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Hundreds of people lined up at a hospital in Yiwu, a city in eastern China, to receive a dose of an experimental coronavirus vaccine, which has yet to pass all the tests. Volunteers pay the equivalent of 50 euros to get vaccinated.
People lined up in front of the Yiwu Community Health Center a few hours before it opened, after doctors said the vaccine would be available for the equivalent of 50 euros to those who want it, Mediafax writes. take over the BBC.
The volunteers were forced to sign a statement assuming responsibility for possible side effects before receiving a dose of the yet-unapproved vaccine, CoronaVac, developed by the state company Sinovac Biotech. They will receive the second dose in 28 days.
The stock of experimental vaccine was depleted in two and a half hours.
China is immunizing its front-line workers in the fight against coronavirus in a July emergency program, but this is the first time it has made the vaccine available to the general public. The move comes after Beijing said a coronavirus vaccine could be released in three weeks.
