Get vaccinated so you can travel overseas, implement travel bubbles etc.

[laksaboy]

Vaccinated travellers with Covid-19 prompt rethink of border reopening

https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/vaccinated-travellers-covid-19-prompt-022256502.html

Several travellers from China had recently arrived in Sarawak and underwent mandatory quarantine as well as RT-PCR testing. Despite already being given two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in their home country, they tested positive for the disease.

National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said such cases have prompted a rethink of how Malaysia would reopen its borders in the future.

The minister said that despite being fully vaccinated, tests found that these individuals had a high viral load and thus highly infectious at the time of their arrival.

“This has led us to rethink how we will reopen borders, which is not to say we don't want to reopen borders but we really have to have a better understanding of where they are coming from.

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P.S: Is the HSA still 'evaluating' Sinovac vaccines?

 

[gingerlyn]

I am very worried now because these tourists also visit Singapore. How can we avoid that and say no to China tourists ?

 

[laksaboy]

I am very worried now because these tourists also visit Singapore. How can we avoid that and say no to China tourists ?

I'm sure Loong doesn't mind... more business for his 'Stay Hotel Notice' staycations.

 

[gingerlyn]

China tourists also take the same train and buses in Singapore

 

[eatshitndie]

what about sex travel to thighland? moderna and pfizer - 69% discount. j&j - 36.9% discount. extra-cynica - 6.9% discount. sinovac - no discount plus surcharge of 6.9k baht for hazard fee?

 

[whoami]

I am worried for Indon...

Indonesia to tap China, US to cover for AstraZeneca vaccine delay
Jakarta opens discussions with Beijing to ask for up to 100m Sinovac doses


JAKARTA -- Indonesia will ask China and the U.S. to provide COVID-19 vaccines, its health minister said, as the country faces a delay in receiving AstraZeneca doses.
The Indonesian government has "opened discussions with the Chinese government to ask for an additional 90 to 100 million doses of Sinovac [vaccines]," Budi Gunadi Sadikin, the country's health minister, said at a parliamentary hearing on Thursday.
The minister added that the government is also looking to tap the U.S. for additional vaccines once Washington has "finished vaccinating" its citizens.

"The plan is that we will try to lobby government to government... [so that] Indonesia can enter the first list compared to other countries [in receiving the vaccines]," the health minister said. "But this discussion is still very early and is more from our anticipation [of looking at] other possibilities" in vaccine procurement.
Exploring a deal with Washington suggests Jakarta is wary of becoming overly dependent on Chinese vaccines, a reliance that could deepen further should Beijing agree to send an additional 100 million doses.
Southeast Asia's largest economy has so far received 57.1 million vaccines in total -- 1.1 million AstraZeneca doses under the GAVI/WHO-backed global COVAX vaccine-sharing facility, and the rest from China's Sinovac.
Sadikin's comments come as Indonesia faces disruptions in the delivery of AstraZeneca vaccines, as India is delaying shipments. Indonesia is now slated to receive 20 million doses from the Anglo-Swedish firm in 2021 via a bilateral deal instead of the previously agreed 50 million, with the remaining 30 million coming next year.
The delivery of an additional 50 million doses made by the company under the COVAX scheme is also expected to be delayed.
"The schedule for the 100 million [AstraZeneca] doses is not clear," Sadikin said. "We are disappointed with this decision because it could delay the vaccination schedule. This is not something we can accept, and we are in constant communication with AstraZeneca."
Indonesia has the highest cumulative COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia, with confirmed infections exceeding 1.5 million, and total deaths reaching 41,815 as of Wednesday. The country has an ambitious target of immunizing 181.5 million people in a year. The country has already given at least one shot to 8.8 million people, of which nearly half have received second shots.
Meanwhile, steps are underway to grant Russia's Sputnik V vaccines for emergency use approval, Penny Lukito, head of Indonesia's food and drugs agency, said on Thursday.
State-owned pharmaceutical Indofarma will team up with a local pharmaceutical for the distribution. "They are currently waiting for additional data on efficacy, safety and quality," Lukito said, "with an estimated emergency use approval by the end of this month."

 

[mahjongking]

so much for all these 'vaccines'
con job from day 1

 

[Hypocrite-The]

AMDK vaccine bestest..the tiongs now want to mix vaccines. Reason? Bcos tiong vaccine does not cut it.

China mulls mixing COVID-19 vaccines to improve efficacy of jabs
China is considering the mixing of different Covid-19 vaccines to overcome the relatively low
China is considering the mixing of different COVID-19 vaccines to overcome the relatively low efficacy of its existing options, according to a top health expert. (Photo: AFP/Jade Gao)
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BEIJING: China is considering the mixing of different COVID-19 vaccines to improve the relatively low efficacy of its existing options, a top health expert has told a conference.

Authorities have to "consider ways to solve the issue that efficacy rates of existing vaccines are not high", Chinese media outlet The Paper reported, citing Gao Fu, the head of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

His comments mark the first time a top Chinese expert has publicly alluded to the relatively low efficacy of the country's vaccines, as China forges ahead in its mass vaccination campaign and exports its jabs around the world.

China has administered about 161 million doses since vaccinations began last year - most people will require two shots - and aims to fully inoculate 40 per cent of its 1.4 billion population by June.

READ: China's COVID-19 vaccine output to hit 3 billion by year-end: Official
But many have been slow to sign up for jabs, with life largely back to normal within China's borders and domestic outbreaks under control.

Gao has previously stressed the best way to prevent the spread of COVID-19 is vaccination, and said in a recent state media interview that China aims to vaccinate 70 per cent to 80 per cent of its population between the end of this year and mid-2022.

At the conference in Chengdu on Saturday (Apr 10), Gao added that an option to overcome the efficacy problem is to alternate the use of vaccine doses that tap different technologies.

This is an option that health experts outside China are studying as well.

Gao said experts should not ignore mRNA vaccines just because there are already several coronavirus jabs in the country, urging for further development, The Paper reported.

Currently, none of China's jabs conditionally approved for the market are mRNA vaccines, but products that use the technology include those by US pharma giant Pfizer and German start-up BioNTech, as well as by Moderna.

READ: China weighs carrots and sticks in push to vaccinate millions against COVID-19
China has four conditionally approved vaccines, whose published efficacy rates remain behind rival jabs by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, which have 95 per cent and 94 per cent rates respectively.

China's Sinovac previously said trials in Brazil showed about 50 per cent efficacy in preventing infection and 80 per cent efficacy in preventing cases requiring medical intervention.

Sinopharm's vaccines have efficacy rates of 79.34 per cent and 72.51 per cent respectively, while the overall efficacy for CanSino's stands at 65.28 per cent after 28 days.

 

[laksaboy]

AMDK vaccine bestest..the tiongs now want to mix vaccines. Reason? Bcos tiong vaccine does not cut it.

It's the Chicoms' last desperate attempt to grab cash and influence with their shitty vaccines. Vaccines for a virus that they had created in the Wuhan laboratory.

 

[Hypocrite-The]

It's the Chicoms' last desperate attempt to grab cash and influence with their shitty vaccines. Vaccines for a virus that they had created in the Wuhan laboratory.

They created the virus, they don't have the vaccine? Sure are competent

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Tiongland admits their vaccine is rubbish

Chinese health official says effectiveness of local coronavirus vaccines is low
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Gao Fu, director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control, says more than 34 million people have received both of the two doses required by Chinese vaccines.(AP: Chinatopix)
In a rare admission of the weakness of Chinese coronavirus vaccines, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to give them a boost.

Key points:
The Chinese Center for Disease Control says locally developed vaccines "don't have very high protection rates"
Brazilian researchers found Sinovac's effectiveness in preventing symptomatic infections was as low as 50.4 per cent
Experts say mixing vaccines, or sequential immunisation, might boost effectiveness rates
Chinese vaccines "don't have very high protection rates", said the director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Gao Fu, at a conference in the south-western city of Chengdu.

Beijing has distributed hundreds of millions of doses in other countries while also trying to promote doubt about the effectiveness of Western vaccines.

"It's now under formal consideration whether we should use different vaccines from different technical lines for the immunisation process," Dr Gao said.

The effectiveness rate of a coronavirus vaccine from Sinovac, a Chinese developer, at preventing symptomatic infections has been found to be as low as 50.4 per cent by researchers in Brazil.

By comparison, the vaccine made by Pfizer has been found to be 97 per cent effective. Beijing has yet to approve any foreign vaccines for use in China, where the coronavirus emerged in late 2019.

Dr Gao gave no details of possible changes in strategy but mentioned mRNA, a previously experimental technique used by Western vaccine developers while China's drug makers used traditional technology.

"Everyone should consider the benefits mRNA vaccines can bring for humanity," Dr Gao said.

"We must follow it carefully and not ignore it just because we already have several types of vaccines already."

Dr Gao previously raised questions about the safety of mRNA vaccines. He was quoted by the official Xinhua News Agency as saying in December he could not rule out negative side effects because they were being used for the first time on healthy people.

Chinese state media and popular health and science blogs also have questioned the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine, which uses mRNA.

As of April 2, some 34 million people have received both of the two doses required by Chinese vaccines and about 65 million received one, according to Dr Gao.

Experts say mixing vaccines, or sequential immunisation, might boost effectiveness rates.

Trials around the world are looking at the mixing of vaccines or giving a booster shot after a longer time period. Researchers in Britain are studying a possible combination of Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines.

AP

 

[syed putra]

It's the Chicoms' last desperate attempt to grab cash and influence with their shitty vaccines. Vaccines for a virus that they had created in the Wuhan laboratory.

Maybe china vaccines are meant to spread the disease

 

[rushifa666]

Ceca no need any of this shit to come here. Only for low ses peasants

 

[tobelightlight]

Several travellers from China had recently arrived in Sarawak and underwent mandatory quarantine as well as RT-PCR testing. Despite already being given two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in their home country, they tested positive for the disease.

then what is the point of getting that poisonous jab.

 

[mojito]

China tourists also take the same train and buses in Singapore

Thankfully I don't.