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Indian pharmaceutical firm Bharat Biotech said Wednesday its domestically developed vaccine, criticised for being rolled out before final trials, was found in interim late-stage data to have almost 81 percent efficacy in preventing Covid-19 infection. A senior citizen waits to receive a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Rajawadi hospital in Mumbai on March 3, 2021 Questions had been raised by Indian medical experts about the effectiveness of Bharat Biotech's "Covaxin" after officials authorised it for emergency use in January even though its Phase 3 trials -- the last stage before regulatory approval -- were not complete. "Covaxin (not only) demonstrates high clinical efficacy trend against Covid-19 but also significant immunogenicity against the rapidly emerging variants," Bharat Biotech chairman Krishna Ella said in a statement. The company added that "severe, serious, and medically attended adverse events occurred at low levels and were balanced between vaccine and placebo groups". It said interim phase 3 trial results for Covaxin -- co-developed with the scientific agency leading the government's response, the Indian Council for Medical Research -- were based on 43 cases of Covid-19 among 25,800 participants. Of the 43 cases, 36 were recorded in participants who received a placebo and seven in those who were given Covaxin, pointing to an efficacy rate of 80.6 percent after two doses for those who had not previously been infected by the virus, the company added. The firm said it would share further interim analysis after 87 cases, with a final analysis planned for 130 cases. The data from the second and final studies would also be submitted to a peer-reviewed journal for publication, it added. Covaxin, alongside the AstraZeneca/Oxford shot, is one of two vaccines approved for use in India. The AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine has been found to be about 62 percent effective in preventing infection. The Pfizer-BioNTech and …

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GSO Director General Nguyễn Thị Hương The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (GSO) launched the 2021 Economic Census on Monday. Amid challenges in collecting data due to the pandemic, the authority will employ technology to conduct the census. GSO Director General Nguyễn Thị Hương spoke with the Vietnam News Agency about the important survey The 2021 Economic Census takes place during the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic. Will this impact the survey? Collecting enterprises’ information has been implemented every year at different scales and levels. In the 2021 Economic Census, the survey will collect information on all kinds of businesses in all economic sectors nationwide. This year’s census has many advantages such as the active co-ordination and participation of ministries, departments and localities at all levels and collection of information across the whole country. In addition, census propaganda has been carried out nationwide in many forms to reach all people and enterprises. It has helped improve the awareness and responsibility of enterprises in co-ordinating, providing and sharing information with the Census Steering Committee at all levels. The 2021 enterprise survey will be implemented online, so despite the pandemic, the investigation still meets the census requirements. This is the second year the statistics industry has conducted the enterprise survey online. Therefore, we have experience in designing, processing and collecting information. What are the challenges facing the census? To collect information online, first of all, the information technology infrastructure system must satisfy higher standards than the traditional paper form. At the same time, the security and safety requirements need a higher level of capacity in transmission and storage and handling a large number of accounts for simultaneous access on a wide range. However, the IT infrastructure of the statistics industry still has many …

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>>> Vietnam takes over as chair of ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Association It is a special event marking the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association (VYEA) acting as rotating Chair of the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Association in 2020. Speaking at the ceremony, Politburo member cum Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh affirmed that the forum is a testament to a responsive adaptation to the "new normal" state of the world and the region, contributing to the dual role of ASEAN in ensuring community building momentum and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic towards a sustainable recovery. Hailing the continuous efforts of the business community in general and ASEAN young entrepreneurs in particular to adapt to and be flexible with recent changes, Binh emphasised that digitisation or digital transformation is an irreversible trend that is appearing across all fields, creating new resources for development, changing the human communication and creating equal development opportunities for all countries. Noting the core role of enterprises and young entrepreneurs in promoting comprehensive recovery and sustainable development, Binh expressed his wish that through the forum, ASEAN young entrepreneurs can understand their important role in the process of building a cohesive ASEAN with harmony between the interests of enterprises and the community. He also urged ASEAN’s young entrepreneurs to promote cooperation and enhance their dynamism and creativity, while stepping up the application of scientific and technological advances and enhancing cohesion to strengthen the footprint of the ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs Association in the region. Dang Hong Anh, VYEA Chairman, said that this year's event is of special significance, demonstrating the creativity of young ASEAN entrepreneurs in realising the vision of a "Cohesive and Responsive" ASEAN. Participants at the event discussed the business ecosystem and alliances among young ASEAN entrepreneurs as well as …

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