China authorises CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine for children above 3 yearsSinovac has finished the Phase I and II clinical research stage, involving several hundred volunteers in this age group, which has proved t...
06 Jun, 2021, 03.38 PM IST
WHO grants emergency approval to 2nd Chinese COVID vaccineIn a statement Tuesday, the U.N. health agency said data submitted to its experts showed that two doses of the vaccine prevented people fro...
01 Jun, 2021, 09.06 PM IST
View: There's a way out of the vaccine crunch India faces: Dial ChinaPoliticians of all hues will find it hard to suddenly advocate vaccines from Sinopharm and Sinovac Biotech Ltd. Yet what can be a bigger na...
28 May, 2021, 09.50 AM IST
Chinese companies considers mixing vaccines, booster shotsSinovac and Sinopharm, the two Chinese manufacturers that combined have exported hundreds of millions of doses all over the world, say they...
28 Apr, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
WHO sets dates for reviews of Sinopharm and Sinovac COVID-19 vaccinesSo far COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have received a WHO listing - an endorsement of their safety and ...
22 Apr, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
WHO vaccine experts say Chinese jabs show 'safety', but data lackingThe vaccines demonstrated safety and good efficacy against symptomatic Covid-19 disease but both vaccines lacked data in older age groups a...
31 Mar, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
Sinovac says its vaccine is safe for children as young as 3There were two instances of high fevers in response to the vaccine during trials, one in a 3-year old participant and the other in a six-ye...
23 Mar, 2021, 01.26 PM IST
Alleged Chinese hand: Sri Lanka approves Sinopharm vaccine for emergency useThe approval was granted by National Medicines Regulatory Authority, State Minister of Production, Supply and Regulation of Pharmaceuticals...
20 Mar, 2021, 12.34 PM IST
China gives approval for broader use of Sinovac vaccineRegulators gave conditional approval for Sinovac Biotech Ltd's shot, CoronaVac, on Friday, clearing the way for general use, The National M...
06 Feb, 2021, 05.59 PM IST
China approves second domestic Covid-19 vaccineThe vaccine has already been rolled out to key groups at higher risk of exposure to coronavirus but Saturday's approval allows for its use ...
06 Feb, 2021, 04.03 PM IST
China's COVID-19 vaccine makers apply to join COVAX schemeThe COVAX scheme - led by the World Health Organization and GAVI vaccine alliance - is due to start rolling out vaccines to poor and middle...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
Explainer: What's behind varying efficacy data for Sinovac's coronavirus vaccine?Researchers in Brazil said it was 50.4% effective at preventing symptomatic infections, barely enough for regulatory approval and below the...
14 Jan, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
China to vaccinate 50 million people for Lunar New Year - SCMPChina has granted emergency-use status to two candidate vaccines from Sinopharm and one from Sinovac Biotech. It has approved a fourth, fro...
18 Dec, 2020, 11.46 AM 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
China prepares large-scale rollout of COVID-19 vaccinesDevelopers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said Thursday during a U.N. meeting, as Britain issued approval for ...
06 Dec, 2020, 11.21 AM IST
China shows off Covid-19 vaccines for the first time, makers stay hopefulChina, which is facing a storm of foreign criticism over its early handling of the pandemic, has been trying to repurpose the story of Covi...
07 Sep, 2020, 06.30 PM IST
The four front runners of the race for Covid vaccineThe vaccines for the deadly Covid-19 are in various stages of trial. ET takes a look at four vaccine candidates, where the results of the c...
02 Jul, 2020, 10.39 PM IST