FDA to Register Sinovac, Sinopharm Vaccines for people aged 3-17

[snoop1130]

 

BANGKOK, Feb 1 (TNA) – The Food and Drug Administration will this week have experts consider the registration of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines made by Sinovac and Sinopharm for administration with people aged 3-17 years.

 

FDA deputy secretary-general Dr Surachoke Tangwiwat said that last week the Government Pharmaceutical Organization, in its capacity as a vaccine importer, submitted a report on a study of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine administered among people aged 3-17 years in Chile. Besides, Biogenetech Co, the importer of Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine, also proposed a study on the vaccine for people of the same age range.

 

Full Story: https://tna.mcot.net/english-news-874281

 

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[Petey11]

Thought they said they were going to stop using the "sino" vaccines?

[RandiRona]

Ohh Gawd!! Please not...not the kids!!... even Chinese kids arent getting it. Please go for Pfizer if you really care about kids.

[mommysboy]

Very mild side effects. 

[MrJ2U]

It's definitely not going to go over well with the Thai populace.

 

"The world’s most widely used COVID-19 vaccines provide little to no protection against infection with the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, laboratory evidence suggests."

 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00079-6

 

 

 

 

[rwill]

There is nothing wrong with inactivated virus vaccines.  But these ones should be updated with the latest variants to be more effective.  Don't just keep buying the old one with just the original virus used for it.

 

Just like they do with flu vaccines that have 3-4 variants that change from year to year.

[Isaan sailor]

Sino vaccines didn’t work so well on adults in Thailand—so now let’s try it on kids.  Sorry, I don’t follow their logic.

[connda]

The inactivated virus vaccines are the only vaccines I'd allow my children to have.

[MrJ2U]

"A leading professor at Chulalongkorn University has come out this week to criticize the government for its continued obsession with acquiring Sinovac vaccines. The professor joined Thai Enquirer to outline her grievances, the same one she shares with millions of other Thais."

 

https://www.thaienquirer.com/28886/leading-chula-professor-criticizes-governments-sinovac-obsession/

[Rimmer]

Some bickering posts including a personal attack have been removed

[BayArea]

Whenever I read matters regarding Thailand accepting anything from China,  this image comes to mind.

 

[Sametboy2019]

Anyone gonna tell them its almost over and omicron is a upper respiratory illness now. Guess they have some surplus stock