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However, it’s but to be determined when the vaccine will probably be put into (emergency) use.
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- Last Updated:June 06, 2021, 16:15 IST
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China has authorised the emergency use of CoronaVac, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese agency Sinovac, for kids aged between 3 and 17 years, Sinovac Chairman Yin Weidong stated. “But when the vaccine will probably be put into (emergency) use, and ranging from what age within the group has but to be determined,” he was quoted as saying by the state-run Global Times on Sunday.
Sinovac has finished the Phase I and II clinical research stage, involving several hundred volunteers in this age group, which has proved that the vaccine is as safe and efficient as it is for adults, Yin told China Central Television (CCTV) in an interview on Friday. The Wold Health Organisation (WHO) has granted approval on June 1 to China’s second COVID-19 vaccine, Sinovac, which was expected to strengthen China’s vaccine diplomacy.
Earlier, WHO granted a similar approval to China’s Sinopharm. Besides administering the vaccines at home, China has been donating and exporting the vaccines to number of countries as part of its vaccine diplomacy. China’s National Health Commission said on Sunday that over 763 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered across China so far.
For its part, China has approved about five of its vaccines for emergency use. China has offered 10 million vaccine doses to COVAX facility which is WHO backed initiative to provide vaccines to developing countries.
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