Five vaccines in clinical trial in China



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Five vaccines capable of fighting corona are in clinical trials in China. Of these five, one is a vector and four are inactive.

The vaccines are in the first two stages of a clinical trial, a senior Chinese scientist said Friday (May 15). The second phase test did not show any adverse effects among the vaccine recipients. He expressed optimism that the vaccines were ready to complete their second phase of trials in July.


Zhenog Yixin, deputy director of the country's National Health Commission, said in a press briefing that clinical trials of the vaccine have so far proceeded smoothly without any hindrance.
He added that some vaccine recipients have participated in the first and second clinical trials simultaneously. It is then considered for emergency approval by the National Medical Products Administration.


So far, five vaccines have been administered to 2,575 volunteers. Of these, 539 are volunteers for the first stage examination. We have received preliminary data from the first step tests on vaccines. Vaccines are capable of producing protective antibodies.


In the second phase of the trial, 2,036 volunteers were enrolled. The trials are aimed at making the vaccines safer and more evaluative of their potency. Some volunteers are now taking multiple doses. Relevant research is also underway.


Experiments so far have found no major impacts on volunteers. If all goes according to plan, these projects will be able to complete the second phase trial by July.


Apart from this, the effectiveness of other types of vaccines is also being evaluated in China. Someone is doing research to increase its effectiveness. Because creating a vaccine is a technique and a scientific discovery. He also mentioned that some more vaccines may be approved in June for clinical trials.


The second phase of the Recombinant Adenovirus vector-based vaccine, invented by the People's Liberation Army Academy of Military Medical Sciences and the Chinese company Cancino Bio, began on April 12. The vector vaccine is safe and capable of eradicating many diseases at once. The vaccine is able to prevent coronavirus proteins and producing the body's immunity home. It has no side effects.


Of the other four inactivated vaccines, two were developed by China's National Biotech Group Co., Ltd., one by Sinovac Research and Development Co. Ltd., and the other by another vaccine company, which did not name them.


Inactivated vaccines are essentially capable of fighting certain types of germs. It is able to develop immunity against the virus.


Using a kill version that triggers an immune response causes this to be tried and the true method is incredibly safe because dead germs cannot cause illness. Such a vaccine is capable of killing germs. As a result, it cannot regenerate in the body.


The quality of inactivated vaccines is reliable. The vaccine is guaranteed in terms of efficacy and safety, said Wu Yuanbin, director of the Social Development Bureau at China's Ministry of Science and Technology.

   

We are ashamed to look at the development of Bangladesh: Pakistan PM



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Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif praised the economic progress of Bangladesh and said that they are ashamed to look at the development of Bangladesh.

According to a report by Pakistan-based media Dawn on Thursday (April 25), Shahbaz Sharif said this in a view exchange meeting with business representatives at the Sindh Chief Minister's residence in Karachi on Wednesday (April 24).

He said that before independence, Bangladesh i.e. East Pakistan at that time was considered a burden to the country. But they have made tremendous progress in the growth of industrialization.

Shahbaz Sharif said, I was very young when...we were told that it was a burden on our shoulders. Today you all know where that burden has reached (in terms of economic growth). And now when we look at them, we feel ashamed.

Currently, Bangladesh is ahead of Pakistan in almost all indicators of the socio-economic sector.

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Mass arrests could not stop anti-Israel protests at American universities



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US universities have erupted in protest over Israel's military operation in the Palestinian-besieged Gaza. This pro-Palestinian movement is being suppressed even after mass arrests. Rather, as the days go by, the protests are spreading.

The news agency Reuters reported that police made mass arrests at Atlanta's Emory University amid protests. A graduation ceremony at the University of Southern California was canceled due to the protests.

Emory University officials said protesters not affiliated with the college entered campus grounds early Thursday morning. When they refused to leave, the police used chemical spray to disperse them.

According to CBS News, about 108 people were arrested at Emerson College in the city on Wednesday night local time. Earlier in the evening, 93 people were taken into police custody from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.

Anti-Israel protests have spread to dozens of US universities within a week of starting at New York's Columbia University.

Meanwhile, a clash between protesters and police took place at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Later, authorities said that 34 people were arrested from there. These new arrests came after massive arrests of protesters at Columbia, Yale and New York universities.

Students gathered Wednesday (April 24) to protest at the University of Southern California's Alumni Park. At this time they were stopped by the riot police. Protesters were told to leave within 10 minutes by an announcement from a police helicopter. However, the students who remained at the scene were arrested for trespassing.

The protests at the University of Southern California were reportedly peaceful at first. Later the tension spread with the presence of the police. Protesters threw water bottles at the police when they tried to arrest a woman. At this time, they kept shouting slogans - 'Let him go'. Besides, they surrounded the police officers and shouted slogans like 'I want the liberation of Palestine'.

It should be noted that on October 7, the Palestinian independence organization Hamas entered Israeli territory and carried out an ambush. 1200 people were killed. Because of this, since that day, the Israeli forces continue to attack Gaza indiscriminately. 34 thousand 305 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip in the attack that lasted for more than six months. Apart from this, there is a severe humanitarian crisis due to lack of food, water and medical equipment.

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Iran is cracking down on women who don't wear Hijab



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Iran is cracking down on women and girls who don't wear Hijab. The country has started a new campaign named 'Noor' from last April 13. Since then, the implementation of the Hijab law has started to become stricter.

Iran has strict laws on wearing the Hijab. Strict action is taken against those who break this law.

Some videos of women being assaulted have gone viral on social media. In them, it is seen that women who go out without Hijab are forcibly picked up in cars by the members of the 'Morality Police'.

A video shows a mother and daughter walking through Tehran's busiest square in the capital. At that time, they were surrounded by five female and two male members of the police. When they tried to evade arrest, they were violently beaten and taken into a car.

Dina Ghalibaf, a female student at Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University, wrote on the micro-blogging site X that she was barred from boarding the metro. When she insisted, she was taken to a room. She claimed that she was beaten and sexually harassed there.

The student was arrested a day after making such a post and taken to Evin prison.

British newspaper The Guardian spoke to some of those arrested. One of them told the media that eight members of the police surrounded her last Saturday. At that time, she was called "prostitute", "naked American prostitute" and insulted her. Apart from this, the young woman claimed that men also touched her during the arrest.



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Boeing incurs huge losses after door open incident



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Boeing lost a huge amount of money due to the opening of the doors of the Boeing aircraft of Alaska Airlines in mid-air. US aircraft manufacturer Boeing reported a loss of US dollar 343 million in the first quarter of this year (January-March).

An unused door on an Alaska Airlines Boeing Max 9 collapsed moments after takeoff from Portland, Oregon last January. Although the Alaska Airlines plane was able to land safely in this incident, questions about Boeing's safety have been raised around the world.

As a result, Boeing reduced the production of the aircraft according to their target. As a result, Boeing is forced to pay huge losses in the first quarter of this year.

After the Alaska Airlines incident, the United States Aviation Agency ordered the grounding of 171 Boeing Max 737 aircraft. In the wake of the incident, Boeing's chief immediately admitted the mistake and promised to fix the problem with 100% transparency. But even this did not save the end. Boeing's CEO was eventually forced to resign.

In order not to cut the heat of this incident, a former Boeing engineer recently talked about the manufacturing defects of the Dreamliner 787. He recommended grounding all Dreamliner aircraft worldwide. In this incident, the safety of Boeing was questioned again.

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