Hong Kong has approved the lowering of the age limit of 18 to 3 years for the Chinese Sinovac Biotech vaccine against COVID-19, as it continues a broader campaign to motivate its 7.5 million inhabitants to be vaccinated against COVID-19. disease caused by the new coronavirus. “Adolescents aged 12 to 17 will be given priority […]
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Delta strain rampant in Indonesia: Reuters reports on breakthrough cases of CoronaVac vaccine protection
More than 350 doctors in Indonesia have contracted the coronavirus despite being vaccinated with CoronaVac from Sinovac Biotech, and “dozens” of them have been hospitalized. The reason is probably a more infectious and virulent delta strain (Δ, aka B.1.617.2, first discovered in India), writes Reuters, citing health authorities in the city of Kudus, Central Java […]
CoronaVac vaccine against the “Amazon” strain of coronavirus: results from Brazil
The effectiveness of the CoronaVac vaccine from Sinovaс Biotech in the country affected by the “Brazilian” strain of coronavirus after two doses reaches only 42% protection against COVID-19 with symptoms. We are talking about the effectiveness in the elderly from 70 years and older, write in the preprint of the study on medRxiv. For […]
Average prices for vaccines against COVID-19: will Ukraine overpay – tables and graphs
The lowest suggested price for a course from Sinovac, the newspaper writes, is $ 21. Ukraine ordered it at $ 17.85 per dose. The course is two doses. The most expensive vaccine that is already available or will soon be available for orders is the development of the Chinese company Sinopharm: over $ 30 per […]