China approves the first vaccine to be used by people.
Date 31 Dec 2020 at 13:00
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Chinese authorities have approved the country’s first use of Sino Farm’s novakwi to the general public.
The National Medical Product Management Office conditionally approves the use of the Covid-19 anti-Covid-19 vaccine developed by the China National Biotech Group, a subsidiary of Sinopharm, to the general public. country Of the many Chinese vaccines that are being tested at different stages.
Staff of the Chinese National Medical Supplies Agency Which monitors the food and drugs in China, said China will approve the conditional vaccine to vaccines that have not yet completed clinical testing. If it is seen that there is an urgent need for the use of the vaccine to control public health emergencies And considered that it would be more beneficial than harmful
However, details of the effectiveness of the vaccine have not been released. But the National Medical Supplies Office said The vaccine was effective against 79.34% of the coronavirus.
The approval for the Sino Farm vaccine comes after the United Arab Emirates. It’s the first country to start vaccinating its people this month.
Although China has delayed approval of the Covid-19 vaccine for several months, China has begun vaccinating its citizens with three vaccines that are still in the final stages of testing.
China has currently vaccinated 4.5 million doses and aims to give 50 million people within a month. February next year, before the Chinese New Year
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