UAE says Chinese COVID-19 vaccine is 86% effective — but offers few details


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Print ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates said Wednesday that a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine tested within the UAE is 86% effective, but the announcement came with few details. The UAE’s statement marks the first public release of information on the efficacy of the shot developed by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical giant Sinopharm. While questions remain about the vaccine, at least one country outside China already plans to roll it out in a mass-inoculation campaign. The UAE, home to Dubai and Abu Dhabi, conducted a trial beginning in September of the Sinopharm vaccine involving 31,000 volunteers from 125...