COVID-19 vaccine: Is the China manufactured Sinovac safe and effective?


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in Mainstream , Top THE first batch of China’s CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine from Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Life Sciences Co Ltd arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) at around 9am yesterday. The Sinovac vaccine is the second COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Malaysia after the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine which arrived on Feb 21. Despite vaccines deemed as the light at the end of the tunnel (to end the pandemic), many has raised concerns on the effectiveness and safety of this China made vaccine. According to Cheras Columbia Asia Hospital medical officer Dr Malar Santhi Santherasegapan, clinical trials conducted in...