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COVID-19? It has been a challenging and polarizing decision for parents in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic.A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Tuesday sheds light on the concerns parents have and what they consider when deciding whether or not to vaccinate their kids against COVID-19. Read more: More Canadians trusting governments as COVID pandemic fades: poll Read next: How rising food prices make eating healthy a big-time struggle for some Canadians “Parents’ experiences making decisions regarding SARS-CoV-2 vaccination for their children were complex, even for those who were supportive of SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations,” the study states.Researchers at the University of Toronto surveyed 20 parents in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario (GTA) between February to April 2022.They found there were four main factors that parents looked at for their children in the age range of 5-18 years: Newness of the COVID-19 vaccines, politicization, social pressure and individual versus collective benefit.“Vaccine decision-making is actually complex at the best of times and then with such a new vaccine, it’s just that much more complex,” said Dr.

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Centre gives nod to Sputnik Light Covid-19 vaccine for booster shot: Report

booster shots at private vaccination centres.

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Health Canada to approve Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5-11 on Friday: sources

Health Canada is expected to announce Friday that it has approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in Canadian children between the ages of five and 11, a key demographic as the fight to control the spread of the virus ramps up ahead of winter.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Hong Kong latest to approve Covaxin for emergency use

Covaxin. The health minister said the 96 countries include--Canada, the United States of America, Australia, Spain, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Russia, and Switzerland.

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Serum-partnered Novavax Covid-19 vaccine completes process for WHO emergency use

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Provincial COVID-19 vaccine passports fuel rise in immunizations

All provinces now have or will soon have a type of COVID-19 vaccine passport, which means more Canadians are getting immunized.

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Restaurants manage new provincial COVID-19 vaccine passport program

Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine passport system is prompting some restaurants and cafes to change their business model. As Caryn Lieberman reports, some are finding it easier to simply shut down their dining rooms for now.

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How to identify fake Covid-19 vaccine? Govt issues guidelines

Government has issued guidelines for the state government to identify fake Covid vaccines available in the markets.

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64% of Albertans fully immunized; Hinshaw says 2 COVID-19 vaccine doses critical as Delta variant spreads

“Having two doses of vaccine has never been more important,” Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said in her Wednesday update, explaining the Delta COVID-19 variant spreads more easily so the second dose is critical for protection.

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AHS to close 2 rapid-flow COVID-19 vaccine clinics by end of July

COVID-19 immunization clinics in Edmonton and Calgary will be closed by the end of July, with the focus shifting to smaller, community-based sites, Alberta Health Services announced Wednesday.The Edmonton Expo Centre location will close at 8 p.m. on July 29, while the Telus Convention Centre site in Calgary will close at 8 p.m.

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Hungary to offer optional 3rd COVID-19 vaccine dose, prime minister says

Hungary will offer the option of taking a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine from Aug. 1 and will make coronavirus vaccines mandatory for all healthcare workers, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday.Orban said doctors will decide which vaccine people should take as a third dose, and it should come at least 4 months after the second shot, unless doctors advise otherwise.Hungary, a country of 10 million, has been among the fastest countries in the European Union to inoculate the public, as the only EU state to widely deploy Russian and Chinese vaccines before they received approval from the bloc’s regulator.

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Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine: What we know

Sputnik V is Russia’s flagship two-dose COVID-19 vaccine. Late last month, the country also announced that it would begin circulation of the one-dose Sputnik Light vaccine, the country’s fourth authorized vaccine against COVID-19.The original vaccine, Sputnik V, which Russia’s Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology developed, consists of two different adenoviruses that require delivery by two separate vaccinations.Both doses contain non-replicating viral vectors.

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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine seems to protect against Delta variant: study

COVID-19 vaccine produced neutralizing antibodies against emerging variants, including the Delta variant first identified in India, in a lab study, the drugmaker said on Tuesday.The study was conducted on blood serum from eight participants obtained one week after they received the second dose of the vaccine in an early-stage trial.

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Youth in Ontario Delta variant hot spots can move up 2nd COVID-19 vaccine doses

Ontario youth between the ages of 12 to 17 who live in designated hot spots for the Delta COVID-19 variant can book accelerated second vaccine dose appointments today.Health units covering Durham, Halton, Hamilton, Peel, Porcupine, Simcoe-Muskoka, Toronto, Waterloo, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph and York are considered hot spots for the more transmissible variant.That demographic will have the option to re-book their second doses as of 8 a.m. today, through the provincial booking portal, pharmacies or their local health unit.

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COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V rollout delayed in Delhi

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2 Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines more effective than AstraZeneca against Delta variant, data says

Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine are more effective against the Delta COVID-19 variant than two doses of the AstraZeneca shot, preliminary observational data suggests.A research letter, published by the Lancet on Monday, looked at 19,543 COVID-19 cases and 377 hospitalizations among 5.4 million people, including 7,723 cases and 134 hospitalizations in patients with the Delta variant, who tended to be younger and more affluent.According to the data, a “strong vaccine effect” didn’t take hold until 28 days after receiving a second dose.Fourteen days after receiving a second dose, researchers found that Pfizer was 92 per cent effective against the Alpha variant first identified in the U.K.

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Odisha extends deadline of global tender till June 4 for Covid-19 vaccine

global tenders to procure Covid-19 vaccines because of the rising demand and shortage of doses.However, US-based pharmaceutical firm Pfizer had told Punjab and Delhi that it would not supply vaccines to the states but will give them to the Centre.Meanwhile, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka, Haryana some of the other states which have floated global tenders to procure anti-Covid vaccine. So far, only Karnataka has received a positive response from two suppliers.As per the state's health department, two suppliers have come forward to supply Russia's Sputnik V and Sputnik Lite vaccines.

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Ontario opens provincial COVID-19 vaccine booking system to people 12+

The provincial COVID-19 vaccine booking system is now open to everyone 12 and older in Ontario. As Katherine Ward reports, experts say this will help curb transmission, and informed consent should be a priority.

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More than 19.75 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in 24 hours: Govt

vaccines.States like Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Delhi have opted for global tenders to meet their needs.Uttarakhand officials said the state will import 20 lakh doses of Sputnik vaccine over the next two months.However, the health ministry has claimed that over two billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine doses will be made available in the country in five months between August and December this year.Moreover, according to the V K Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog, the Russian anti-Covid vaccine Sputnik V is likely to be available by next week in the country.Never miss a story! Stay connected and informed with Mint.

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Waterloo Region COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration opens up to all residents aged 12 and up

Almost 36 per cent of Waterloo Region residents have had a dose of COVID-19 vaccine It notes that Health Canada recently approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for anyone aged 12-15 while the Moderna vaccine remains eligible for those over the age of 18.The region says that vaccinations remain off the table for anyone under the age of 12 as no vaccines have been approved for use.It says that while the window has opened for everyone to pre-register, it still may take four to six weeks to be notified that it is time to book an appointment.

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Huge turnout for final rollout of Alberta COVID-19 vaccine

As of Monday, COVID-19 vaccines are now available for anyone in Alberta born in 2009 or earlier. As Lauren Pullen reports, there was another surge of Albertans signing up.

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Covid-19 vaccine: Germany says patent protection 'must remain'

- Pharma stocks hit -Shares in vaccine manufacturers dropped after the EU and Russia followed the United States in signaling they are open to the idea of patent waivers for coronavirus vaccines.But the sell-off was less severe than the day before, which Gregori Volokhine of Meeschaert Financial Services credited to traders realizing the complexity of reaching an agreement at the WTO and German intransigence.Supporters of the waiver say that easing patent restrictions will spur production of low-cost generic vaccines, helping poor countries that are struggling to immunize their populations.Opponents argue it could erode pharmaceutical companies' profit incentive to develop new treatments.India has been leading the fight to allow more

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Waterloo Region COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration open for some teens

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approved for Canadians 12 and over, Health Canada says On Wednesday, Health Canada authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for those aged 12-15, meaning anyone over the age of 12 is now eligible to be vaccinated by it.COVID-19 pre-registration has also opened to anyone over the age of 49 as well.The region says the province opened the window for the age group as it is expecting an increased supply of vaccine.Other groups who recently got the green light to pre-register include pregnant women, those with at-risk health conditions, essential workers in specific sectors who cannot work from home and adults 18+ living in high-priority neighbourhoods.

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India to start administering Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine from next month

Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine from next months, said the Indian Ambassador to Russia on Thursday.

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Lack of trial data exacerbates COVID-19 vaccine inequality

a call to global leaders to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for low- and middle-income countries.“The COVID-19 pandemic will not be over for us until it is over for everyone,” the authors wrote in an open letter.Now, a health expert in Argentina argues in the BMJ that, on top of supply problems, Latin American countries face an additional challenge due to a lack of publicly available data about vaccines from Russia and China. Dr.

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Sputnik V set to become third COVID-19 vaccine in India. 91.6% efficacy to side-effects — key details

Sputnik V, another vaccine against novel coronavirus got approval from the Subject expert committee (SEC) for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) in India, according to sources, mentioned news agency PTI. Once approved, this will be the third COVID-19 vaccine in the country.The COVID-19 vaccine was developed by Gamaleya Research Institute and the Russian defence ministry.

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Drug regulator seeks more data from Dr.Reddy's on Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine

Dr.Reddy's Laboratories on its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine trial, in its second such request after an initial evaluation in February.The committee asked the company to submit a comparative analysis of late-stage immunogenicity data from both its Indian studies and an ongoing Russian study, as well as data on serious adverse events and positive cases reported till date.Dr.Reddy's has been conducting small clinical trials with Sputnik V in India under a deal with Russia's wealth fund. Several Indian companies have signed deals to produce and supply over half a billion doses of the vaccine.Click here to read the Mint ePaperMint is now on Telegram.

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Pakistan to start private imports of CanSino Covid-19 vaccine for sale

ISLAMABAD : A private company in Pakistan will begin receiving shipments of China's CanSino Biologics COVID-19 vaccine this week for commercial sale, an official at the company's local partner told Reuters on Monday.Pakistan, one of the first countries in the world to allow private imports of COVID-19 vaccines, has already received a batch of the Russian Sputnik vaccine."We expect the first 10,000 doses to come on March 25, and 100,000 next month and 200,000 the month after," said Hassan Abbas, an official of AJ Pharma, CanSino's local partner, which will be importing the vaccine.“The issues with pricing have been worked out with the government and now we are waiting for a notification."The vaccine's commercial name will be "Convidecia",

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Venezuela not to authorise AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine

CARACAS : Venezuela will not authorise AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Monday, citing unspecified "effects on patients."Rodriguez' comments came after several European countries paused inoculations using the vaccine following reports of blood coagulation in recipients.

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Alberta begins Phase 2A of COVID-19 vaccine rollout Monday

COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan on Monday.Phase 2A targets Albertans born between 1947 and 1956 and First Nations, Inuit and Métis born in 1971 or earlier.Appointments can be booked online through Alberta Health Service’s booking tool on the AHS.ca website or by calling 811 if you require booking assistance.

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Indian pregnant women show maximum covid-19 vaccine acceptance, shows survey

vaccine hesitancy has marred the country's covid-19 inoculation drive, pregnant women in India seem to be more than willing to take the shots, as per a survey conducted by researchers at Harvard T.H.

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Computer programmer shares workaround to Alberta COVID-19 vaccine booking issues

Alberta COVID-19 vaccine booking site ‘experiencing very high volumes’ as appointments open to those 75 and older Being a computer programmer and developer, Mathewson checked out the coding of the website.He discovered that he could alter the code and bypass the postal code section, going straight to the patient information form.By doing so, Mathewson was quickly able to book an appointment.Upon getting the confirmation, he describes feeling immediate relief.“It’s exactly that.

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UN Security Council to debate challenge of global Covid-19 vaccine access

- 'Vaccine apartheid' -"What we don't want to see is a kind of vaccine apartheid," with rich Northern countries receiving ample supplies and poorer Southern countries -- as South Africa recently warned -- going without, said the ambassador speaking anonymously.He said negotiations over a Security Council resolution were likely to be "complicated," with some countries uncomfortable at the "transparency" involved in committing themselves to leave no country wanting for vaccine.Several countries, including China, Russia and some Gulf nations, have already launched "vaccine diplomacy" initiatives, either showcasing their own production capacity or providing easier access to vaccine doses.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has repeatedly

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EU's top diplomat hopes Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine will be approved in bloc

European Union's top diplomat expressed hopes Friday that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Russia will soon be used across the 27-nation bloc.During a visit to Moscow, EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the country’s Sputnik V vaccine is “good news for the whole mankind."Also Read | Vaccination drive picks up slowlyThe vaccine was approved by the Russian government in August and many foreign governments have expressed interest in buying doses.Russian scientists said it appears safe and effective against Covid-19, according to early results of an advanced study published in the British medical journal The Lancet.

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COVID-19 vaccine: India may grant emergency use approval to Sputnik V this month

ANI. "India is a key partner in terms of production of vaccine and we expect that there'll be a restricted emergency use order for the Sputnik V vaccine...this month or next.

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Hungary becomes first in EU to approve Chinese Covid-19 vaccine

Hungary became the first European Union country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine from China after Premier Viktor Orban said the country would buy Sinopharm vaccines to speed up inoculations amid the slow rollout of western shots.The decision followed a government decree that allows the automatic approval of vaccines already used on at least 1 million people abroad, Chief Medical Officer Cecilia Muller said at a briefing on Friday. Hungary is ready to place a major order with Sinopharm in days, Orban told state radio earlier in the day.Hungary is also the only EU country to have approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine and the cabinet has already ordered doses to inoculate 1 million people, or a little more than a tenth of the population.

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Palestinians expect first Covid-19 vaccine by weekend

Covid-19 vaccine by the weekend, officials said on Tuesday - at a time when more than a quarter of their Israeli neighbours have already been inoculated.The Palestinian Authority (PA) has ordered Russia's Sputnik V vaccine and hopes to administer it to 50,000 residents by March, after last week granting the drug emergency approval.Also Read | What 2020 did to India’s inequalityThe PA governs in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in coordination with Israel, whose vaccination campaign has been the world's fastest.

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UK's 'Herculean' Covid-19 vaccine target can be achieved, says Minister

Britain is rushing to vaccinate its population faster than the United States and the rest of Europe, although Russia and China have been inoculating their citizens for months.The vaccine is seen as the main way out of the COVID-19 crisis which has killed 1.87 million people, destroyed whole swathes of the global economy and upended normal life for billions of people across the world.Also Read | The race to take fashion retail onlineJohnson has set a target of vaccinating the elderly, including care home residents, the clinically vulnerable and frontline workers - around 14 million people - by mid-February.Asked if it was achievable to vaccinate 14 million people by the middle of February and 2 million vaccinations each week by the end of

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Coronavirus variants: Will COVID-19 vaccines work against new mutations?

Doctor Michelle Chester prepares to administer the COVID-19 vaccine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center on December 14, 2020 in New Hyde Park on Long Island, New York. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant?Experts believe so, but they're working to confirm that.A coronavirus variant in the United Kingdom has caused alarm because of the possibility that it might spread more easily.

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Argentina launches Covid-19 vaccination drive with controversial Sputnik V

Sputnik V shots developed by Russia, the government said.It is the first country in the Americas to use this vaccine against the pandemic.The vaccination drive began simultaneously around the country with frontline healthcare workers given priority, Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia said.Also Read | How Indians lived online during 2020He spoke at Posadas Hospital in Buenos Aires, where a doctor named Flavia Loiacono became the first in the country to get a Covid shot."The idea is to start vaccinating those with the greatest risk exposure," said Gonzalez Garcia.The Gam-CovidVac vaccine, nicknamed Sputnik V after the Soviet-era satellite, has come under fire from critics in Russia and abroad because it was registered before the start of

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Sputnik V vaccine: Moscow launches online registration for Covid-19 vaccination

mass vaccinations against Covid-19, Moscow launched an online service today for people to book appointments to be vaccinated.Sputnik V, one of two Russian-made vaccines to have received regulatory approval in Russia despite clinical trials being incomplete, requires two injections.

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Covid-19 vaccination: UK to deploy army unit against anti-vaccine propaganda

anti-vaccine propaganda, as Britain prepares to deliver its first injections within days, Sunday Times reported today.Troops are analyzing how British citizens are being targeted online and are gathering evidence of vaccine disinformation from hostile states, including Russia, according to leaked documents seen by the newspaper.The British government hopes to begin rolling out vaccination program before Christmas if regulators approve the shots in time, foreign secretary Dominic Raab said.“We hope, subject to the regulatory approvals, to be in a position to be able to have rolled out the vaccine sufficiently by, say, the spring to enable us to have a big change in the way we approach things," Raab told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show.Peter

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Dolly Parton backed Moderna Covid-19 vaccine with £814,000 to help end 'crazy pandemic'

Dolly Parton spoke of her joy at helping to fund the production of a promising new coronavirus vaccine.

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Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?

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Where are we in the COVID-19 vaccine race?

COVID-19 vaccines, with large global trials of several of the candidates involving tens of thousands of participants well underway.The following is what we know about the race to deliver vaccines to help end the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 1.26 million lives worldwide:Who is furthest along?US drugmaker Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech SE were the first to release data showing on Monday that their vaccine worked in a large, late-stage clinical trial.Russia's sovereign wealth fund published interim late-stage trial results for its Sputnik V vaccine on Wednesday showing the shot is 92% effective at protecting people from COVID-19.The next data releases will likely be from US biotech firm Moderna Inc, possibly in November,

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UN health agency says no COVID-19 vaccine will be endorsed before it's safe and effective

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China grants country's first Covid-19 vaccine patent to CanSino: Report

COVID-19 vaccine patent granted by China, state-owned newspaper People's Daily reported on Sunday.The paper cited documents published by China's National Intellectual Property Administration saying that the patent was issued on Aug. 11.Saudi Arabia said this month it plans to begin Phase III clinical trials for the CanSino vaccine.

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China's CanSino in talks for Covid-19 vaccine Phase III trial overseas

SUZHOU/BEIJING: Chinese vaccine developer CanSino Biologics is in talks with Russia, Brazil, Chile and Saudi Arabia to launch a Phase III trial of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, its co-founder said on Saturday.China's success in driving down COVID-19 infections has made it harder to conduct large-scale vaccine trials, and so far only a few countries have agreed to work with it."We are contacting Russia, Brazil, Chile and Saudi Arabia (for the Phase III trial), and it's still in discussion," Qiu Dongxu, executive director and co-founder of CanSino, told an anti-viral drug development conference in Suzhou, in eastern China.He said its Phase III trial was likely to start "pretty soon," and the company plans to recruit 40,000 participants

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