」，警告部分人在接種疫苗之後，其自身的免疫反應反而會導致疾病加重，並說中國官方先前公布的疫苗指南未提到此事。原報導不到1日就被刪除。中媒《第一財經》30日刊出，標題為「獨家求證：新冠疫苗的免疫反應可能導致病症加重」的報導，一不具名的上海公共衛生臨床中心專家向該媒體透露，「我們的最新研究…
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Beijing hoses down its own vaccine propaganda
//mass vaccination would be unnecessary, as long as citizens keep wearing masks and maintain a safe distance from others in public venues.
//Beijing may have spread its propaganda too far and now must tell its people they would not need vaccines because their availability may not meet popular expectations.
//“Beijing may have realized that it can neither ensure absolute safety and effectiveness of its vaccines or ratchet up production in short order, so now it has to ask people like Gao to manage people’s expectations,”
//A colleague of Gao at CDC told state broadcaster China Central Television on Tuesday (September 15) that ordinary Chinese people can expect to get their shots as early as November.
//In August, Communist Party mouthpiece Guangming Daily quoted Liu Jingzhen, president of China National Pharmaceutical Crop (SinoPharm), as saying that the company, the largest state-owned drugmaker, could only turn out 200-300 million doses a year.
//That output will fall short of domestic demand, not to mention Beijing’s pledges to donate vaccines to several Southeast Asian and African nations.
//in August Xinhua said in a feature story that the nation’s annual output would hit a billion doses.
//Hong Kong’s government has unveiled a scheme to procure doses for twice the entire city’s population. The city has reportedly budgeted more than HK$8.4 billion ($1 billion) for no less than 16.5 million doses from a wide swath of suppliers across mainland China and the West.
Full article: Asia Times, (18-Sep)
#Vaccine #China #ChineseVaccine #Coronavirus
Beijing hoses down its own vaccine propaganda
//mass vaccination would be unnecessary, as long as citizens keep wearing masks and maintain a safe distance from others in public venues.
//Beijing may have spread its propaganda too far and now must tell its people they would not need vaccines because their availability may not meet popular expectations.
//“Beijing may have realized that it can neither ensure absolute safety and effectiveness of its vaccines or ratchet up production in short order, so now it has to ask people like Gao to manage people’s expectations,”
//A colleague of Gao at CDC told state broadcaster China Central Television on Tuesday (September 15) that ordinary Chinese people can expect to get their shots as early as November.
//In August, Communist Party mouthpiece Guangming Daily quoted Liu Jingzhen, president of China National Pharmaceutical Crop (SinoPharm), as saying that the company, the largest state-owned drugmaker, could only turn out 200-300 million doses a year.
//That output will fall short of domestic demand, not to mention Beijing’s pledges to donate vaccines to several Southeast Asian and African nations.
//in August Xinhua said in a feature story that the nation’s annual output would hit a billion doses.
//Hong Kong’s government has unveiled a scheme to procure doses for twice the entire city’s population. The city has reportedly budgeted more than HK$8.4 billion ($1 billion) for no less than 16.5 million doses from a wide swath of suppliers across mainland China and the West.
Full article: Asia Times, (18-Sep)
#Vaccine #China #ChineseVaccine #Coronavirus
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Beijing hoses down its own vaccine propaganda
Chinese public health officials and experts are split over whether the entire population should get at least one jab in the winter if local vaccines become available before a possible next resurgen…
Brazil President Refused to Buy Chinese Vaccine
Brazil, where the COVID-19 epidemic is severe, plans to launch a national vaccination program. The authorities once stated that they would use a Chinese vaccine, but this action aroused public opposition. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he would not buy the Chinese vaccine.
BBC reported that a Bolsonaro supporter urged the authorities not to buy coronavirus vaccine from Sinovac, a Chinese company, on social media, to which Bolsonaro responded, "We will not buy the Chinese vaccine." He added that the Brazilian authorities have not yet approved the use of Sinovac vaccine.
São Paulo Governor João Doria once said the federal government would include CoronaVac, the vaccine from Sinovac, in National Vaccination Program, and agreed to purchase 46 million doses for the citizen of São Paulo. The vaccination program was planned to begin in January 2021. The Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday (20 October) that the authorities would buy CoronaVac, but Bolsonaro directly rejected it.
#Brazil #NationalImmunizationProgram #Bolsonaro #JoãoDoria #EduardoPazuello #Sinovac #CoronaVac #BBC #COVID19 #ChineseVaccine
Source: The Stand News #Oct22
https://bit.ly/323uY0T
Brazil, where the COVID-19 epidemic is severe, plans to launch a national vaccination program. The authorities once stated that they would use a Chinese vaccine, but this action aroused public opposition. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he would not buy the Chinese vaccine.
BBC reported that a Bolsonaro supporter urged the authorities not to buy coronavirus vaccine from Sinovac, a Chinese company, on social media, to which Bolsonaro responded, "We will not buy the Chinese vaccine." He added that the Brazilian authorities have not yet approved the use of Sinovac vaccine.
São Paulo Governor João Doria once said the federal government would include CoronaVac, the vaccine from Sinovac, in National Vaccination Program, and agreed to purchase 46 million doses for the citizen of São Paulo. The vaccination program was planned to begin in January 2021. The Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello said on Tuesday (20 October) that the authorities would buy CoronaVac, but Bolsonaro directly rejected it.
#Brazil #NationalImmunizationProgram #Bolsonaro #JoãoDoria #EduardoPazuello #Sinovac #CoronaVac #BBC #COVID19 #ChineseVaccine
Source: The Stand News #Oct22
https://bit.ly/323uY0T
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
https://bit.ly/2GMMaQZ
#WuhanPneumonia #ChineseVaccine
China's #Sinovac delays Vaccines' Clinical Test Result for the Third Time
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Dec24
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China's #Sinovac delays Vaccines' Clinical Test Result for the Third Time
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Dec24
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China's #Sinovac delays Vaccines' Clinical Test Result for the Third Time
Carrie Lam announced that the Hong Kong SAR Government has already bought 7.5 million doeses of vaccines from the Chiness company Sinovec, even before the release of the Phase 3 efficacy test result.
Lam claimed that the vaccines will arrive in Hong Kong in January 2020. University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung disagreed, as Sinovec will not release its clinical data until January.
The Chinese firm tested its vaccines in Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey. The phase three result of its vaccine's efficacy test was originally planned to be published on Dec 23, 2020.
Brazillian president Jair Bolsonaro once said he was not willing to get vaccinated and had doubts over the Chinese vaccines. According to Reuters, at lease half of the population in Brazil refused to be vaccinated.
Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung urged the HKSAR government for more information on the vaccine's efficacy on mutated coronavirus strains.
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Dec24
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1566925-20201224.htm
China's #Sinovac delays Vaccines' Clinical Test Result for the Third Time
Carrie Lam announced that the Hong Kong SAR Government has already bought 7.5 million doeses of vaccines from the Chiness company Sinovec, even before the release of the Phase 3 efficacy test result.
Lam claimed that the vaccines will arrive in Hong Kong in January 2020. University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung disagreed, as Sinovec will not release its clinical data until January.
The Chinese firm tested its vaccines in Brazil, Indonesia and Turkey. The phase three result of its vaccine's efficacy test was originally planned to be published on Dec 23, 2020.
Brazillian president Jair Bolsonaro once said he was not willing to get vaccinated and had doubts over the Chinese vaccines. According to Reuters, at lease half of the population in Brazil refused to be vaccinated.
Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung urged the HKSAR government for more information on the vaccine's efficacy on mutated coronavirus strains.
Source: Stand News; RTHK #Dec24
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1566925-20201224.htm
Chinese COVID vaccine with unknown effectiveness? Don't worry, Hongkongers are the guinea pigs, despite the reverse response on a Brazilian testee, and the corruption between the manufacturer and officials.
#COVID19 #ChineseVaccine #SinoVacBiotech #GoHKGraphics
#COVID19 #ChineseVaccine #SinoVacBiotech #GoHKGraphics
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Significant drop in bookings following first death after receiving Chinese vaccine
Since the first case of death after receiving the China-made #Sinovac vaccine, vaccination centers have seen a significant drop in bookings.
Samuel Kwok Po-yin, medical director of Kwai Chung COVID vaccination center where the deceased man was vaccinated, had this to say:
“Our job is to administer the vaccine and make sure it is injected at the correct site. But as for consultation or medical diagnosis, our center is not responsible for that. The recipients are responsible for their own medical condition. They know their own body best."
Source: Facebook@onaclearday903, #Mar4
Significant drop in bookings following first death after receiving Chinese vaccine
Since the first case of death after receiving the China-made #Sinovac vaccine, vaccination centers have seen a significant drop in bookings.
Samuel Kwok Po-yin, medical director of Kwai Chung COVID vaccination center where the deceased man was vaccinated, had this to say:
“Our job is to administer the vaccine and make sure it is injected at the correct site. But as for consultation or medical diagnosis, our center is not responsible for that. The recipients are responsible for their own medical condition. They know their own body best."
Source: Facebook@onaclearday903, #Mar4
#FactWire: #Sinovac limits Hong Kong’s protection against infection from #Omicron, analysis suggests
//Analysis conducted by FactWire suggests that only 16.5 per cent of Hong Kong’s population is currently protected against infection from the Omicron variant of Covid-19, when factors such as the percentage of vaccinated residents, the type of vaccine received, and waning antibody levels are taken into consideration.
This is due to the limited effectiveness of the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine, commonly known as Sinovac – one of the two options available in Hong Kong – against infection from the Omicron variant. Almost half of those receiving their first or third jabs in February opted for Sinovac, which may prevent severe illness but not infection.
...three doses of Sinovac may only be 36 per cent effective, falling drastically to 19 per cent after three months, and standing at a mere 8 per cent after six months.
Had BioNTech been the only vaccine offered in Hong Kong since the beginning of its vaccination programme, a protection rate of 56.93 per cent would have been achieved by the end of April, and would have reached 77.4 per cent at the end of October.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/26/factwire-sinovac-limits-hong-kongs-protection-against-infection-from-omicron-analysis-suggests/
Source: FactWire; Hong Kong Free Press #Feb26
#Covid19 #Pandemic #MadeinChina #ChineseVaccine
//Analysis conducted by FactWire suggests that only 16.5 per cent of Hong Kong’s population is currently protected against infection from the Omicron variant of Covid-19, when factors such as the percentage of vaccinated residents, the type of vaccine received, and waning antibody levels are taken into consideration.
This is due to the limited effectiveness of the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine, commonly known as Sinovac – one of the two options available in Hong Kong – against infection from the Omicron variant. Almost half of those receiving their first or third jabs in February opted for Sinovac, which may prevent severe illness but not infection.
...three doses of Sinovac may only be 36 per cent effective, falling drastically to 19 per cent after three months, and standing at a mere 8 per cent after six months.
Had BioNTech been the only vaccine offered in Hong Kong since the beginning of its vaccination programme, a protection rate of 56.93 per cent would have been achieved by the end of April, and would have reached 77.4 per cent at the end of October.//
Read the full article:
https://hongkongfp.com/2022/02/26/factwire-sinovac-limits-hong-kongs-protection-against-infection-from-omicron-analysis-suggests/
Source: FactWire; Hong Kong Free Press #Feb26
#Covid19 #Pandemic #MadeinChina #ChineseVaccine
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FactWire: Sinovac limits Hong Kong’s protection against infection from Omicron, analysis suggests
Analysis conducted by FactWire suggests that only 16.5 per cent of Hong Kong’s population is currently protected against infection from the Omicron variant of Covid-19, when factors such as the per…
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Hong Kong's immunised who died of #Covid19 mainly got #Sinovac vaccine: Media
//Almost 87 per cent of Hong Kongers who died from Covid-19 after getting at least one dose of vaccine received China-made Sinovac Biotech Ltd's shot, Ming Pao reported, though most deaths occurred among those who weren't immunised.
Most deaths in Hong Kong have occurred among under-vaccinated senior citizens, particularly those living in elderly care homes.
There have been more than 5,400 fatalities in the latest Omicron-driven outbreak, making the city's death per capita the world's highest.//
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https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kongs-immunised-who-died-of-covid-19-mainly-got-sinovac-vaccine-media
Source: Bloomberg; Strait Times; Mingpao #Mar20
#Omicron #Pandemic #5thWave #Death #Vaccination #WuhanPneumonia
Hong Kong's immunised who died of #Covid19 mainly got #Sinovac vaccine: Media
//Almost 87 per cent of Hong Kongers who died from Covid-19 after getting at least one dose of vaccine received China-made Sinovac Biotech Ltd's shot, Ming Pao reported, though most deaths occurred among those who weren't immunised.
Most deaths in Hong Kong have occurred among under-vaccinated senior citizens, particularly those living in elderly care homes.
There have been more than 5,400 fatalities in the latest Omicron-driven outbreak, making the city's death per capita the world's highest.//
Read the full article:
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kongs-immunised-who-died-of-covid-19-mainly-got-sinovac-vaccine-media
Source: Bloomberg; Strait Times; Mingpao #Mar20
#Omicron #Pandemic #5thWave #Death #Vaccination #WuhanPneumonia