CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Papua New Guinea blocked the arrival of a flight with staff from China after a Chinese mining operator said his staff had won a coronavirus vaccine on an unauthorized test imaginable, the government said Friday.
Pacific Nation pandemic response controller David Manning banned the COVID-19 vaccine after Ramu NiCo Management (MCC) Ltd. reported vaccinating Chinese employees.
Pharmaceutical corporations in China and other countries are rushing to expand a coronavirus vaccine A Chinese pharmaceutical company is a volunteer vaccine in Indonesia, but none have been approved for general use.
Manning said he ordered a flight with 180 Chinese staff members to return Thursday as a precautionary measure. He said he had acted “in the interests of our people” because of the “possible dangers or threats this can cause. “
Manning said he was looking for more data from the Chinese government.
In Beijing, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said he knew nothing about Papua New Guinea, but defended the progression of drugs in China.
Chinese vaccine studies “conduct a protection and efficacy assessment and strict moral review,” spokesman Zhao Lijian said. He said “emergency use” can also be allowed to “maximize the fitness of the population. “
Papua New Guinea, a deficient country of nine million people in Melanesia, northern Australia, reported 361 cases of coronavirus and 4 deaths. Infections have increased over the next month. A curfew is being implemented in the capital, Port Moresby, to prevent spread.
The vaccine was given to the 48 Chinese in China 3 days before they landed in Port Moresby on August 13, according to Health Minister Jelta Wong.
“The main points of the usedArray vaccine . . . they still know each other,” Wong said in an email to The Associated Press.
Manning said the national fitness branch had passed any rehearsals. He said all vaccines required the approval of the World Health Organization and needed “rigorous testing, protocols and procedures. “
Wong claimed that his government had not won any request for such a trial.
A document under the head of the mining company entitled “Declaration of Vaccination” states that 48 Chinese workers “were vaccinated with the SARS-COV-2 vaccine” on August 10.
He was sent to the New Guinean Department of Health and indicated that the vaccine may result in false positive control effects in which they won it.
Manning wrote to Chinese Ambassador Xue Bing requesting “an immediate explanation of the Chinese government’s position on the vaccination statement. “
Ramu operates through Metallurgical Corp. de China, a subsidiary of China Metallurgical Group Corp.
Phone calls to Ramu’s in Madang City, Papua New Guinea and MCC headquarters in Beijing were not answered.
Australia, which is Papua New Guinea’s largest foreign aid donor, learned that China can simply check a coronavirus vaccine on workers in the state-owned enterprises region, the Australian newspaper reported.
Australian government officials responded to requests for comment on Friday.
It is known which Chinese manufacturer provided the vaccine.
The state-owned China National Pharmaceutical Group Co. , Ltd. , also known as SinoPharm, announced in July that it had administered experimental injections of a vaccine to its workers before the government passed human testing.
In Indonesia, another Chinese company, Sinovac Biotech Ltd. , is testing a vaccine on 1,620 volunteers this month in partnership with state-owned Bio Farma.
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This story has been corrected to show that Papua New Guinea is located in Melanesia, northern Australia.