China’s vaccines have received some high-profile endorsements. Indonesian President Joko Widodo received Sinovac shot on live TV, Brazil has begun distributing Sinovac doses.
The independent panel also notes that WHO and China acted slowly to the Covid-19 outbreak. It questions the global health body for not declaring the pandemic earlier.
The much-delayed visit is also taking place when China, which has effectively contained the virus, is experiencing a relapse of the disease in several places in Hebei province.
The probe comes almost a year since China locked down Wuhan as an outbreak of pneumonia that started with food market workers in late 2019 spread throughout the city.
The exact dates of the WHO expert team's arrival in Wuhan are still unclear, and an investigation into the coronavirus origin is still under negotiation.
Despite months of negotiation & planning, China has not yet finalised permission allowing the WHO-appointed experts to enter the country even as some of them embarked on travel.
WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE), however, said countries can space out doses depending on vaccine supply constraints and epidemiological settings.
Study by ICMR and WHO scientists finds that a good number of patients registered with India Hypertension Control Initiative were successful in controlling their blood pressure.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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