Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 vaccines administered under emergency use programme in China


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September 26, 2020 Share this article: Hundreds of thousands of doses of COVID-19 vaccines have reportedly been administered to frontline workers in China under an emergency use programme. Among those eligible for the emergency vaccine are medical professionals, diplomats deployed to high-risk countries, and state-owned company employees working overseas under China's Belt and Road Initiative. Hong Kong, China Chinese health officials have today said they received support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) before starting the emergency vaccine programme. Advertisement China has been administering experimental coronavirus vaccines to people since July before their safety and efficacy have been fully proven...