China excommunicated hundreds of thousands of untested vaccines “Concern over fatal side effects”

China, which leads the pace in vaccination against the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), has inoculated hundreds of thousands of untested vaccines on a large scale, sparking controversy. Health experts around the world warn of ‘the possibility of causing dangerous side effects and provoking a relaxed attitude towards quarantine’, but China is dismissing the controversy by defending autonomy to approve the emergency use of drugs under the ‘Law of Vaccines’.

A participant in a clinical trial of a corona 19 vaccine at Kocaeli University in Turkey is receiving a corona 19 vaccine developed by China. [로이터=연합뉴스]

According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 26th (local time), Chinese health authorities approved the emergency use of the Corona 19 vaccine in July and then administered the vaccine to hundreds of thousands of ordinary people, including citizens of Beijing. .

Vaccination targets were initially gradually expanded from certain occupational groups, such as front-line medical personnel, infectious disease quarantine personnel, and border officers, to the general public, such as pharmaceutical company employees, government officials, and their families. , and citizens of Beijing.

Among them were store personnel and shippers working in Beijing’s Xinfadi Agricultural and Fish Market, as well as Chinese journalists from Hong Kong-based Phonics Television. The Chinese authorities plan to increase the number of targets for teachers and supermarket staff in the future.

Tao Lina, a Chinese vaccination expert, explained: “This is to reduce resistance to the COVID-19 vaccine and lay the groundwork to induce widespread vaccination.”

The Corona 19 vaccine is being developed by the Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinoparm. [AP=연합뉴스]

The problem is that the safety and efficacy of this vaccine have not yet been proven. Vaccines injected into the public are products being developed by the Chinese state pharmaceutical company Sinopharm, the biotechnology company Sinovac and the biotechnology company CanSino Biologics. be be. These three vaccines are currently in phase 3 clinical trials in Peru, the United Arab Emirates, Brazil, Turkey, and Russia.

As a result, health experts around the world are expressing concern about the side effects of untested vaccines. Experts first point out that vaccines that have not been shown to be safe and effective can cause fatal side effects. He also warns that the spread of the virus could occur by slowing down tensions in quarantine just because the inoculations were “vaccinated.”

Synoparm and Synobac announced that they had inoculated the vaccine under development to employees and others in accordance with the approval of the emergency use of the Corona 19 vaccine by the Chinese government. [AP=연합뉴스]

In fact, on the 22nd, former trade manager Chen De-Ming embarrassed people by saying, “Because he has already been vaccinated, he does not need to wear a mask” at a forum in Beijing.

There were even suspicions that the urgent vaccination subjects might have been forcibly vaccinated because they could not withstand the pressure from above. Jerome Kim, general secretary of the International Vaccine Research Institute, said: “It would have been difficult for employees of pharmaceutical companies to refuse to administer the COVID-19 vaccine,” he said. “It would have negative consequences for large-scale vaccinations of unproven vaccines.”

Furthermore, the experts noted that it is unclear whether the risk of vaccination was sufficiently reported or whether follow-up measures, such as status monitoring after vaccination, were performed correctly. The NYT noted that “large-scale untested vaccines are not available in other countries.”

In Beijing, China, a researcher from the pharmaceutical company Sinobac is testing the quality of the COVID-19 vaccine that is being developed. [로이터=연합뉴스]

Despite warnings from health experts, China is dismissing the controversy with the ‘World Health Organization (WHO) Consultation’ and the ‘Vaccine Law’. On the 25th, Jung Jung Wei, director of the National Research Center for Hygiene Science and Technology Development of the National Hygiene and Health Commission, which is leading the development of Corona 19 vaccine in China, said on the 25th. : He insisted that there is not.

In August, CEO Jung revealed that Corona 19 vaccine emergency use approval was also approved. I once said.

WHO is also in an atmosphere to bolster China’s claims. WHO Undersecretary General Mariangela Shimao explained in a briefing held in Geneva, Switzerland, that “each country has the autonomy to grant emergency use permits for all health products in accordance with national laws and regulations.” .

Reporter Lee Min-jung [email protected]