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'Friend' China to donate 1 million vaccine doses to Cambodia: PM

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 02:50 PM

China will donate one million doses of its Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Cambodia, the kingdom's strongman premier Hun Sen has said, thanking "friend" Beijing for its generosity.  Read more »

Brazil researchers report more modest 50.4% efficacy for China's CoronaVac

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 03:14 AM

Piecemeal disclosure from global studies of the vaccine, called CoronaVac, have added to concerns that immunizations developed by Chinese producers are not subject to the same public scrutiny as US and European alternatives. Read more »

Duque amid questions on China COVID-19 vaccine: Trust screening process

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 16 06:09 PM

The Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday said China’s COVID-19 vaccine would undergo a strict screening process in the country like other vaccine candidates, quelling the public’s fear regarding its efficacy and safety.    Read more »

'Playing with lives': Brazil's COVID vaccine plan is mired in chaos

Ernesto Londoño, Manuela Andreoni and Letícia Casado, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 15 07:34 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO — As countries rushed their preparations to inoculate citizens against the coronavirus, Brazil, with its world-renowned immunization program and a robust pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity, should have been at a significant advantage. Read more »

Sinovac secures $515-M funding to boost COVID-19 vaccine production

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 07 09:04 AM

China's Sinovac Biotech has secured $515 million in funding from a local firm to double production capacity of its coronavirus vaccine, the companies said on Monday, as it expects efficacy data of its experimental shot this month.   Read more »

Brazil's Sao Paulo gets 1 million doses of China candidate vaccine

Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 09:54 PM

Brazil's Butantan Institute biomedical center on Thursday received 1 million doses of a Chinese vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech that is undergoing late-stage testing by the institute in Sao Paulo state. Read more »

Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine induces quick immune response: study

Miyoung Kim and Roxanne Liu, Reuters
Posted at Nov 18 08:00 AM

SINGAPORE/BEIJING - Sinovac Biotech's experimental COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac triggered a quick immune response but the level of antibodies produced was lower than in people who had recovered from the disease, preliminary trial results showed on Wednesday. Read more »

Brazil embraces Chinese COVID-19 vaccine after row

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 21 02:52 PM

Brazil's health minister said Tuesday the country would add the Chinese-made CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19 to its national immunization program, despite a political and diplomatic row over whether to use it. Read more »

China's Sinovac vaccine is safe, Brazil institute says

Roxanne Liu and Anthony Boadle, Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 01:41 PM

An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China's Sinovac Biotech appeared to be safe in a late-stage clinical trial in Brazil, preliminary results have showed.  Read more »

Chinese vaccine clinical trials to be run in PGH, 4 other hospitals once deal pushes through

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 31 02:35 PM

MANILA - Five hospitals have been identified for planned clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by China, although negotiations are still ongoing between the Philippine government and Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a health official said Monday.   Read more »

'Don't waste a minute': Chinese firm readies mass vaccine production

Patrick Baert, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 30 08:11 PM

A researcher in a lab coat in Beijing holds up the hopes of humanity in his fingers: "Coronavac", an experimental vaccine against the coronavirus that has upended the world. Read more »