India is all set to launch its mass vaccination drive in India against coronavirus and amid this an all-equipped airplane from Brazil will land in Mumbai over the weekend to collect around 2 million doses of vaccines to mark first such export from the nation.
India will not invite any foreign dignitary to be the Chief Guest at the upcoming Republic Day celebrations, the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. Addressing
Sinovac Shot Shown 78% Effective in Brazil After Data Confusion
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(Bloomberg) The vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd. was found to be 78% effective against Covid-19 in late-stage trials in Brazil, the most definitive evidence so far on the shot’s efficacy after previous data sparked doubt and confusion.
The protection rate, confirmed by Sao Paulo state officials, was derived from Sinovac’s most advanced final-phase trials in Brazil involving about 13,000 participants. Coming after data was withheld at a progress update in late December, the rate is still below the roughly 95% effectiveness seen in cutting-edge mRNA vaccines developed by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. and being deployed in the U.S.
Argentina has become one of only a handful of South American nations to legalise abortion.
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro slammed neighbouring Argentina s decision to legalise abortion, branding it as state consent to killing children. I deeply regret the lives of Argentine children, now exposed to being cut from the wombs of their mothers with the consent of the state, tweeted the far-right leader of the world s biggest Catholic country.
Argentina has become one of only a handful of South American nations to legalise abortion.