China`s experimental Covid-19 vaccine costs how many dollars?
- A. $30
- B. $40
- C. $50
- D. $60
Correct Answer: D. $60
A Chinese city is offering Sinovac Biotech`s experimental Covid-19 vaccine to essential workers and other high-risk groups as part of a national programme for about $60.
Correct Answer: C. Javier Milei
Argentina elected right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as its new president on 19 November 2023, rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a looming recession and rising poverty. Milei, who rode a wave of voter anger with the political mainstream, won by a wider-than-expected margin. He landed some 56% of the vote versus just over 44% for his rival, Peronist Economy Minister Sergio Massa, who conceded.
Correct Answer: C. Patriot
NATO announced the signing of a $5.5 billion contract by member countries in Europe to purchase up to 1,000 Patriot air defense missiles to bolster security given the threat from Russia. The deal comes as Moscow has unleashed barrages of missile and drone strikes against Ukraine. Patriot systems supplied by nations like the US and Germany have been used by Kyiv to shoot down Russia’s attacks in the 11-month war.
Correct Answer: C. Canada
Canada became the first country in the world that have authorized the use of a plant-based COVID-19 vaccine. The two-dose vaccine of Medicago Inc. (a biopharma company owned by Mitsubishi Chemical and Philip Morris), can be given to adults who are aged between 18 to 64, but little data is available on the shots received by people aged 65 and above.
Correct Answer: D. South Africa
Foreign Ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, and China extended their full support to South Africa for its BRICS Chairship in 2023 and also for holding the fifteenth summit. BRICS foreign ministers held their annual meeting on the margins of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where the ministers said that they are looking forward to the Standalone Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs and International Relations in South Africa in 2023
Correct Answer: C. Canada
A team of Canadian scientists may have discovered the first case of deer spreading the coronavirus to humans, according to a new preprint study that hasn’t yet been peer-reviewed. Typically, humans spread the virus to deer, and then deer spread it to other deer. But new evidence suggests that the virus could spill over from deer into humans. The researchers identified a COVID-19 case in someone from Ontario who had recently been in contact with deer.
Correct Answer: C. International Monetary Fund