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Sinopharm vaccine
A worker opens a package of coronavirus vaccine made by a Sinopharm subsidiary during a COVID-19 vaccination session for resident foreign journalists at a vaccination center in Beijing, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
April 11, 2021, 10:52 am
Beijing admits Chinese vaccines ‘don’t have very high protection rates’
Country’s top disease control official makes rare admission of shot’s low efficacy, says use of other inoculations ‘under formal consideration’
By Joe McDonald and HUIZHONG WU
Chinese Ambassador Guo Wei (L) speaks with Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila during the unloading of a shipment of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines donated by the Chinese government in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank, on March 29, 2021. (ABBAS MOMANI/AFP)
March 29, 2021, 9:04 pm
Palestinian Authority receives 100,000 doses of China’s Sinopharm vaccine
Concerns remain over shot’s safety, effectiveness; Ramallah has so far got just 153,000 doses in all
By Aaron Boxerman
A staff member inspects syringes of COVID-19 inactivated vaccine products at a packaging plant of the Beijing Biological Products Institute Co., Ltd, a unit of state-owned Sinopharm in Beijing, December 25, 2020. (Zhang Yuwei/Xinhua via AP)
March 29, 2021, 5:07 am
UAE to produce China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
Gulf nation announces venture, doesn’t specify when commercial production will begin
By AFP
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of Chinese-made Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, in Belgrade Fair turned into a vaccination centre, on January 25, 2021. (Andrej ISAKOVIC/AFP)
January 26, 2021, 10:07 am
US, China face off in Middle East contest of coronavirus vaccine diplomacy
Countries choose between American Pfizer and Chinese Sinopharm shots, as Beijing pursues its ‘Belt and Road’ globe-spanning infrastructure and trade network push
By Guillaume LAVALLÉE
A promoter talks about the COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm subsidiary CNBG during a trade fair in Beijing on September 6, 2020. (Ng Han Guan/AP)
December 30, 2020, 11:33 am
China drugmaker says its coronavirus vaccine is 79.3% effective in final tests
State-owned Sinopharm’s data release is the first official announcement of late-stage trial data from a Chinese company on its COVID-19 inoculation candidates
By Joe McDonald and HUIZHONG WU
A model of a coronavirus is displayed next to boxes for COVID-19 vaccines at an exhibit by Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinopharm at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing, September 5, 2020. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
December 9, 2020, 11:30 am
United Arab Emirates says Chinese coronavirus vaccine has been 86% effective
UAE Health and Prevention Ministry announces analysis of Sinopharm CNBG’s inoculation ‘shows no serious safety concerns,’ but offers few details on trial or those involved
By Jon Gambrell
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