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Many countries from China to Indonesia and Brazil rely heavily on Chinese vaccines to inoculate their populations against COVID-19, but there are growing concerns about whether they provide enough protection against the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, first identified in India. Below are views from China’s health experts about the effectiveness of home-grown vaccines against the virus strain, which is becoming the globally dominant variant, and the preventive measures China is taking. Do Chinese vaccines work against the strain? Photo: EPA-EFE China has not provided vaccine effectiveness results against the variant based on large-scale data in clinical trials or real-world use,...
