The injuries in the world reach about 105.4 million ... and the deaths are 2.3 million

China approves the use of the second domestically developed vaccine against "Corona"

A nurse displays a vial of the Corona vaccine from Sinovac, as Chile begins vaccinating the elderly in Santiago.

Reuters

The authorities responsible for the pharmaceutical sector in China have given the green light "with conditions" to use the second locally developed vaccine against "Covid-19" called "Corona Vacc", which was developed by "Sinovac", while the total number of confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus has reached all over The world to about 105.4 million and 2.3 million deaths.

In detail, Sinovac Biotech said yesterday that the supervisory authority on medical products in China has officially approved the mass use of the "Corona Vacc" vaccine, which protects against "Covid-19", which was developed by its unit.

"Sinovac" said that the preventive effectiveness of its vaccine "Corona Vacc" meets the regulatory standards of the World Health Organization and China, 14 days after taking the two doses, according to what was reported by Bloomberg News.

The vaccine was used even before the announcement to vaccinate major groups that are more vulnerable to infection with the Coronavirus, but its approval yesterday allows its use for the public.

The conditional approval contributes to the introduction of emergency drugs onto the market, when clinical tests do not meet the usual criteria but indicate that the treatments will be effective.

The approval of the vaccine comes weeks after the Chinese pharmaceutical company, Sinopharma, also got the conditional green light to put its vaccine on the market.

"Sinovac" reported that tests in Brazil showed that the vaccine is about 50% effective in preventing infection and by 80% in preventing infections from developing to levels that require medical intervention.

This is the second "Covid-19" vaccine to obtain a permit for its public use in China, after a vaccine developed by an institute of the China National Pharmaceutical Industries Group (Sinopharma) and which won the approval of the regulatory authority in December.

The vaccines were already being used in a vaccination program in China, which is mainly focused on groups most at risk.

In a press release, Sinovac stated that Indonesia, Turkey, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay and Laos agreed to the emergency use of the Corona Vaccine vaccine developed by the Senovac Life Sciences Laboratory.

"Sinovac" said that the approval was based on results obtained over a period of two months from clinical trials of the last stage conducted abroad, and the final analytical data had not yet been obtained.

The Sinovac vaccine is being tested in clinical trials of the last stage in several countries, including Brazil, Turkey and Indonesia.

Globally, the total number of confirmed cases of the emerging coronavirus worldwide has reached 105 million and 401 thousand and 161 cases, as of yesterday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News.

The death toll from "Covid-19", which is caused by the Coronavirus, has reached two million 299,389 cases.

The United States leads the world in terms of the number of injuries and deaths.

In Britain, the total number of confirmed cases of the new Corona virus reached 3.92 million cases as of yesterday.

The data showed that the total number of deaths in the United Kingdom as a result of the "Covid-19" disease caused by the virus reached 111,477.

10 thousand and 94 of the injured have recovered from the disease.

The total number of confirmed cases of the new Corona virus in Italy reached 2.61 million cases as of yesterday.

The data showed that the total number of deaths in the country as a result of infection with the Coronavirus, which causes the "Covid-19" disease in the country, reached 90,618.

According to the data, 2.09 million infected people have recovered from the disease so far.

In South Korea, the daily new cases of coronavirus remained less than 400 for the second consecutive day, yesterday, while the government decided to ease working hours restrictions for certain types outside the greater Seoul area.

The Korean Agency for Disease Control and Prevention said that it had recorded 393 new cases of Coronavirus in the past 24 hours, including 366 local infections, which brought the cumulative number of infections to 80,524.

Yesterday's toll is higher than 370 injuries that were reported Friday, but it is lower than Thursday's total of 451. Five deaths were recorded, bringing the total death toll to 1,464 deaths.

In Ramallah, the Palestinian Minister of Health, Mai Al-Keela, announced yesterday that 470 new cases of Coronavirus and three deaths have been recorded among Palestinians during the past 24 hours.

The minister said that the Gaza Strip recorded 172 new injuries.

The Palestinian government imposes a partial closure from seven in the evening until six in the morning every day from Sunday to Thursday, and a complete closure on Friday and Saturday.

According to the Ministry of Health database, the total number of HIV infections since the outbreak of the pandemic amounted to 183,126, of which 171761 recovered and 2058 died.

• 470 new cases of Coronavirus, and three deaths among Palestinians.

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