2021-01-14 11:38:11 GMT2021-01-14 19:38:11(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
BEIJING, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) With more evidence suggesting their efficacy and safety, Chinese vaccines have been registered and used in more countries, especially those in the developing world.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Wednesday received a COVID-19 vaccine shot developed by China s biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech.
The country s Food and Drug Control Agency on Monday issued an emergency use authorization for the Chinese vaccine.
Also on Wednesday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca received the Sinovac vaccine, shortly after the vaccine was granted emergency authorization in Turkey.
Turkey began mass vaccination on Thursday, starting with health workers, Koca told reporters.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 14 Malaysia is on track to receive the first of its Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer in January, Khairy Jamaluddin assured the country today. The science, technology and innovation minister noted that Malaysia would still be among the first countries in the region to get access.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia, which is negotiating supplies of a Covid-19 vaccine with China's Sinovac Biotech, will only go ahead with procurement if it satisfies the safety and efficacy standards of local regulators, a minister said on Wednesday.
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1. The government has declared a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 situation. While a civilian government would be maintained, there would be no elections nor parliamentary sessions, and emergency powers may be used to commandeer private healthcare facilities and even increase penalties for SOP violations.
2. An independent committee of health experts and bipartisan lawmakers will be set up to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on when to end the emergency. Despite this, critics from various quarters are sceptical of the need for an emergency and alleged it is a bid by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to cling to power. Learn what the emergency means in this K