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Warning Shot: Some Experts Oppose Use Of Kazakh-Produced COVID-19 Vaccine
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Some 100,000 doses of a locally produced COVID-19 vaccine called QazVac have already been distributed in Kazakhstan before the publication of late-stage clinical trial data. Independent health experts say more data should have been released proving the vaccine works and have raised questions about the trial methodology and manufacturing process. The developer, Kazakhstan s Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, says its shots are safe and 96 percent effective.
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NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kunsulu Zakarya, Director General of the Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, revealed when the third stage of clinical trials of Kazakhstan’s QazCovid-in (QazVac) vaccine will be finished, Kazinform correspondent reports.
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Kazakhstan is a regional leader on vaccinations, but that’s not saying terribly much as vaccine rollouts across Asia have proceeded at slow paces relative to Western countries. Meanwhile, reports from Kazakhstan cite bureaucratic hurdles, hesitancy, and a lack of access to data about the country’s domestically-developed vaccine.
To date around 8.3 percent of the Kazakh population, or around 1.4 million people, have received at least one dose of a COVID vaccine. That figure has grown at a steep curve in recent weeks on the back of the availability of domestically produced doses of the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V, in addition to imported doses.
Posted: May 04, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: May 4
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of China s Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-thru vaccination station, as a mass vaccination program continues in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 30, 2021. It s an inactivated vaccine being used in countries around the world, but not in Canada.(Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters)