China s Sinovac vaccine may be better than previously thought, a real-world study shows May 12, 2021, 05:02 PM
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An empty vial of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine. (Getty)
Sinovac s Covid-19 vaccine was an estimated 98% effective at preventing death in Indonesian health workers.
It was also 96% effective at preventing hospitalization, Indonesian officials said.
The data suggests the vaccine may be more effective than previously thought.
The two-dose Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese biotech Sinovac is highly effective at preventing hospitalization and death, Indonesian health officials said Wednesday.
The vaccine, called Coronavac, was an estimated 98% effective at preventing death and 96% effective at preventing hospitalization, Pandji Dhewantara, an Indonesian health ministry official, said in a press briefing.
(Bloomberg) The European Union’s executive arm asked the bloc’s 27 member states to ban all non-essential travel to and from India. The World Health Organization should be overhauled and given more authority to investigate global disease threats, a new report recommended. A full public inquiry will be launched next spring into how the U.K. government handled the pandemic, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced. Greece plans to ease most remaining restrictions. Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out Covid-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for developing countries reliant on the Chinese shot, which performed worse than Western alternatives in clinical trials. Seychelles President Wavel Ramkalawan said vaccines that have been widely administered to the nation’s population are working, even as the Indian Ocean archipelago experiences a surge in cases. Key Developments Global Tracker: Cases top 159.7 million; deaths exceed 3.3 million Vaccine Tracker:
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The more infectious variant driving a catastrophic Covid-19 epidemic in India has been detected in 44 countries, as the Asian nation reported a record daily death count.
Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine is wiping out Covid-19 among health workers in Indonesia, an encouraging sign for developing countries reliant on the Chinese shot, which performed worse than Western alternatives in clinical trials.
A group of medical experts said children ages 12 to 15 years old can safely take the vaccine made by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, opening an important new phase of the U.S. immunization effort.
While numbers are declining in every other region globally, cases in India are still soaring and made up half the new cases worldwide over the last week.