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China has four vaccines produced by three companies that have come a long way in development. But nothing has been approved yet. Despite this, one million Chinese have received the vaccine made by the state-owned company Sinopharm, company president Liu Jingzhen revealed this week. The vaccination is carried out after the Chinese health authority has approved it in an “emergency”.
Above all, have vaccines given to Chinese going abroad, where the spread of infection is much higher than in China. These are construction workers who are part of China’s gigantic investment project, the new Silk Road, students and diplomats. But groups such as health personnel, administration employees and public transport must also have been vaccinated.
According to Liu Jingzhen, the results of the vaccinations, which are added to the clinical vaccinations that are carried out, have been good.
“Among employees of the construction industry, diplomats and students who have traveled to more than 150 countries in the world, we have not had a single case of infection after vaccination,” he said in an interview published on the networking application. social Wechat.
Give the vaccine so far Not approved, of course, poses a risk, both for side effects and for others, if those who receive the vaccine feel safer than they.
But according to Liu Jingzhen, it works well.
– Almost a million people have been vaccinated on an emergency basis and we have not had any cases with serious consequences. People have only had mild symptoms.
Getting a vaccine has sometimes been described as competition between countries, with some saying that China has lagged behind after both Pfizer and Moderna last week released information showing that their vaccine protects nearly 95 percent of those who they performed the test of getting sick. The companies are now awaiting approval from the EU and US authorities.
None of the Chinese vaccines they are approved for commercial use yet. But Gas Fu, head of China’s Health Ministry, was keen to dispel doubts about the Chinese vaccine after the breakthrough in the West.
– Recently, Pfizer and Moderna said that their vaccine is very effective. But please believe me, Chinese vaccines are very effective too, he said.
Most Chinese companies conduct their clinical tests abroad, because the spread of infection in China is very low. So far, no similar test results have been provided to Pfizer and Modernas.
There are also examples of provinces in China that have offered vaccination to their residents. For example, images of tails have been shown in Yiwu, an export hub in the eastern province of Zhejiang. Here, residents have been able to obtain vaccines from the private company Sinovac at a cost of 200 yuan (approximately SEK 255).
