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Mice given the nanovaccine plus two boosters within 42 days produced antibody levels that persisted even after six months, team says in paper published in ACS Nano. Photo: Xinhua

China’s Wuhan institute creates nasal Covid-19 vaccine for ‘future pandemics’

‘Broad spectrum’ nanovaccine can target multiple coronaviruses, says team at institute once in spotlight over Covid lab leak theory.

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Hong Kong to stop offering Sinovac Covid jabs when stocks expire in October

My Take | ‘Missteps’ admitted, but no apology by US military for anti-vax propaganda

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European Commission wrong to redact Covid-19 vaccine deal details: EU court

The commission failed to show how divulging indemnification details would harm the commercial interests of the pharmaceutical groups supplying the vaccines, the EU General Court ruled.

A European court on Wednesday said the European Commission did not give the public sufficient access to the purchase agreements for Covid-19 vaccines during the pandemic. Photo: Reuters

Asian Angle | US has to regain Asean’s trust after its anti-China Covid jab fake news campaign

News of the US military’s secret disinformation campaign to undermine China’s Covid-19 vaccine has outraged the Philippines.

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Opinion | No good reason for US to spread anti-vax rumours in the Philippines

Whatever one thinks of the Sinovac jab, it is unconscionable to undermine public confidence towards vaccines in a partner country during a pandemic.

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China lashes out at US over report of Pentagon’s secret anti-vax campaign

Beijing calls on Washington to ‘stop fabricating and disseminating false information against other countries’.

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According to a Reuters report, the Pentagon tried to discredit Chinese company Sinovac’s Covid-19 vaccine at the height of the pandemic. Photo: AFP

Pentagon not denying secret campaign to discredit Chinese vaccines

In wake of report on its anti-vaccine programme, Pentagon says it conducts a wide range of operations ‘to counter adversary malign influence’.

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Sinovac hits back over reported US campaign to discredit China’s Covid vaccine

Chinese pharmaceutical company says Pentagon’s social media attack targeting its coronavirus jabs could lead to ‘enormous disaster’.

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Man behind China’s first approved Covid-19 shot loses seat in legislature

Yang Xiaoming has lost his post as NPC deputy over alleged ‘serious violations of discipline and law’, NPC Standing Committee says, as China cracks down on corruption in the healthcare sector.

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Yang Xiaoming is a former chairman of Sinopharm’s vaccine subsidiary, China National Biotec Group. He also served as a chief engineer and chief scientist at Sinopharm. Photo: SCMP

Brazil’s Bolsonaro indicted over alleged falsification of own vaccination data

Police accuse Bolsonaro and his aides of tampering with the health ministry’s database shortly before he travelled to the US in December 2022.

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Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro greets supporters after attending a campaign event launching the pre-candidacy of a mayoral candidate, in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: AP

‘Hongkongers should get Covid XBB variant jabs ahead of Lunar New Year’

Professor Ivan Hung says about 80 per cent of cases at Queen Mary Hospital’s isolation ward are related to Covid-19.

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Hong Kong receives first batch of Covid XBB variant vaccines

Vaccination arrangements for the 100,000-jab batch manufactured by US drug firm Pfizer expected to be announced in December.

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Fosun Pharma to deliver China-made surgical robots in key medical milestone

The Fosun Group is looking to make another major leap in the healthcare industry as it prepares to deliver locally-made surgical robots to hospitals.

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Visitors looking at Fosun Pharma’s locall-produced Da Vinci surgical system in the Medical Equipment and Healthcare Exhibition Area during the CIIE 2023 Expo in Shanghai on November 6. Shanghai, China. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images

Chinese mRNA researchers celebrate Nobel win for field’s pioneers

It will take up to a decade for China to catch up with global developments in the technology, which is the foundation of Covid-19 vaccines, scientist says.

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Researchers are trying to improve the stability, shelf life and storage of mRNA vaccines. Photo: AP

Coronavirus in China: new vaccination drive as next Covid wave looms

China’s top health agency is urging the elderly and vulnerable groups to get vaccinated ahead of the cooler autumn weather.

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Chinese pharma stocks surge as nods for more Covid-19 jabs on the way

Chinese pharmaceutical stocks gain traction again, as health authorities said new vaccines targeting coronavirus variants are in the pipeline to tackle Covid-19 outbreaks.

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Global virus database GISAID pledges clarity after journal flags access issues

Journal report says researchers’ access was cut off in response to criticism, which Global Initiative for Sharing All Influenza Data has denied.

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The GISAID database has been used to inform decisions about when and how to update vaccines and treatments for Covid-19 and the flu. Photo: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/AFP

Does Chinese tech giant’s AI algorithm hold the key to better mRNA vaccines?

Baidu-led researchers say their method takes just minutes to find optimal mRNA sequence for more effective and stable Covid-19 jabs, and it can also be used to develop cancer medicine and monoclonal antibodies.

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Singapore’s Covid cases are on the rise. Most young kids aren’t fully protected

Only 28 per cent of children aged five to 11 have ‘minimum protection’ against the disease, according to the city state’s Health Ministry, as weekly Covid case numbers top 27,000.

Covid rates in China were rising in run-up to Labour Day holiday

Medical authorities say case numbers are likely to rise further, but risk of severe infections remains low.

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Millions are travelling during the five-day Labour Day holiday. Photo: AFP

Time for China to limit Covid mask mandates, Zhong Nanshan says

Respiratory expert says extended use of face coverings does not encourage development of natural resistance to disease, particularly in children.

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Respiratory expert Zhong Nanshan says there could be a new wave of infections in China but it would probably be limited in scale at the local level. Photo: AFP

How China’s Covid-19 self-reliance medical goal could lose momentum

While the next wave is predicted to be far less severe, experts are calling for more home-grown mRNA vaccines and antivirals to be approved.

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China reports first case of coinfection by two Omicron subvariants

Disease control authorities say a woman in Chongqing tested positive for a virus that had features of two Omicron strains.

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How much did China pay to vaccinate its population against Covid-19?

A national health body says the cost per dose was about the same for the main jabs used around the country.

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China says it spent 150 billion yuan in 2021 and 2022 buying vaccines and inoculating its population. Photo: DPA

Immune imprinting makes some Covid-19 booster shots less effective: study

Scientists from Shanghai Jiao Tong University school of medicine cast doubt on effectiveness of booster shots after comparing serum samples from 135 patients infected with the BA2 strain of the Omicron variant.

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A staff member checks inactivated vaccines for Covid-19 at a Beijing Biological Products Institute packaging plant in Beijing in December 2020. Photo: Xinhua

Xi tells Latin America-Caribbean that China will take ties to ‘new era’

In video address to CELAC Summit, China’s president says world ‘is in a new period of turbulence and transformation’ and challenges need solidarity and closer cooperation.

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Covid-19: China’s Sinopharm mRNA vaccine approved for clinical trials

Experimental jab is similar to more effective foreign vaccines and is designed to target the Omicron variant.

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Chinese coronavirus vaccines
Latest news and updates on Chinese coronavirus vaccines.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
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