China gives conditional approval to Sinopharm vaccine

China has given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm

Thursday 31 December 2020 02:45 GMT

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China has given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm.

The vaccine is the first one approved for general use in China.

Chen Shifei, the deputy commissioner of China’s Medical Production Administration, said at a news conference Thursday that the decision had been made the previous night.

The vaccine is an inactivated, two-dose vaccine from the Beijing Institute of Biological Products, a subsidiary of state-owned conglomerate Sinopharm. The company announced Wednesday that trials had shown it to be 79.3% effective.

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China gives conditional approval to Sinopharm vaccine

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