UN: Any WHO-approved vaccine should be allowed for travelThe move could challenge Western countries to broaden their acceptance of two apparently less effective Chinese vaccines, which the U.N. he...
01 Jul, 2021, 06.41 PM IST
Antibodies triggered by Chinese COVID-19 shots less effective on Delta variant: ResearcherFive out of the seven domestically developed vaccines in China's mass inoculation scheme are inactivated vaccines. These include shots from...
25 Jun, 2021, 10.46 AM IST
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID-19 vaccine despite low efficacy rateThe Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) on Thursday granted Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) to CoronaVac, developed by Chinese c...
10 Apr, 2021, 12.32 PM IST
Pakistan approves emergency use of third Chinese COVID vaccine, despite its low efficacy rateCiting officials, Geo News reported that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) has granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to ...
09 Apr, 2021, 02.18 PM IST
China's PLA provides COVID-19 vaccines to Pakistan ArmyThe People's Liberation Army (PLA) said in a statement that the Pakistan Army has become the first foreign military to receive the COVID-19...
07 Feb, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
China kicks off emergency coronavirus vaccination in WuhanThe vaccination, available at 48 designated clinics in 15 districts, began on December 24, targeting certain groups of people aged between ...
29 Dec, 2020, 12.04 PM IST
UAE starts Covid-19 vaccinations in capitalThe wealthy Gulf nation is one of the first countries to start widespread inoculation, after Britain became the first to roll out a campaig...
14 Dec, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for useThe Sinopharm vaccine has been approved for emergency use in a few countries and the company is still conducting late-stage clinical trials...
13 Dec, 2020, 03.37 PM IST
UAE says Chinese vaccine 86% effective, offers few detailsThe UAE, home to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, conducted a trial beginning in September of the vaccine by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant S...
09 Dec, 2020, 07.28 PM IST
Pakistan to start coronavirus vaccination drive from April 2021Parliamentary Secretary on Health Nausheen Hamid said the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government has approved funds to purchase the vaccine do...
03 Dec, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
China stocks end lower after US House clears delisting billThe Shanghai Composite index was down 0.21% at 3,442.14, while the blue-chip CSI300 index was down 0.2%.
03 Dec, 2020, 03.29 PM IST
Chinese pharmaceutical firm seeks Bangladesh co-finance for COVID-19 vaccine trialsIn a letter to the Bangladesh government on September 22, Beijing headquartered Sinovac Biotech said the phase 3 trials of the vaccine they...
04 Oct, 2020, 08.10 PM IST
China approves human testing for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cellsChina is in a global race to develop cost-effective vaccines to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. Using insect cells to grow proteins for the cor...
22 Aug, 2020, 07.31 PM IST
Dhaka pushes back; yet to take final call on use of Chinese vaccine on Covid patientsThis statement is significant following Beijings decision to use Bangladesh as a laboratory. There are reports that China’s decision to con...
22 Jul, 2020, 05.54 PM IST
China plans to use Bangladesh population to conduct Phase III Covid-19 vaccine trialsET has gathered that China is taking advantage of Covid to exploit developing and least developed countries across sectors from pharma to t...
14 Jul, 2020, 08.58 AM IST
How a Chinese firm jumped to the front of the virus vaccine raceIn May, CanSino became the first globally to publish a full scientific study on its early human trials, an important step because it allows...
02 Jul, 2020, 10.05 AM IST
Chinese researchers launch phase-2 human test for possible vaccineAbout a dozen vaccines are in different stages of human tests globally, as the World Health Organization warns the coronavirus pandemic is ...
21 Jun, 2020, 02.00 PM IST