Russia s foreign partners able to produce 350 million Sputnik V doses per year - minister
FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Russia s Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine are seen before inoculation at a clinic in Tver, Russia, October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva reuters tickers
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January 20, 2021 - 09:06
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia s Industry Minister Denis Manturov said on Wednesday that foreign manufacturers, with whom Russia has signed deals to produce its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, are capable of producing around 350 million doses per year.
He said production had already been launched in Kazakhstan, and that manufacturers in South Korea, China, India and Belarus were joining the process soon. Russian authorities have previously said that the majority of its deals to export Sputnik V abroad would be fulfilled using doses produced by foreign partners.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan has cancelled or postponed more large-scale events after a rare outbreak of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases connected to a hospital, where the military has been sent to help with disinfection. Taiwan, which has kept the pandemic well under control thanks to early and effective prevention methods, has been rattled by new domestic transmissions, first in December and now in a hospital in the northern city of Taoyuan. Until December, the island had not reported any local transmissions since April; all reported cases during that time were imported, which account for the vast majority of Taiwan s 868 infections. After the government s decision on Tuesday to call off main celebrations for the Taiwan Lantern Festival, an annual celebration to mark the Lunar New Year next month, more cities have followed suit, including Kaohsiung and Taipei. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je told reporters on Wednesday that the city was postponing the city s lantern festival events and c
Published January 19. 2021 6:08PM | Updated January 19. 2021 10:05PM
East Lyme Superintendent Jeffrey Newton said the town s school district learned Tuesday of more COVID-19 cases connected to the schools.
In a letter to staff, parents and guardians, he reported one case each associated with Flanders Elementary School, Lillie B. Haynes School and East Lyme Middle School and five cases associated with East Lyme High School.
He said some of the cases are specific to family members and siblings. He said any person who was determined to be a “primary contact” was informed and will be emailed information about quarantining.
The person who tested positive at Flanders was last there on Thursday; the person at Lille B. Haynes was last there on Jan. 8; and the person at East Lyme Middle School was last there on Jan. 12. The people associated with the high school were last there on Jan. 11, Jan. 12 and Jan. 14.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan s top government spokesman said on Wednesday that the timeline for vaccinating the broader population against the coronavirus would be decided and disclosed to the public after the approval of a vaccine. Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato made the comment at a news conference in response to a question about media reports that the government was considering doing so as early as in May. The government has so far said it would prioritise medical workers, the elderly, and those with pre-existing conditions in its vaccine programme expected to start by the end of February, but has not provided a timeline beyond that. (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
PARIS (Reuters) - The COVID-19 situation in France will likely be very tough in the coming months, especially March, due to the emergence of a more contagious variant, the head of infectious diseases at Paris Saint Antoine hospital said on Wednesday. Karine Lacombe told BFM TV that more restrictive measures than the current national 6 p.m. curfew would likely be necessary in certain areas to contain the disease. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta and Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by Andrew Heavens)