Three pharmaceutical firms have formally registered their interest with the WHO, while two others are in preliminary discussions.
One of the three firms, CanSino, started submitting rolling data about its one-shot vaccine to the global health body this month, according to the WHO. Its vaccine has already been approved for use in mainland China after interim results showed it was 65.7 per cent effective.
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In 1977 a flu broke out in northeast China which eventually spread to Russia and then around the world. It eventually took the lives of approximately 700,000 people around the world most of whom were young. It came to be known as the “Russian flu” because Russia was the first country to report it to the WHO. Scientists who examined its DNA concluded it was nearly identical to a previous strain of the flu virus which had caused an outbreak between 1949 and 1950.
In nature, the flu doesn’t remain unchanged for 27 years as it circulates. So the fact that the “Russian flu” was nearly identical to the earlier strain eventually led to the conclusion that the Russian flu was likely the result of a lab leak or possibly a failed attempt to inoculate people with live attenuated virus.
British doctor and his secret campaign to gag the Covid lab leak theory: He worked in Wuhan and manipulated coronaviruses yet orchestrated a campaign to clear it of blame and tried to hide his tracks. Now we publish the evidence, writes SIAN BOYLE
Mail reveals Dr Peter Daszak, 55, has links with Chinese scientists in Wuhan lab
The British expert on zoonotic spillovers (viruses jumping from animals to humans) was among those who signed Lancet letter condemning lab leak theory
He also worked in so-called pandemic prevention and the manipulation of coronaviruses, admitting they can be manipulated pretty easily in 2019 podcast
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