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MEXICO CITY (REUTERS) - Mexico aims to have developed a vaccine against Covid-19 that could be granted approval for emergency use by the end of this year, a senior official said on Tuesday (April 13). Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, head of the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), told a regular news conference that the vaccine under development known as "Patria" could be granted approval in November or December of this year. Clinical trials with volunteers could begin this month, according to Avimex, the veterinary pharmaceutical company that is leading the vaccine's development...

EFEMexico City 13 Apr 2021 The director-general of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, speaks on 13 April 2021 during Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's regular daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico. EFE/Sashenka Gutierrez The director-general of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, speaks on 13 April 2021 during Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's regular daily press conference at the National Palace in Mexico...

Turkey enters partial lockdown during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan From CNN's Gul Tuysuz People break their fast during Ramadan in front of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul on April 13. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that a partial lockdown over the first two weeks of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan would be put into place from Wednesday. The new restrictions, announced on Tuesday, come as the country continues to see a rise in coronavirus cases and deaths. On Tuesday, Turkey reported 273 deaths and 59,187 new coronavirus case...

Dr. Fauci says Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause “isn’t a cancellation” From CNN's Aditi Sangal and CNN Health's Naomi Thomas Vials of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine in San Rafael, California, on March 25. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that the pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is only a pause – not a cancellation – and he doubts it will extend for weeks to months. On Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and US Food and Drug Administration recommended that the...

Mexico aims to have own vaccine approved for use by end-2021 Reuters 1 hr ago MEXICO CITY, April 13 (Reuters) - Mexico aims to have developed a vaccine against COVID-19 that could be granted approval for emergency use by the end of this year, a senior official said on Tuesday. Maria Elena Alvarez-Buylla, head of the National Council of Science and Technology (Conacyt), told a regular news conference that the vaccine under development known as "Patria" could be granted approval in November or December of this year. (Reporting by Dave Graham Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)