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Vaccine Makers Kept $1.4 Billion in Prepayments for Canceled Covid Shots for Poor Countries --NYTimes

Feb

As global demand for Covid-19 vaccines dries up, the program responsible for vaccinating the world’s poor has been urgently negotiating to try to get out of its deals with pharmaceutical companies for shots it no longer needs.

Drug companies have so far declined to refund $1.4 billion in advance payments for now-canceled doses, according to confidential documents obtained by The New York Times.

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Draft WHO pandemic agreement pushes for equity in vaccine and drug supplies to avoid COVID 'failure' repeat

Feb

Draft WHO pandemic deal pushes for equity to avoid COVID 'failure' repeat Governments may have to reserve drugs and vaccines for the World Health Organization to distribute in poorer countries to avoid a repeat of the "catastrophic failure" during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an early draft of a global pandemic agreement. Jennifer Rigby,Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber Reuters

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Will the next worrisome coronavirus variant get detected?

Jan

The next worrisome coronavirus variant could come from China — will it get detected? Nature - Genomic surveillance is crucial for tracking the next ‘variant of concern’, but many countries are winding back their monitoring. Lewis, Dyani nature

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It remains crucial that variants be tracked, yet scientists question how quickly the next variant of concern will be detected as many countries wind down surveillance efforts.

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China says COVID deaths, severe cases have fallen over 70% since peak

Jan

China says COVID deaths, severe cases have fallen over 70% since peak Critically ill COVID-19 cases in China are down 72% from a peak early this month while daily deaths among COVID-19 patients in hospitals have dropped 79% from their peak, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. Reuters Reuters

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About 80% of people in China caught Covid since early December, say officials

Jan

Eight in 10 people in China caught Covid since early December, say officials Reported death toll surges to 72,000 after zero-Covid restrictions lifted; some experts estimate 1m deaths the Guardian

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China COVID hospitalisations jump up - WHO

Jan

China reports big jump in COVID hospitalisations - WHO China reported a large jump in COVID-19 hospitalisations in the week through to January 15 to the highest since the pandemic began, according to a weekly report published by the World Health Organization on Thursday. Reuters Reuters

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China says critical COVID cases have peaked but hospitals creak under the strain

Jan

China says critical COVID cases have peaked as holiday travel surges Millions travelled across the country for long-awaited reunions with families, raising fears of fresh outbreaks. Bernard Orr,Martin Quin Pollard Reuters

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There has been widespread scepticism over China's official COVID data since it abruptly axed anti-virus controls last month that had shielded China's 1.4 billion people from the disease for three years. ...

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