BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — Political leaders and experts worldwide have strongly opposed politicizing the COVID-19 origin tracing issue, saying that such a trend would deal a heavy blow to the global anti-pandemic efforts. “Research into the origins of the virus is important from a scientific and global health policy 阅读更多…
BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will host the first meeting of an international forum on COVID-19 vaccine cooperation on Aug. 5, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced Thursday. Zhao said the meeting, which will be held via video link, is themed on 阅读更多…
NEW YORK, July 26 (Xinhua) — COVAX, the global COVID-19 vaccine equity scheme, has agreed to buy 110 million Chinese doses of Sinovac and Sinopharm, thus gaining immediate access to lifesaving vaccines that are proved to be safe and effective, a vaccine expert has said. Such a decision by COVAX 阅读更多…
A medical worker takes a swab sample from a woman for COVID-19 test at a testing site in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, July 21, 2021. Nanjing, which has a population of more than 9.3 million, carried out citywide nucleic acid testing starting on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng) A medical worker 阅读更多…
ALAMEIN, Egypt, July 18 (Xinhua) — China and Egypt on Sunday decided to jointly donate 500,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip to address the immediate needs of the local people. The announcement came as Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his 阅读更多…
BEIJING, July 13 (Xinhua) — Chinese vaccines are gathering steam across the world, injecting strong impetus into the global fight against COVID-19 as deaths from the virus topped 4 million worldwide and variants spread to more than 100 countries. As a steadfast advocate for equitable vaccine distribution around the globe, 阅读更多…
SANTIAGO, July 10 (Xinhua) — China’s CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine effectively prevented COVID-19 in Chile, with the adjusted vaccine effectiveness reaching 90.3 percent for the prevention of severe disease, according to a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine. A nationwide mass vaccination campaign was conducted from Feb. 阅读更多…
TOKYO, June 25 (Xinhua) — Tokyo stocks closed higher Friday following an upbeat lead from Wall Street overnight, although concerns over Japan’s rising COVID-19 cases ahead of the Olympics to be held in the capital in less than a month capped gains. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average added 190.95 points, 阅读更多…
GENEVA, June 21 (Xinhua) — The South African government and the World Health Organization (WHO) are making progress to set up a technology transfer hub in South Africa, notably for the technology of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, according to the WHO on Monday. “I’m delighted to announce that the WHO is 阅读更多…
BANGKOK, June 20 (Xinhua) — A batch of China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines landed in the Thai capital of Bangkok Sunday, increasing support to the Southeast Asian country’s battle against its worst wave of outbreak so far. The shipment, imported by the Chulabhorn Royal Academy (CRA), was transported to the Department 阅读更多…