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‘Expressing our Amistad’, says Jaishankar as ‘Made in India’ COVID-19 vaccines reach Mexico
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‘Expressing our Amistad’, says Jaishankar as ‘Made in India’ COVID-19 vaccines reach Mexico

As over eight lakh made-in-India coronavirus vaccine reached Mexico, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday took to Twitter to announce the news.“Expressing our Amistad. Mexico receives Made in India vaccines,” tweeted Jaishankar.On Saturday, Indian Ambassador Manpreet Vohra said that 870,000 Made-in-India vaccines will reach Mexico on Sunday morning. The doses were requested by Mexico.“To meet #Mexico’s special request to #India for additional doses, huge efforts made by Minister @DrSJaishankar to help quickly. Now 870,000 Made-in-India vaccines will reach here on Sunday morning,” he tweeted.At a news conference last week, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador informed that the country would receive around a million doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine sent from India
Covid-19: China’s plan to show off its vaccine backfires
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Covid-19: China’s plan to show off its vaccine backfires

China wanted to showcase its scientific prowess and deliver a geopolitical win with its coronavirus vaccine. However, that plan is facing severe backlash in some places.Officials in Brazil and Turkey have complained that Chinese companies have been slow to ship the doses and ingredients.A few reports also suggest that China’s vaccines, while considered effective, cannot stop the virus as well as those developed by Pfizer and Moderna, the American drugmakers.In the Philippines, some lawmakers have criticized the government’s decision to buy a vaccine made by a Chinese company, Sinovac.Officials in Malaysia and Singapore, which ordered doses from Sinovac, have had to reassure their citizens that they would approve a vaccine only if it had been proved safe and effective.“Right now, I would no
UN assists India’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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UN assists India’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

On January 16, India began its coronavirus vaccine rollout by administering 207,229 shots on the first day with the help of hundreds of thousands of health workers who were trained and assisted by the United Nations agencies.Roderico H Ofrin, WHO Representative in India, said: “[We] provided technical assistance to the Government of India for the development of operational guidelines and other training materials for state and district programme managers and vaccinators, and establishing tracking and accountability frameworks.”“WHO field officers have facilitated the highest-level oversight through regular task force meetings at state and district levels, which are chaired by the Principal Secretaries (Health) at the state level, and District Magistrates at the district level”, he added.Acc
“China’s Sinopharm vaccine most unsafe in the world with 73 side effects”
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“China’s Sinopharm vaccine most unsafe in the world with 73 side effects”

A Chinese doctor and a vaccine expert, Dr Tao Lina, has claimed that the country’s Sinopharm vaccine for coronavirus is “the most unsafe in the world” with 73 side effects.Taking to social media, Dr Tao pointed out to his 4.8 million social media followers that the jab developed by Beijing's state-run drugmaker Sinopharm had 73 side effects. He stated that after he read the manual of the vaccine, "I took in a long cold breath, and counted the conditions listed in the 'adverse reactions' column."The vaccine expert found that in addition to pain in the injection site and headache, there were severe side effects listed that were "more likely to occur," such as high blood pressure, loss of vision, loss of taste, delayed menstruation, and urinary incontinence.He said that the 73 adverse reactio
Chinese Consulate in Houston epicenter of espionage: Texas Congressman
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Chinese Consulate in Houston epicenter of espionage: Texas Congressman

Texas Congressman Michael McCaul has alleged that China’s Consulate General, which the US has ordered to close, is the epicenter of Beijing’s espionage in terms of stealing US’ bio-medical research.“We had three scientists at M.D Anderson that were fired due to allegations of espionage,” McCaul said.The Congressman said the Chinese are actively trying to steal the vaccine for COVID-19.“We also have vaccine research going on at the Texas Medical Centre. We know that they are actively trying to steal that vaccine so that they can claim to the world they have saved them from the very virus they are responsible for,” said McCaul.“…Just like in San Francisco case where you have a scientist under the PLA, their military, come in and now take refuge in that consulate is really unprecedented, but