Chinese vaccines: China says it has administered over 1 billion COVID-19 doses but how effective are its vaccines?


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Representational image. | Photo Credit: iStock Images Key Highlights Its diplomacy drive has translated into the exportation of its two vaccines to over 90 countries despite criticism over an absence of clinical trial and real-world efficacy data Clinical trials for Sinovac conducted in Brazil, Chile, Indonesia and Turkey found the vaccine to be 51 per cent, 67 per cent 65 per cent and 84 per cent effective against symptomatic infection, respectively Sinopharm was found to prevent symptomatic infection in 78 per cent of cases as per combined trial data from UAE, Egypt and Jordan Last weekend, China's National Health Commission...