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China grants its first COVID-19 vaccine patent: Singaporean newspaper

The Chinese government has granted China's first COVID-19 vaccine patent, Singapore's Chinese-language newspaper Lianhe Zaobao reported. The vaccine candidate, referre

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Malaysia detects COVID-19 strain that is '10 times' more infectious

VCG Malaysia has detected a strain of the novel coronavirus that is "10 times" more infectious, the country's Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said on his Facebook on Sund

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China grants 1st COVID-19 vaccine patent to domestic candidate

Chinese authorities have granted the first invention patent to a domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which experts said demonstrates the vaccine's origin

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Russia begins production of COVID-19 vaccine

Russia will offer the vaccine to other countries once its own citizens are vaccinated, Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said.MOSCOW, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Russia has begun production of the first batch

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Iraq reports record daily COVID-19 cases with 3,484

The Iraqi Health Ministry on Monday recorded 3,484 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily increase since the outbreak of the disease, while an Iraqi health official sai

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Erdogan says Turkey is third country to develop COVID-19 vaccines

VCG Image Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey has become the third country to develop vaccines locally against COVID-19 after the United States and China accordin

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Mass COVID-19 vaccination in Russia planned for October: health minister

The vaccination against the coronavirus is planned to be free of charge, Murashko said.MOSCOW, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Russian Health Ministry is planning a mass vaccination campaign against the coronaviru

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China appreciates Duterte's remarks on South China Sea

China appreciated the remarks of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the South China Sea issue and stood ready to properly resolve maritime disputes with the Phili

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Bill Gates sees South Korea COVID-19 vaccine promise

SK Bioscience, the South Korean pharmaceutical company backed by Bill Gates, may be capable of producing 200 million coronavirus vaccine kits by next June. /Reuters SK Bioscience, the South Ko

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World can still learn from China's successes in curbing COVID-19 outbreak: The Lancet

China has largely controlled COVID-19, and the rest of the world can still learn from China's successes in bringing its outbreak under control, according to the latest editorial by medical journal

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Singapore-U.S. developed COVID-19 vaccine approved for clinical trials

A vaccine for COVID-19 jointly developed by Singapore and the United States was approved for clinical trials, local media reported Wednesday. Arcturus Therapeutics Hol

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Global presence an advantage as U.S. firms brace for second-half slump

Smaller U.S. companies will bear the brunt of the economic downturn triggered by a prolonged coronavirus crisis as they struggle to cut costs as much as bigger multinational peers, analysts' estim

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CanSino COVID-19 vaccine shows immune response in human trial

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics Inc and China's military research unit has shown to be safe and induced immune response in most of the recipients who

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Australian university develops 20-minute COVID-19 blood test

A simple blood samples test developed by Australia's Monash University could detect positive COVID-19 cases in about 20 minutes. Based on commonly used blood typing infrastructure, researchers at

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Russia denies UK claims of vote meddling, COVID-19 vaccine hacking

File photo of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. /Reuters The Kremlin on Thursday denied claims by Britain that "Russian actors" sought to meddle in last year's general election and that Russian

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COVID-19 vaccine human trials begin in Australia

00:52 Researchers from the Australian biotech company CSL and the University of Queensland began a Phase I human trial with an experimental COVID-19vaccine on Monday.They selected 120

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Researchers identify promising gene in antibodies for COVID-19 vaccine

VCG An analysis of nearly 300 recently identified human SARS-CoV-2 antibodies has uncovered a gene frequently used in antibodies that effectively target the virus which causes COVID-19, accord