China to donate 100,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine to GeorgiaApril 6, 2021 - 11:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Chinese government will donate 100,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine to Georgia in April, head of Georgia’s National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze said on Monday, April 5, Agenda.ge reports. Georgia received 100,000 doses of Chinese Sinopharm vaccine last week and the country is planning to purchase the Chinese Sinovac vaccine in April, Gamkrelidze said. He noted that both vaccines are likely to be approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) in mid-April and Georgia will launch vaccination afterwards. "Currently China has five coronavirus vaccines and two of them, Sinonac and Sinopharm, have been used internationally. 15 million doses of Sinovac vaccines have already been used in Turkey and about 500,000 doses in Azerbaijan,” Gamkrelidze said. The Beijing-based biopharmaceutical company Sinovac is behind CoronaVac, an inactivated vaccine. It works by using dead viral particles to expose the body's immune system to the virus without risking serious disease response. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. Azerbaijan extends Rune Vardanyan’s arrest by 5 months A court in Azerbaijan has extended the arrest of former Nagorno-Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan by five months. Armenia border residents dissatisfied with delimitation Residents Kirants are dissatisfied with the results of the delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. |