China approves its first mRNA vaccine for Covid-19
2 years ago

China approves its first mRNA vaccine for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

China has approved its first locally developed messenger RNA vaccine against Covid-19, its manufacturer said Wednesday, months after the relaxation of strict Covid-zero regulations sparked a surge in cases. China Covid: mRNA vaccines are considered among the most effective in reducing severe infections and deaths. mRNA vaccines are considered among the most effective in reducing severe infections and deaths. While traditional vaccines use a weakened or inactivated germ to prepare the body for a future attack from the real virus, mRNA deploys snippets of genetic material that carry instructions showing the body's cells how to produce a protein -- in this case, the spike protein on the coronavirus that causes Covid.

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New push for mRNA bird flu vaccine development: WHO
8 months ago

New push for mRNA bird flu vaccine development: WHO

The Hindu  

The World Health Organisation announced Monday, July 29, 2024, a new project to accelerate the development in poorer countries, of vaccines for human bird flu infections, using cutting-edge messenger RNA technology. Vaccine equity Swiftly developed mRNA Covid vaccines were game-changers during the pandemic, but they also exposed glaring global vaccine inequity and demands for a fairer distribution amid efforts to …

No ‘unusual’ virus behind rising Pneumonia cases China has clarified, reveals WHO
1 year, 4 months ago

No ‘unusual’ virus behind rising Pneumonia cases China has clarified, reveals WHO

Firstpost  

Since mid-October 2023, the World Health Organization has been monitoring data from Chinese surveillance systems showing an increase in respiratory illness in children in northern China China has reiterated that no unusual or new pathogens have been detected in the upsurge in child respiratory illnesses in the north, the WHO said on Thursday after putting pressure on Beijing for detailed …

China on ALERT over likely COVID-19 relapse ahead of winter
1 year, 4 months ago

China on ALERT over likely COVID-19 relapse ahead of winter

India TV News  

COVID-19 alert: Ahead of the winter season, an alert has been sounded across China about the relapse of COVID-19 infections and experts have asked elderly and vulnerable populations to get vaccinated. The Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention showed that a total of 209 new severe COVID-19 cases and 24 deaths caused by COVID-19 were reported across the country …

China to remain alert even as WHO declares COVID-19 global emergency over
1 year, 10 months ago

China to remain alert even as WHO declares COVID-19 global emergency over

Firstpost  

A top Chinese health official said that despite the World Health Organisation ending the worldwide emergency designation for COVID-19, the virus is still dangerous and China will continue to monitor it while boosting vaccination rates among high-risk groups. According to Liang Wannian, head of China’s COVID-19 response expert group under the National Health Commission, the warning status being lifted by …

China approves its first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine; here’s all you need to know
2 years ago

China approves its first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine; here’s all you need to know

Live Mint  

China has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine that uses mRNA technology for the first time ever. MRNA vaccines are already widely available in most parts of the world, but China has previously only promoted domestic vaccines developed through traditional methods. “The Product is the first independently developed mRNA vaccine product in China that has been granted for emergency use,” wrote …

No new Covid variants during recent breakout in China: Lancet study
2 years, 1 month ago

No new Covid variants during recent breakout in China: Lancet study

India Today  

New coronavirus variants did not emerge during the recent outbreak of cases in China, said a study published in the medical journal, The Lancet. Samples of 350 locally acquired infections and 63 imported cases were studied during a five-week period beginning in November 2022 - shortly after China abruptly overturned its strict zero-Covid policy. Further, China also administers inactivated whole …

COVID-19 update: China faces challenge due to flawed containment policies, ineffective vaccines, says Report
2 years, 2 months ago

COVID-19 update: China faces challenge due to flawed containment policies, ineffective vaccines, says Report

India TV News  

China COVID-19 update : China is facing a significant challenge in the form of COVID-19, due to the Chinese Communist Party's "flawed and regressive containment policies and ineffective domestically produced vaccines," GeoPolitica.info reported. China's COVID-19 containment strategy has affected Chinese people and has caused major discontent among people in the country, as per the GeoPolitica.info report. Vaccines manufactured in China …

Sinopharm's mRNA Omicron vaccine gets greenlight for trials
2 years, 2 months ago

Sinopharm's mRNA Omicron vaccine gets greenlight for trials

China Daily  

China National Biotec Group, a subsidiary of China National Pharmaceutical Group Co Ltd, announced on Friday that its biotech unit in Shanghai has received regulatory approval for clinical trials of China's first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron strains. The approval for Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine clinical trials, granted by the State Drug Administration on Thursday, is a "milestone" in the …

Coronavirus in China: 'Funding issues won’t stand in the way of medical treatment,' says government
2 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus in China: 'Funding issues won’t stand in the way of medical treatment,' says government

Firstpost  

New Delhi: China is planning to spend more money to help prevent and control the rampant spread of Covid-19. According to a report in South China Morning Post, “Ministry of Finance is telling local governments to transfer more funds to rural and poor areas.” Ministry of Finance has said that the funding should mainly be used for treatment, work allowances …

Chinese travellers head to Hong Kong for mRNA Covid vaccines: Report
2 years, 2 months ago

Chinese travellers head to Hong Kong for mRNA Covid vaccines: Report

Hindustan Times  

Scores of mainland Chinese travellers are rushing to Hong Kong to receive mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, which are not available on the Chinese mainland, as the country grapples with a torrent of infections which have overwhelmed its health system. Chinese travellers head to Hong Kong for mRNA Covid vaccines: Report A private hospital in the special Chinese administrative region of Hong …

COVID In 2023: Here's What Experts Expect
2 years, 2 months ago

COVID In 2023: Here's What Experts Expect

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING It’s been three years since the novel coronavirus first emerged, and while a sense of normalcy may have returned for many people, experts say the pandemic isn’t over yet. This would depend on a “dramatically different variant” not emerging and upending the current vaccines’ effectiveness, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s then-chief medical adviser. “Delivering vaccines …

Six fallacies and truths about China's epidemic control
2 years, 2 months ago

Six fallacies and truths about China's epidemic control

China Daily  

A community worker explains a COVID-19 prevention and care package to a resident in Yangfangdian Subdistrict of Haidian District in Beijing, Dec 27, 2022. China has also optimized the circulation of drugs, testing reagents and protective goods for better epidemic control. By the middle of December 2022, more than 3.47 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese …

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 brings more sick people
2 years, 2 months ago

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 brings more sick people

The Hindu  

Patients, most of them elderly, are lying on stretchers in hallways and taking oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as COVID-19 surges in China's capital Beijing. The surge in severely ill people needing hospital care follows China abandonment of its most severe pandemic restrictions last month after nearly three years of lockdowns, travels bans and school closures that weighed heavily on …

WHO: China COVID data underrepresents surge, deaths
2 years, 2 months ago

WHO: China COVID data underrepresents surge, deaths

The Hindu  

China's COVID-19 data is not giving an accurate picture of the situation there and underrepresents the number of hospitalisations and deaths from the disease, a senior official at the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. "We believe that the current numbers being published from China underrepresent the true impact of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, in terms of …

Beijing threatens response to ‘unacceptable’ virus measures
2 years, 2 months ago

Beijing threatens response to ‘unacceptable’ virus measures

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The Chinese government sharply criticized COVID-19 testing requirements imposed on visitors from China and threatened countermeasures against countries involved, which include the U.S. and several European nations. “We believe that the entry restrictions adopted by some countries targeting China lack scientific basis, and some excessive practices are even more unacceptable,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a …

China's manufacturing activity drops despite lifted COVID restrictions
2 years, 3 months ago

China's manufacturing activity drops despite lifted COVID restrictions

Firstpost  

For more than two years, China had insisted on a zero-COVID strategy of stamping out outbreaks with strict quarantines, lockdowns and mass testing Beijing, China: China’s manufacturing activity contracted sharply in December for the third month in a row, according to official figures released Saturday, despite Beijing’s loosening of COVID restrictions at the beginning of the month. For more than …

DC Edit | China endangering world again
2 years, 3 months ago

DC Edit | China endangering world again

Deccan Chronicle  

China’s healthcare system is buckling under the strain of its latest and outlandish decision of taking down all Covid controls so rapidly that the country is endangering the world all over again. From late 2019 in Wuhan where the pathogen may have jumped species to spread panic over the coronavirus to the close of 2022, China took several decisions that …

China to lift Covid-19 travel restrictions after 3 years of coronavirus lockdown
2 years, 3 months ago

China to lift Covid-19 travel restrictions after 3 years of coronavirus lockdown

Hindustan Times  

Come January, China will practically abandon its three-year-old zero Covid policy and its international isolation, fully opening its airports and ports for travel and trade amid the massive coronavirus outbreak in the country. China to finally lift Covid-19 travel restrictions after 3 years of coronavirus lockdown Starting from January 8, China will cancel nucleic acid tests for international arrivals, the …

Amid COVID surge, China approves America’s Paxlovid, an anti-viral drug: Why this is an unlikely move
2 years, 3 months ago

Amid COVID surge, China approves America’s Paxlovid, an anti-viral drug: Why this is an unlikely move

Firstpost  

China has been reluctant to take medicines and vaccines from the West. The oral antiviral has proved to cut the risk of hospitalisation and death The recent surge in COVID-19 cases has caused China’s healthcare infrastructure to crumble. Beijing will begin distributing American pharma giant Pfizer’s drug, Paxlovid, to community health centres in the city, according to a report by …

China to scrap testing, quarantine rule for arrivals, distribute Pfizer Covid drug in Beijing
2 years, 3 months ago

China to scrap testing, quarantine rule for arrivals, distribute Pfizer Covid drug in Beijing

India Today  

China is slowly beginning to live with Covid as it continues to ease more restrictions that have been in effect since the world woke up to a viral outbreak in Wuhan in 2019. China has stopped reporting the daily Covid count, but those numbers have become unreliable since it scrapped mandatory mass testing rules. NO TESTING, NO QUARANTINE FOR ARRIVALS …

China: Why older people are reluctant to get vaccinated despite rising COVID cases
2 years, 3 months ago

China: Why older people are reluctant to get vaccinated despite rising COVID cases

Firstpost  

The National Health Commission announced a campaign to raise the vaccination rate among older Chinese, which health experts say is crucial to avoid a healthcare crisis. It’s also the biggest hurdle before the ruling Communist Party can lift the last of the world’s most stringent COVID rules Beijing: Chinese authorities are going door to door and paying people older than …

China races to vaccinate the elderly, but many are reluctant
2 years, 3 months ago

China races to vaccinate the elderly, but many are reluctant

LA Times  

A 76-year-old man in Beijing who would give only his surname, Fu, says he wants to be vaccinated but has diabetes and high blood pressure. “When people hear about such incidents, they may not be willing to take the vaccines,” said Li, who had been vaccinated before he caught COVID-19. The National Health Commission announced a campaign Nov. 29 to …

China sees nearly 37 million new Covid cases in one single day, says report
2 years, 3 months ago

China sees nearly 37 million new Covid cases in one single day, says report

India TV News  

China Covid Wave: China, which is going through its worst phase of the Covid pandemic so far, reported nearly 37 million new infections in a day this week, ANI cited UK-based Financial Times report. Meanwhile, a leaked document, purportedly from China's National Health Commission, said around 248 million, roughly 17.56 per cent of the total population were affected by the …

China to end COVID quarantine for incoming passengers
2 years, 3 months ago

China to end COVID quarantine for incoming passengers

Al Jazeera  

China will stop requiring inbound travellers to go into quarantine starting from January 8, the National Health Commission says in a major step towards opening its borders, which have been largely shut since early 2020. China’s management of COVID-19 will also be downgraded to the less strict Category B from the current top-level Category A, the health authority said in …

COVID-19 China update: Difficult months ahead as 'coronavirus' cases spiral | KNOW WHY
2 years, 3 months ago

COVID-19 China update: Difficult months ahead as 'coronavirus' cases spiral | KNOW WHY

India TV News  

China COVID-19 cases : Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading through the vast country. “How well do they perform this particular catch up effort might determine some of the outcome.” Hospital conditions in China: Around Baoding and Langfang, hospitals have run out of intensive care beds and staff as severe …

Explained: Are Chinese vaccines to blame for its COVID-19 surge?
2 years, 3 months ago

Explained: Are Chinese vaccines to blame for its COVID-19 surge?

Firstpost  

China’s homemade vaccines are far less efficient against COVID-19 than the Western-made mRNA vaccines. This, as Beijing has exported its vaccines to over 40 countries including Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Cambodia and Philippines China’s COVID-19 surge has set the world on edge. The Western mRNA vaccines order the body’s cells to build a replica of a key coronavirus protein to trigger an …

One-day tally of COVID cases in China hits 37 million: Report
2 years, 3 months ago

One-day tally of COVID cases in China hits 37 million: Report

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 37 million people in China may have been infected with COVID-19 on a single day this week, the Bloomberg news agency has reported, citing minutes from an internal meeting of the country’s National Health Commission held on Wednesday. Concerns over official statistics On Thursday, health data firm Airfinity estimated that there are likely more than 5,000 daily deaths and …

Prepare, don't panic, in the face of covid resurgence in China
2 years, 3 months ago

Prepare, don't panic, in the face of covid resurgence in China

Live Mint  

As a fresh wave of covid infections sweeps across China, after the authorities abruptly changed tack from their three-year-long Zero Covid strategy, there is widespread concern that the world is heading for Pandemic Redux, making the world pay a heavy toll in terms of lives and lost economic output. A PLI-type scheme for 'atmanirbhar' vaccine industry Cement investors see Q3 …

Covid-19 situation in China remains grim | Top 5 latest updates
2 years, 3 months ago

Covid-19 situation in China remains grim | Top 5 latest updates

Hindustan Times  

As China is witnessing a massive surge in coronavirus infections, several hospitals in the country are reportedly struggling to cope with the influx of patients. On Wednesday, China reported 3,030 new symptomatic cases and 2,966 new local infections. Covid-19 situation in China remains grim | Top 5 latest updates Top updates on the Covid-19 situation in China: 1. China on …

China says no new Covid deaths, but crematoriums ‘overwhelmed’ | Top points
2 years, 3 months ago

China says no new Covid deaths, but crematoriums ‘overwhelmed’ | Top points

Hindustan Times  

While reports and social media posts claim that hospitals in China are struggling, pharmacy shelves have been stripped bare and many crematoriums are overwhelmed, China on Wednesday said “no one had died of Covid-19 the previous day”, after changing the criteria such that most virus deaths are no longer counted. Patients recover at a hospital in Zhuozhou city in northern …

BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine sent to China for Germans
2 years, 3 months ago

BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine sent to China for Germans

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany has dispatched a batch of the BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to China, where it will be administered to Germans who live in the country. He said that the Chinese government formally informed Berlin in a diplomatic note that German citizens can be inoculated with the vaccine, which otherwise isn’t cleared for use in China. Some 20,000 Germans in …

China's recent coronavirus outbreak is a scathing indictment of its homemade vaccines
2 years, 3 months ago

China's recent coronavirus outbreak is a scathing indictment of its homemade vaccines

Op India  

China is in the throes of a raging coronavirus outbreak as caseloads surge at an unprecedented rate, ominously overwhelming its healthcare facilities, straining its medical staff, and causing panic among the pandemic-weary population that witnessed differing levels of COVID-19 restrictions from the past three years. How studies raised concerns over the ineffectiveness of Chinese-made vaccines The inexorable rise of COVID-19 …

What is China's latest Covid situation? 5 points
2 years, 3 months ago

What is China's latest Covid situation? 5 points

Hindustan Times  

China on Tuesday reported no new Covid-19-related deaths even as the country is reportedly registering a massive surge in their daily cases - just a month after the Chinese government lifted nearly three years of lockdowns. According to the National Health Commission, China's total number of fatalities due to coronavirus stands at 5,241, reported Reuters. The end to mandatory testing …

WHO chief ‘very concerned’ over COVID situation in China
2 years, 3 months ago

WHO chief ‘very concerned’ over COVID situation in China

Al Jazeera  

China could be struggling to keep a tally of COVID-19 infections as the country experiences a big spike in cases, a senior World Health Organization official has said, amid concerns about a lack of data from the country. “In China, what’s been reported is relatively low numbers of cases in ICUs, but anecdotally ICUs are filling up,” WHO’s emergencies director …

US concerned about ‘new mutations’ of virus from China's Covid outbreak
2 years, 3 months ago

US concerned about ‘new mutations’ of virus from China's Covid outbreak

Hindustan Times  

The US is concerned China’s runaway Covid-19 outbreak might spawn new mutations of the virus, as the world’s most populous country continues to grapple with the impact of loosening “Covid Zero” protocols that had kept the pandemic at bay. In a statement to Bloomberg News on Monday evening, China’s US embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said China has adopted “scientific and …

Chinese with mild COVID urged to work as restrictions ease
2 years, 3 months ago

Chinese with mild COVID urged to work as restrictions ease

Associated Press  

BEIJING — Several local governments in China encouraged people with mild cases of COVID-19 to go to work this week, another sign of the difficulty the country faces as its rollback of virus-containment measures sets off a wave of infections — and a growing number of deaths. Health authorities reported Tuesday that five people died in the latest 24-hour period, …

China’s COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. worried about new variants
2 years, 3 months ago

China’s COVID-19 outbreak has U.S. worried about new variants

LA Times  

People walk between one subway station and another during the morning rush hour in Beijing. The U.S. is concerned China’s runaway COVID-19 outbreak might spawn new mutations of the virus, as the world’s most populous country continues to grapple with the impact of loosening “zero COVID” protocols that had kept the pandemic at bay. In a statement to Bloomberg News …

Post Aggressive Lockdowns, China Lifts Up Restrictions
2 years, 3 months ago

Post Aggressive Lockdowns, China Lifts Up Restrictions

The Quint  

China’s loosened COVID-19 policies – following years of aggressive lockdowns and quarantines – have left the country vulnerable The Chinese government has loosened restrictions designed to limit the spread of COVID-19. Kevin Frayer/Stringer via Getty Images After nearly three years of aiming to eliminate COVID-19 through mass lockdowns, robust contact tracing programs and international travel bans, the Chinese government has …

New COVID model predicts over 1 million deaths in China through 2023
2 years, 3 months ago

New COVID model predicts over 1 million deaths in China through 2023

The Hindu  

China's abrupt lifting of stringent COVID-19 restrictions could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023, according to new projections from the U.S.-based Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation. China lifted some of the world's toughest COVID restrictions in December after unprecedented public protests and is now experiencing a spike in infections, with fears COVID …

A week into easing, uncertainty over China virus direction
2 years, 3 months ago

A week into easing, uncertainty over China virus direction

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday said China’s …

China won’t report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shift
2 years, 3 months ago

China won’t report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shift

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country’s departure from some of the world’s strictest antivirus policies. A notice on the National Health Commission’s website on Wednesday said it stopped publishing daily figures on asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since …

China targets elderly with booster campaign as COVID cases surge
2 years, 3 months ago

China targets elderly with booster campaign as COVID cases surge

The Hindu  

Chinese authorities on Wednesday said they would launch a booster campaign targeting the elderly, amid a record surge in COVID-19 cases. Beijing for the first time said it would also no longer report daily asymptomatic cases because the rapid surge had made the numbers “impossible to track”. China’s campaign to vaccinate the elderly, which now faces a race against time, …

In another big change, China says it won't report asymptomatic COVID cases
2 years, 3 months ago

In another big change, China says it won't report asymptomatic COVID cases

Firstpost  

China last week announced its most significant easing yet of antivirus measures and has begun to see what appears to be a rapid increase in new infections Beijing: China said Wednesday it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become “impossible” to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country’s uncertain exit from some of …

Chinese struggle to ‘summon the courage’ to live with COVID-19
2 years, 3 months ago

Chinese struggle to ‘summon the courage’ to live with COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

For three years, people in China have been told COVID-19 is deadly and it has made it difficult to cope with Beijing’s sudden move to rollback controls. Experts have been studying the effect of prolonged lockdowns on people’s mental health since COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan three years ago and the city of 8.5 million was sealed off. The Lancet, …

Relaxing COVID-19 rules in China met with joy, frustration and apprehension
2 years, 3 months ago

Relaxing COVID-19 rules in China met with joy, frustration and apprehension

ABC  

Beijing resident Kelly Zhuang was left fuming on Tuesday when — after nearly a week with COVID-19 — her health code turned red just as she got a negative RAT result. Drug supply warning as China eases COVID rules Photo shows A huge group of masked commuters waiting to enter a train As China relaxes its COVID-19 restrictions to allow …

Why vaccine hesitancy persists in China — and what they're doing about it
2 years, 3 months ago

Why vaccine hesitancy persists in China — and what they're doing about it

NPR  

Why vaccine hesitancy persists in China — and what they're doing about it Enlarge this image Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images China says its official COVID-19 vaccination rate is around 90%, but it's not hard to find people who have been avoiding the jab. Sponsor Message On top of that, she says she's young, she's …

China begins implementing relaxed anti-COVID-19 measures
2 years, 3 months ago

China begins implementing relaxed anti-COVID-19 measures

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China began implementing a more relaxed version of its strict “zero COVID” policy on Thursday amid steps to restore normal life, but also trepidation over a possible broader outbreak once controls are eased. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert and a critic of China’s reliance on lockdowns, said China risked unleashing a new wave of …

China eases anti-COVID measures following protests
2 years, 3 months ago

China eases anti-COVID measures following protests

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China rolled back rules on isolating people with COVID-19 and dropped virus test requirements for some public places Wednesday in a dramatic change to a strategy that confined millions of people to their homes and sparked protests and demands for President Xi Jinping to resign. Local officials must “take strict and detailed measures to protect people’s life, safety …

China scraps most covid-19 testing, quarantine requirements
2 years, 3 months ago

China scraps most covid-19 testing, quarantine requirements

Live Mint  

China dropped many of its quarantine and testing requirements and curtailed the power of local officials to shut down entire city blocks, as the country’s leaders accelerate plans to dismantle zero-Covid controls in the wake of nationwide protests. The new rules announced by the State Council on Wednesday were a response to the public’s “strong reaction” to the failure of …

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