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Sinovac says its vaccine can fight omicron with 3rd dose

Simone McCarthy, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 15 08:53 PM

Beijing-based Sinovac on Wednesday said a third shot of its CoronaVac vaccine could improve its ability to neutralize the omicron variant, citing its own laboratory studies. Read more »

China's CanSino hopes Brazil will approve COVID vaccine

Eduardo Baptista, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 03 08:14 AM

Brazilian firm Biomm has signed an exclusive deal to market and distribute Cansino’s product in the country, which has not yet been approved for emergency use by the WHO. Read more »

China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines arrive in PH

Robinson Niñal, Presidential Photo
Posted at Aug 20 11:54 PM

Health Sec. Francisco Duque III and Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian place stickers on a crate containing COVID-19 jabs donated by China to the Philippines. Read more »

China assures Philippines of 'stable' COVID-19 vaccine supply

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 09:51 PM

China's Tan Qingsheng pointed out the Philippines is procuring 25 million doses of Sinovac vaccines this year and is in talks for the entry of Sinopharm vaccines.   Read more »

Russia, China sow disinformation to undermine trust in Western vaccines, EU report says

Robin Emmott, Reuters
Posted at Apr 29 09:09 AM

Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing the West, a European report said on Wednesday Read more »

China to issue visas to foreigners who have taken Chinese jab

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 03:26 PM

China is poised to ease border restrictions to allow some foreigners -- including from the US, India and Pakistan -- back in, provided they have taken a Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccine. Read more »

Singapore's first Chinese COVID-19 vaccines arrive ahead of approval

Reuters
Posted at Feb 25 03:10 PM

Singapore is the only wealthy country considering the use of Sinovac's vaccine, which has been found to have an efficacy rate ranging from about 50 to 90 percent in studies. Read more »

Taiwan says BioNTech vaccine deal on hold, cites potential Chinese pressure

Reuters
Posted at Feb 17 03:28 PM

A deal for Taiwan to buy 5 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Germany's BioNTech SE is on hold, the island's health minister said on Wednesday, citing potential Chinese pressure for the delay. Read more »

'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 »

Taiwan news report claims Sinopharm has 73 side effects; PH experts weigh in

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 08 07:14 AM

MANILA — A Taiwanese news website recently claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine of Chinese firm Sinopharm is being called the “most unsafe in the world.”   Read more »

China says it can produce 1 billion doses of a Sinopharm vaccine this 2021

Josephine Ma, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 06 02:40 PM

China can produce 1 billion doses this year of the newly approved vaccine against Covid 19 developed by Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a subsidiary of the state-owned conglomerate Sinopharm, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information.   Read more »

Different efficacy data for Chinese COVID-19 vaccine 'real, valid' - media

Reuters
Posted at Jan 02 01:31 PM

Different efficacy results for a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine released separately in China and in United Arab Emirates are both real and valid, an executive at China National Biotec Group (CNBG) told state media. Read more »

China gives its first COVID-19 vaccine approval to Sinopharm

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 31 01:06 PM

China approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use on Thursday, a shot developed by an affiliate of state-backed pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm, as it braces for greater transmission risks over the winter. Read more »

Confused between Sinovac and Sinopharm? What to know about their COVID-19 vaccines

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 31 12:10 AM

While they’re both leading Chinese vaccine makers and their names sound alike — beginning with the same Latin-derived prefix sino used to refer to China — they are different from each other. Read more »

Malaysia buys AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, seeks more from China, Russia

Rozanna Latiff and Liz Lee, Reuters
Posted at Dec 22 01:07 PM

Malaysia has signed a deal to procure 6.4 million doses of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine, and is in final talks with Chinese and Russian manufacturers to secure more, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Tuesday. Read more »

China Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine taken by about a million people in emergency use

Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 04:16 PM

China launched the emergency use program in July, which so far includes three vaccine candidates for essential workers and other limited groups of people even as clinical studies have yet to be completed to prove their safety and efficacy. Read more »

Brazilians protest mandatory COVID-19 immunization, Chinese vaccine

Amanda Perobelli and Pablo Garcia, Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 10:50 AM

More than 300 Brazilians gathered on São Paulo's main commercial thoroughfare on Sunday to protest state Governor João Doria's support for mandatory COVID-19 immunization and testing the potential vaccine developed by China's Sinovac. Read more »

China says COVID-19 vaccine could be ready for public by November

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 15 07:48 PM

Some of China's vaccine candidates have already been offered to essential workers under an emergency use program. Read more »

China says to prioritize Philippines for COVID-19 vaccine

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 29 03:22 PM

China has assured the Philippines that it would be a priority once the economic superpower develops a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, that has infected over 16 million worldwide and plunged various nations into recession. Read more »

2 coronavirus vaccines 'produce immune response'

Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 05:10 AM

Two COVID-19 vaccine candidates have proven safe for humans and produced strong immune reactions among patients involved in two separate clinical trials, doctors said Monday. Read more »