Hungary Pays $36 Per Dose for Chinese Vaccine – The New York Times (Is Orban getting a payoff?)

 

Hungary has agreed to pay about $36 a dose for Covid-19 vaccines made by Sinopharm, a Chinese state-owned vaccine maker, according to contracts made public by a senior Hungarian official on Thursday. That appears to make the Sinopharm shot among the most expensive in the world.

Hungary has agreed to buy five million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, priced at 30 euros ($36) each, according to contracts that Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, uploaded to his Facebook page. That price far surpasses what the European Union has agreed to pay for vaccines from Western manufacturers.

The patient was dying of COVID-19. Could ECMO save her? – Los Angeles Times (A must read story of staff dedication an survival!)

 Blanca Lopez holds a rosary.  She had spent 14 weeks in two hospitals and 51 days on a machine few people had ever heard about, for an intervention that could cost more than $1.1 million. With so many people dying of this disease, she wondered why she was so lucky.

A week later, she went through the small bag she had taken to the hospital so long ago. In the bottom, tangled with a bracelet, a gold chain, earrings and two rings, she found the white rosary.

Source: The patient was dying of COVID-19. Could ECMO save her? – Los Angeles Times

France and U.S. Warn Lebanon is Running Out of Time Before Total ‘Collapse’ — Naharnet

France and the United States hit out at Lebanon’s warring politicians on Thursday, with Paris saying they were failing to help the country as it slid towards “total collapse”. “It’s tempting to say it is a case of non-assistance to a country in danger by Lebanese politicians,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told a news conference. “Everyone knows what needs to be done.”

Source: France and U.S. Warn Lebanon is Running Out of Time Before Total ‘Collapse’ — Naharnet

Covid vaccinations: No reason to stop using AstraZeneca jab, says WHO – BBC News

Countries should not stop using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over fears it causes blood clots as there is no indication this is true, the World Health Organization says. Bulgaria, Denmark and Norway are among the countries that have paused its use. But on Friday a WHO spokeswoman said there was no link between the jab and an increased risk of developing a clot. Margaret Harris said it was an “excellent vaccine” and should continue to be used. Around 5 million Europeans have already received the AstraZeneca jab. There have been about 30 cases in Europe of “thromboembolic events” – or developing blood clots – after the vaccine was administered. There were also reports that a 50-year-old man had died in Italy after developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The WHO is investigating the reports, as it does any safety questions, Ms Harris said. But no causal relationship had been established between the shot and the health problems reported, she said.

Source: Covid vaccinations: No reason to stop using AstraZeneca jab, says WHO – BBC News

COVID-19: Morocco Orders 1 Million Doses of Sputnik V Vaccine

Morocco’s Health Minister Khalid Ait Taleb confirmed the news in a statement to the Spanish news agency EFE.

The Spanish news outlet reported on Thursday that Ait Taleb said that Morocco is set to receive the first batch of the Russian vaccine in March and another in April.

The Moroccan minister, however, said that the scheduled date will depend on “Russian commitments to other countries.”

Reuters reported this week that Morocco approved both US Johnson & Johnson and the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines.

Source: COVID-19: Morocco Orders 1 Million Doses of Sputnik V Vaccine

Japanese drugmaker starts AstraZeneca vaccine production in Japan

Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. said Friday it has started manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine of Britain’s AstraZeneca Plc in Japan, as reports emerged in some European countries of blood clots in people receiving the vaccine.

Based on an outsourcing agreement concluded in February, the Japanese pharmaceutical firm began Thursday the vial filling and packaging of the vaccine using undiluted solutions provided by AstraZeneca at its subsidiary Daiichi Sankyo Biotech Co., it said.

Source: Japanese drugmaker starts AstraZeneca vaccine production in Japan

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