On Thursday (Jul 29), China reported small COVID-19 outbreaks driven by the Delta variant in three provinces as a cluster linked to an eastern airport spread despite mass testing and a vaccination drive. The flare-up, which began after nine workers at the Nanjing airport tested positive on Jul 20, has since seen 171 cases detected in Jiangsu province,...
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(Update) Batches of China’s Sinopharm vaccine reach Lebanon
A Qatar Airways plane carrying 50 thousand shots of China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine has arrived at Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International airport, as a donation from the Chinese authorities to the Lebanese government and for the benefit of the Lebanese army. Welcoming the plane at the airport had been Caretaker Minister of Public Health, Dr. Hamad Hassan,...
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Lebanon to receive 50,000 vaccine doses from China
Caretaker Minister of Health, Hamad Hassan, announced today, Monday, that the Ministry of Public Health will receive, on Tuesday, a donation of an additional of 50,000 vaccines from the Sinopharm Company, through the Chinese embassy. Hassan indicated that 30,000 doses will be dedicated to the army guidance and the rest for journalists and photographers. The...
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China launches virus passport
China has launched a health certificate program for Chinese international travelers, leading the world in plans for so-called virus passports. The digital certificate, which shows a user’s vaccination status and virus test results, is available for Chinese citizens via a program on the Chinese social media platform WeChat that was launched on Monday. The certificate...
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China says it will set up vaccine stations for citizens abroad
Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday that China has plans to set up COVID-19 vaccination stations to administer vaccines to Chinese citizens overseas. Speaking during his annual news conference, he said the program would be made available in countries where conditions permitted. China has developed several vaccines domestically. — Reuters
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China says ready to work with IOC to provide vaccines to Olympians
The Chinese government’s top diplomat State Councillor Wang Yi on Sunday said China is prepared to discuss with other countries procedures for mutual recognition of COVID-19 vaccinations, and that it is ready to work with the International Olympic Committee to help provide vaccines to Olympic athletes. China, which has developed several vaccines domestically, will host...
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China refused to provide WHO team with raw data on early COVID cases, team member says
China refused to give raw data on early COVID-19 cases to a World Health Organization-led team probing the origins of the pandemic, one of the team’s investigators said, potentially complicating efforts to understand how the outbreak began. The team had requested raw patient data on the 174 cases of COVID-19 that China had identified from...
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China has approved the use of the second locally developed vaccine against COVID19
France-Press Agency reported that the authorities responsible for the pharmaceutical sector in China have given a “conditional green light” to use the second vaccine against COVID-19 developed in the country, called “Corona Vacc”, which was developed by Sinovac, as announced today by the pharmaceutical industries company. “The approval for the use of the vaccine comes...
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China approves Sinovac Biotech COVID19 vaccine for general public use
Sinovac Biotech said on Saturday that its unit’s COVID-19 vaccine has been formally approved for use by the general public by China’s medical products regulator. Prior to the approval, the CoronaVac vaccine had already been administered in China’s vaccination programme mainly targeting key groups deemed to be at higher risk of exposure to the virus....
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WHO team visits Wuhan virus lab at center of speculation
A World Health Organization team investigating the origins of COVID-19 has visited the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the high-security laboratory at the center of speculation about a possible link to the outbreak. The experts spent around three hours at the facility, where they aimed to question key staff and review data, as part of a broader mission that has included visits to hospitals, research centers and the wet market tied to early cases in Wuhan.
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