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Overview: India's virus caseload drops to lowest level in 6 weeks and other developments

Tue, 2021-05-25 21:48 — mike kraft

Coronavirus digest: India posts lowest caseload in six weeks | DW | 25.05.2021 India's second wave appears to be easing as reports suggest an economic stimulus package is being prepared for the worst-hit areas. Melbourne has introduced restrictions after an outbreak. Follow DW for the latest. Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com) DW.COM

For the first time in six weeks, India has registered fewer than 200,000 coronavirus infections over a 24-hour period, according to a Health Ministry update on Tuesday.

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Closer looks and background on Wuhan lab and origins of coronavirus

Tue, 2021-05-25 12:55 — mike kraft

NIH experts respond to questions about Wuhan lab at House committee hearing

Renewed interest in a lab-leak hypothesis prompted a few questions about the coronavirus’s origins at a House Appropriations subcommittee meeting Tuesday, amid discussion of the National Institutes of Health budget.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) held up a copy of the Wall Street Journal, referring to its recent story about workers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China who became sick in November 2019. Harris asked Francis S. Collins, who directs NIH, whether it was correct that $600,000 of $3.7 million in NIH funding, given to the research group EcoHealth Alliance, was directed to the Wuhan facility. That was accurate, Collins said.

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FDA recommends not using certain syringes from Chinese firm after safety issues

Sat, 2021-05-22 12:24 — mike kraft

FDA recommends not using syringes from Chinese firm after safety issues with vaccine injections At least one pharmacist that Reuters spoke to said the syringes had been shipped for use with the Pfizer Inc /BioNTech SE COVID-19 vaccine. An FDA spokesperson said the devices stopped being shipped in COVID-19 vaccination kits as of March 22.

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Taiwan, once a covid success story, faces outbreak and vaccine shortage

Tue, 2021-05-18 21:28 — mike kraft

Once a covid success story, Taiwan struggles with a vaccine shortage Residents rush to get vaccinated amid the island's worst outbreak, only to find there are nowhere near enough doses. Lily Kuo, Alicia Chen Washington Post

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Efforts to vaccinate the world lagging despite steps to provide more doses

Sat, 2021-05-08 11:20 — mike kraft

Even with more vaccines on the horizon, much of the world will most likely keep waiting for doses

The World Health Organization approved one Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccine and could soon approve another. The Biden administration has backed waiving intellectual property protections for vaccines, which could make it easier for more countries to make them.

But the campaign to vaccinate the world is floundering, and experts warn it will take more to reverse the trend.

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W.H.O. approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine for emergency use.

Fri, 2021-05-07 11:45 — mike kraft

The World Health Organization on Friday approved China’s Sinopharm’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, easing the way for poorer nations to get access to another much-needed shot to help end the pandemic.

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Biden opens global summit on climate, drawing comittments from China and Russia to cooperate

Thu, 2021-04-22 10:26 — mike kraft

At 'moment of peril,' Biden opens global summit on climate WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden convened leaders of the world's most powerful countries on Thursday to try to spur global efforts against climate change, drawing commitments from Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin to cooperate on cutting emissions despite their own sharp rivalries with the United States. “Meeting this moment is about more than preserving our planet,” Biden declared, speaking from a TV-style set for a virtual summit of 40 world leaders.

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Chinese official acknowledges the country's vaccines’ effectiveness is low

Sun, 2021-04-11 11:50 — mike kraft

Official: Chinese vaccines' effectiveness low BEIJING (AP) — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering... AP NEWS

BEIJING (AP) — In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country’s top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to get a boost.

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