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Initial trial shows CoronaVac vaccine safe for children, adolescents

A staff member of Sinovac Biotech, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, displays a dose of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine in Schering bottle package in Beijing, capital of China, December 23, 2020.

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Taiwan business community in Guangzhou receives second vaccine doses

02:34 Guangzhou is one of the most attractive cities on the Chinese mainland for business and investment from Taiwan. And the city has made sure to provide Taiwan resid

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Russian regions run low on vaccines as COVID-19 cases jump

A central Russian region on Saturday suspended COVID-19 vaccinations for two days due to a shortage of doses, local officials said, as the country reported its highest

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U.S. FDA adds heart risk warning to Pfizer, Moderna COVID vaccines

The U.S. drug regulator on Friday added a warning to the literature that accompanies Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine shots, indicating the rare risk of heart inflammation after its use.F

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U.S. administers more than 317 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines - CDC

The United States has administered 317,117,797 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 379,003,410 doses, the U.S. Centers for

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EU and AstraZeneca both claim victory after COVID-19 vaccine fight

A Belgian court on Friday ordered drugs company AstraZeneca to deliver 50 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to EU members by September 27, fewer than Brussels had demanded.The court said in a sta

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Germany says vaccine rollout on track despite CureVac trial flop

A failure of German biotech CureVac to meet its efficacy goal in a late-stage trial for its COVID-19 vaccine will not impact the speed of Germany's vaccination rollout,

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Argentina looks to ramp up vaccination rates in country

02:38 Argentina recently signed agreements with two Chineselabsfor shipment of vaccines in the coming months as the country reached the milestone of 20 million doses on Monday.But there

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Malaysia grants conditional approval for CanSino, J&J COVID-19 vaccines

Malaysia has granted conditional approval for emergency use to the single dose COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by China's CanSino Biologics and U.S. drugmaker Johnson &

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3 mln people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cambodia: PM

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said that 3 million people in the Southeast Asian nation have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine so far.Su Sa

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EMA official suggests ditching AstraZeneca jab for all age groups

A top official in the European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it might be worth abandoning AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for all age groups where alternatives are avai

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UK reports more than 7,000 coronavirus cases for second day in a row

The nurse in the UK. /Xinhua The UK has reported more than 7,000 new COVID-19 cases for a second consecutive day, according to government data.7,393 infections were recorded in the latest 24-h

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China-donated COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Afghanistan

The shipment of Sinopharm vaccines are the first Chinese donation of the COVID-19 vaccine Afghanistan has received. /VCG A batch of COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government arrived

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Bahrain: Sputnik V jab has 94.3 pct efficacy, 'high safety profile’

Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. /Xinhua Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine has demonstrated 94.3 percent efficacy and a "high safety profile" in Bahrain, the Ministry of Health announced

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Sinovac vaccine cuts COVID-19 deaths among Uruguayans by 95%: study

A woman gets a shot of the Sinovac vaccine for COVID-19 at a public hospital in Montevideo, Uruguay, May 14, 2021. /CFP The COVID-19 mortality rate among Uruguayans aged 18 to 69 who were vacc

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Health workers in India cross rivers on foot to vaccinate remote areas

01:00 With only five percent of adults fully vaccinated, Indian health workers cross rivers on foot to get COVID-19 vaccine shots to more remote rural towns. Take a look at India's inoc

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The Gist: How China vaccinated so many people

02:05 China has now administered nearly 800 million doses oftheCOVID-19 vaccine.CGTN’s Gerald Tan walks us throughthemass immunization effort. Check out The China Report, our new weekly