European countries eyeing Chinese COVID-19 vaccines amid delivery crisis Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-15 13:37 Share CLOSE A woman receives a dose of the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine as the country begins mass vaccination for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Belgrade, Serbia, Jan 21, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
BELGRADE As Hungary joined Serbia in spearheading mass inoculation with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Europe, other European countries are struggling against a vaccine delivery crisis and exploring a way out of lockdown and into economic recovery.
In around a month, 14 percent of Serbia s 6.5-million population received their first doses of vaccine against COVID-19, thanks to the 1.5 million Chinese-made doses.
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As Hungary joined Serbia in spearheading mass inoculation with China s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine in Europe, other European countries are struggling against a vaccine delivery crisis and exploring a way out of lockdown and into economic recovery.
In around a month, 14 percent of Serbia s 6.5-million population received their first doses of vaccine against COVID-19, thanks to the 1.5 million Chinese-made doses.
Following its neighbor, Hungary on Jan 31 announced that it has reached a deal with Sinopharm, which will enable a mass immunization of 2.5 million people.
As the first shipment is supposed to arrive next week, Hungary is bound to become the first European Union (EU) member to sign up for Chinese vaccines.
Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 14February 2021
The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here.
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All the important US Covid demographic metrics are falling, and in some cases quite dramatically. This week s new cases were down 19.4% from last week s, and down 62.3% from the second week of January; the 7 day average of new cases is now the lowest since November 4th, but it s also higher than every 7 day period before that date. Illustrative of the decline in new cases was a Thursday headline that new cases had to