Annual USD 4 bn loan burden Ban on chemical fertiliser imports to remain Promises orderly inoculation drive New Covid-19 variants pose grave danger National security reassured Some try to discredit govt. for not advancing their personal agendas President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday (25) said that he wouldn’t change his […]
Mother of a student receiving a food pack from the US Embassy …those not included in GoSL school meal programme benefit The US Embassy says a section of 110,000 students of 887 primary schools in eight districts have been provided with food. According to a statement issued by the US Embassy in Colombo, […]
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TWO local doctors have tossed the idea of administering the Sinovac vaccine in Malaysian children aged 3-17 years old. This is based on the approval by the Chinese regulators of Sinovac Biotech Ltd’s inactivated Covid-19 vaccine, Coronavac, for emergency use in children between 3-17 years of age.
I am much concerned that they are basing their opinions on a press release by the manufacturers to the Chinese state media instead of data from a publication in a peer reviewed scientific journal. This is not how scientists or national regulators judge a vaccine for public use, especially so in a young age group. The interim vaccine data must be meticulously verified and validated.
After Delhi High Court slapped actress Juhi Chawla with a fine of Rs 20 lakh for filing a “defective” plea claiming that 5G networks affects human hea.