Live Breaking News: Top Chinese official says vaccines aren’t effective
China's top disease control official has made a “rare admission of weakness” saying the country’s coronavirus vaccines are not particularly effective.
China's top disease control official has admitted the country’s coronavirus vaccines are not particularly effective.
Gao Fu, the head of the Chinese Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said the four Chinese vaccines “don't have very high rates of protection" at a news conference on Saturday. He also said the country was considering mixing different vaccines together in a bid to boost their effectiveness.
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