Who gets vaccinated with vaccines made in China
The use of Chinese vaccines against Covid is spreading around the world. All the details
The use of Chinese vaccines against Covid is spreading around the world.
From Europe to South America (the latest case is Mexico), passing through Africa, more and more states are focusing on vaccines produced in China to combat the pandemic. Here is the point of the situation.
VACCINES APPROVED IN CHINA
There are 4 vaccines approved for use in China. The two developed by Sinopharm, the one developed by Cansino and the one by Sinovac.
VACCINES MADE IN CHINA IN THE CLINICAL PHASE
Another 6, however, are still being tested. The one developed by Anhui Zhifei Longcom Biopharmaceutical has started the phase 3 clinical trial, like that of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. China's Shenzhen Kangta vaccine moved to Phase 2 on February 18. Also phase two for the drug developed by West China Ospital, for that produced by the Wantai center and for that of Minhai Biotechnology.
CHINESE VACCINES IN THE WORLD
All 4 approved vaccines have also received the green light for administration in other countries , for a total of 500 million doses booked.
The one produced by Sinopharm in collaboration with the Beijing Institute of Biological Products in Beijing has been approved for use in 13 other countries (Bahrain, Cambodia, Egypt, Hungary, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Peru, Republic of Serbia, Seychelles and United Arab Emirates), as stated in the Covid-19 vaccine tracker . Sinopharm's vaccine developed with the Wuhan Institute of Biological Products has been booked by the United Arab Emirates. Cansino's vaccine is also administered in Mexico and Pakistan. Mexico will also use Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccine, which has also been booked and approved by Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Indonesia and Turkey.
OVER 46 MILLION DOSES SHIPPED
Reservations and approvals that make the Beijing government proud, which seems to want to use the vaccine as a geopolitical weapon.
"China appears to prioritize vaccine diplomacy over its inoculation program," reports the South China Morning Post . The country "has shipped at least 46 million ready-made vaccines", while "the country's health authority said that 40.52 million doses of the vaccine were administered in China".
VACCINE: A GEOPOLITICAL WEAPON
“China could use [its vaccines] to become the global leader in ensuring equal access to vaccines, bridging the gap between the developed and developing world. Of course, this would help improve China's image and project soft power into those countries, ”commented Huang Yanzhong, a global health expert at the US think tank Council on Foreign Relations.
A VACCINAL CAMPAIGN IN RILENTO
On balance, in fact, China has vaccinated 3% of its huge population, against the much higher numbers of the USA (which vaccinated 15 out of 100 people), Israel (70 out of 100 people) and Great Britain (22 out of 100 people). 100).
THE SPRINTS OF THOSE USING VACCINES FROM CHINA
And China does even worse than those Chinese vaccines ordered them. As reported by MF Milano-Finanza , in fact, the United Arab Emirates are at 53%, Chile has vaccinated 12% of the population and Turkey, which has ordered 50 million doses, is over 6%.
EUROPE ALSO LOOKS AT CHINESE VACCINES
Meanwhile, Europe is also looking to Chinese drugs. Serbia has booked the vaccine developed by Sinopharm in collaboration with the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, as well as Hungary, although it is part of the EU.
CHINESE VACCINES IN MEXICO
Mexican health authorities began vaccinating elderly people against Covid-19 on February 22 with the vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac, after the first doses arrived on Saturday February 20 in Mexico City . The local government has decided to distribute the first shipment of the Sinovac vaccine to Ecatepec, a city in the central state of Mexico , on the outskirts of the capital. Earlier in the day, various units of health workers began administering the vaccine to hundreds of residents aged 60 and over who went to the Las Americas Cultural Sports Center to get vaccinated. "The first round of administration was very important because it lets us know that there is interest on the part of citizens, who hope that we can eradicate this problem from our population", explained to reporters the ;; mayor of Ecatepec, Fernando Vilchis , at the site chosen for vaccinations.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/sanita/chi-si-vaccina-con-i-vaccini-made-in-cina/ on Sun, 28 Feb 2021 07:27:09 +0000.