Chinese authority says effectiveness of CoronaVac vaccine needs to be improved

A statement about the Chinese-made corona virus vaccine, also used in Turkey, came from China. Head of the Chinese state-run Center for Disease Control, today admitted for the first time that there was “a problem” in corona virus vaccines developed by China.

The official announced that they were considering mixing vaccines and changing the doses of vaccines to increase the impact of corona virus vaccines developed by China.

According to Chinese media reports, he said at an event he participated “The Center for Disease Control is considering solving the problem of the high non-effectiveness rate of its existing vaccines.”

In a post, which was removed from Weibo, the social sharing platform used extensively in China, Gao’s comment was found very sincere. On a widely followed account called Vaccines and Science it said, “being vaccinated is very important to protect the country. We can’t wait for the vaccine to be perfected to be vaccinated.”

The Financial Times wrote that, unlike other vaccine manufacturers, Chinese vaccine manufacturers had not shared phase three test results with the public, while this issue had also caused transparency debates in the past. “Chile, where China has successfully distributed the Sinovac vaccine, is experiencing a new wave of corona virus” the Financial Times wrote, saying that as of March, China had delivered the vaccine to more than 20 countries and about 40 million vaccines had been sent to other countries. It was also commented that a single dose of the vaccine had a 3 percent effect, but when two dose were used same figure increased to 56 percent.”