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Final-stage trial of China's CanSino vaccine is underway in Mexico

02:32 Critical Phase 3 trials of potential COVID-19 vaccines are underway all over the world, as the rush is on to clear several drugs for public distribution. In Mexico, that now incl

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U.S. expects to begin COVID-19 vaccinations in early December: reports

VCG image The United States expects to begin COVID-19 vaccinations in early December, the AFP reports quoting Moncef Slaoui, the head of the government vaccine efforts.The development comes sa

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Ramaphosa urges G20 to help Africa confront aftermath of COVID-19

FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. /VCG Image South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday appealed to the Group of Twenty (G20) to help Africa confront the financial

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Africa's COVID-19 caseload tops 2.04 million mark

VCG Image The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa surpassed the 2.04 million mark on Saturday as various countries continue to report steady rises in their caseloads.According to the Afric

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China Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine taken by about a million people

Nearly one million people have taken an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) through the country's emergency us

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Philippines' Duterte agrees to pay for vaccines in advance to ensure supply

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has previously criticised Western manufacturers for asking fees to reserve vaccines, has agreed to pay drugmakers in advance t

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COVID vaccine will be ready in 3-4 months: Union Health Minister

The University of Oxford confirmed that the COVID-19 vaccine it's developing with AstraZeneca Plc produced strong immune responses in older adults in an early study, with pivotal findings from th

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Medable raises $91 million for its clinical trial management software

The clinical trial management software developer Medable has raised $91 million in a new round of financing as life sciences companies struggle with how to conduct the necessary validation studies of

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Live updates: U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpass 250,000

Confirmed COVID-19 cases have surpassed 56.3 million globally, with over 1.3 million fatalities and more than 36 million recoveries, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University.Here i

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Five Chinese vaccines undergo phase-III clinical trials overseas

Five Chinese COVID-19vaccine candidates are under phase-III clinical trials in countries including the UAE, Brazil, Pakistan and Peru, according to Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Wed

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US to have 40 million vaccine doses available by end of year: official

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar during a past event. /Getty Images The U.S. is hoping to have about 40 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine available to distribute by the en

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Pfizer ends COVID-19 trial with 95% efficacy

Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday that final results from the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine show it was 95 percent effective, adding it had the required two months of safety data and would appl

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Xi Jinping calls for unity in fight against COVID-19 at BRICS summit

CFP Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for international solidarity and cooperation in jointly coping with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.Xi made the remarks during his sp

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Dr. Fauci: US could start getting to relative normality by April, July

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious expert, told CNN he thinks the nation could start getting back to relative normality by April or July of 2021 saying he thought that would be possib

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Wang Yi: China commits to make COVID-19 vaccines global public good

Chinese State Councilor andForeign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday reaffirmed China's commitment to make its vaccines a global public good, saying the country will activel

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Brazil says Chinese COVID-19 vaccine trial can resume after suspension

Brazil health regulator Anvisa on Wednesday allowed the resumption of late-stage Brazilian clinical trials for China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, which had been suspended due to a study subject's deat

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WHO welcomes Pfizer, BioNTech vaccine progress

VCG Image The World Health Organization has welcomed an announcement by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech that an experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90 percent effective based on