Chinese state firm Sinopharm aims to produce 1 billion vaccine doses in 2021 2 minutes read
By Javier Garcia
Beijing, Feb 26 (efe-epa).- The head of China’s state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopharm, Liu Jingzhen, announced Friday that they plan to produce one billion doses of its inactivated coronavirus vaccine this year, a large part of it for export.
During a visit organized for the media to the Sinopharm facilities near Beijing, Liu revealed that the pharmaceutical company was improving its production capabilities to produce more vaccines.
Annual production of Sinopharm would account for half of the two nillion doses that China plans to produce this year, according to the National Vaccine Industry Association head Feng Duojia, who recently said that the country would double that amount by 2022.
The total number of doses provided up to today stands at 2,339,073 Published: January 22, 2021 20:43 WAM Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, (SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, has announced the opening of two COVID-19 Vaccination Centers in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and one in Dubai, for members of the community who wish to receive the Beijing Institute of Biological Product’s inactivated vaccine. The COVID-19 Vaccination Centers, located in Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal in Abu Dhabi City and Al Ain Convention Center in Al Ain City, have the collective capacity to administer vaccine shots to 4,000 people daily, and were established in a record time of four days. The centers were established following the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention’s (MOHAP) announcement of the registration of the vaccine, making the country one of the first in the world to administer a COVID-19 vaccine to the community. In Dubai, the COVID-
SEHA opens new Covid-19 vaccination centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
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The three new centres will be able to administer an additional 9,000 jabs daily
January 13, 2021
The Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (SEHA) has opened two Covid-19 vaccination centres in Abu Dhabi and one in Dubai, it announced on Tuesday, January 12.
In the capital emirate, the new centres are located in Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal and Al Ain Convention Centre. They were set up in four days and can collectively administer 6,000 shots daily.
SEHA commences administration of COVID-19 vaccine to UAE community at 40 locations Video Image
ABU DHABI, 12th January, 2021 (WAM) Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, (SEHA), the UAE’s largest healthcare network, has announced the opening of two COVID-19 Vaccination centre in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and one in Dubai, for members of the community who wish to receive the Beijing Institute of Biological Product’s inactivated vaccine.
The COVID-19 vaccination centres, located in Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal in Abu Dhabi City and Al Ain Convention Centre in Al Ain City, have the collective capacity to administer vaccine shots to 6,000 people daily, and were established in a record time of four days. The centres were established following the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention’s (MOHAP) announcement of the registration of the vaccine, making the country one of the fir