Fears for the Beijing Winter Olympics starting on February 4th. Indonesia is the first to authorize Novavax. Yes from Australia at the entrance of those immunized with the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine and the Indian Covaxin vaccine
ROME. The Chinese government has urged citizens to stock up on basic necessities and local authorities to take steps to ensure adequate food supplies, as the country adopts increasingly stringent measures to contain Covid outbreaks. A notice published on the website of the Ministry of Commerce asked families to “keep a certain amount of goods necessary to meet daily life and emergencies”. The directive is motivated by fears that anti-Covid measures could disrupt supply chains or leave citizens without food. So far China, which has kept its infection numbers relatively low through a Covid-zero strategy with border closures, targeted lockdowns and long quarantine periods. For some weeks now it has been taking increasingly harsh measures to contain the latest outbreak of the virus, especially in view of the Beijing Winter Olympics which begin on February 4
Turned in Australia
The Chinese Sinopharm vaccine and the Indian Covaxin vaccine against Covid-19 have been officially recognized by the Therapeutic Goods Authority (TGA) in Australia, allowing the numerous international university students from the two countries to meet the vaccination requirements, to return to Australia after a long closure of borders. Until now, the TGA had only recommended vaccines approved for use in Australia: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca (now known as Vaxzevria) and Johnson and Johnson, plus Covishield from India and Sinovac from China. Students fully vaccinated with Sinopharm or Covaxin will be able to return to universities in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland, which plan to admit hundreds of students per week by the start of the 2012 academic year. “Many citizens of China and India, and other countries in the region where these vaccines have been widely administered, will now be considered fully vaccinated to enter Australia, ”the TGA said in a statement. “This will have a significant impact on the return of international students and the entry into Australia of skilled and unskilled workers,” he adds. The approval came on the same day Australia opened its borders to the return of fully vaccinated citizens and permanent residents, ending the two-week quarantine requirement on arrival.
Indonesia
Indonesia is the first nation in the world to authorize the administration of the vaccine against Covid-19 produced by the US company Novavax. Indonesia has struggled to secure enough doses to immunize its 270 million inhabitants. The serum distributed in the Asian country will be produced in India under the Covovax brand.
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