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On Feb 6, 2021
Pfizer Inc has applied for full regulatory approval in Brazil of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with BioNTech Se, Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Saturday.​ https://t.co/nPWR99U80t
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Pfizer applies to register COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil

Pfizer applies to register COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil

Pfizer Inc has applied for full regulatory approval in Brazil of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with BioNTech Se, Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said on Saturday.

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On Feb 8, 2021
CanSinoBIO's COVID-19 vaccine 65.7% effective in global trials, Pakistan official says https://t.co/kdn4t8KaKN https://t.co/N5mjPGulLf
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CanSinoBIO's COVID-19 vaccine 65.7% effective in global trials, Pakistan official says

CanSinoBIO's COVID-19 vaccine 65.7% effective in global trials, Pakistan official says

CanSino Biologics Inc's (CanSinoBIO) COVID-19 vaccine showed 65.7% efficacy in preventing symptomatic cases and a 90.98% success rate in stopping severe disease in an interim analysis of ...

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On Feb 3, 2021
Two COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese companies including Sinopharm triggered immunity against a highly transmissible coronavirus variant first found in South Africa, but their effect appeared weaker, a small-sample lab study released on Tuesday showed.​ https://t.co/4ebZbXFkDN
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Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine remained active against S.Africa variant, effect reduced - lab study

Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine remained active against S.Africa variant, effect reduced - lab study

Two COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese companies including Sinopharm triggered immunity against a highly transmissible coronavirus variant first found in South Africa, but their effect appeared ...

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On Feb 4, 2021
RT @Reuters: The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots https://t.co/hMFWh9ZYBV 1/5 https://t.co/ahzAEjduS2
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World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots

World faces around 4,000 COVID-19 variants as Britain explores mixed vaccine shots

The world faces around 4,000 variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, prompting a race to improve vaccines, Britain said on Thursday, as researchers began to explore mixing doses of the ...

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On Feb 7, 2021
Peruvian President Francisco Sagasti will be the first to receive a #COVID19 vaccine developed by Chinese laboratory Sinopharm in his country, says Minister of Health Pilar Mazzetti https://t.co/8vydF7MLEN https://t.co/UyudNgl2zZ
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Peruvian president to receive China-developed COVID-19 vaccine

Peruvian president to receive China-developed COVID-19 vaccine

A staff member takes out samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, capital of China, …

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On Feb 9, 2021
China, WHO experts complete COVID-19 origin-tracing research in Wuhan https://t.co/Lg9hHToaZr https://t.co/eK5mLPBCli
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China, WHO experts complete COVID-19 origin-tracing research in Wuhan

China, WHO experts complete COVID-19 origin-tracing research in Wuhan

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 26, 2020 shows the Yellow Crane Tower and the Yangtze River Bridge during a lockdown to contain the epidemic in Wuhan, central China's Hubei …

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On Feb 9, 2021
Huanan seafood market may not be site of earliest COVID-19 outbreak: WHO-China team https://t.co/kDwIOs8d8R https://t.co/OeqtRT0rpp
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Huanan seafood market may not be site of earliest COVID-19 outbreak: WHO-China team

Huanan seafood market may not be site of earliest COVID-19 outbreak: WHO-China team

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 7, 2020 shows the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu) WUHAN, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Wuhan's Huanan seafood …

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On Feb 5, 2021
China will donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Congo Republic and forgive $13 million in public debt, its ambassador to the Central African country said on Thursday.​ https://t.co/9T1tglIMrO
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China to donate 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Congo Republic

China to donate 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to Congo Republic

China will donate 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Congo Republic and forgive $13 million in public debt, its ambassador to the Central African country said on Thursday.