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.

A resident receives the coronavirus vaccine in Wuhan on April 8. Picture: Getty

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.

The admission was described by the BBC as a “rare admission of weakness”. Mr Gao later walked back the comments, saying been misinterpreted. The comments have gone mostly unreported on in China.

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