Hundreds of thousands of people have taken one of the four leading vaccine candidates in China.
Boxes of SARS CoV-2 Vaccine for COVID-19 stamped with the words "State Authorized, Emergency Use" produced by SinoVac are stacked at its factory in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020. Under an emergency use regulation, hundreds of thousands of people in China have been given Chinese vaccines, before final regulatory approval for general use.
A Chinese health official said Friday that China, which has largely eradicated the disease, needs to take steps to prevent it from coming back. But one outside expert questioned the need for emergency use when the virus is no longer spreading in the country where it was first detected. Several people who say they work in “front-line” organizations have said on social media that their workplaces have offered vaccinations for about 1,000 yuan . They declined to comment, saying they would need permission from their organization.
“In China’s case, the pressure in preventing imported infections and domestic resurgence is still huge,” Zheng said. Kan Chai, the columnist, wrote in an article posted online in September that despite initial hesitation, he decided to sign up after he heard a state-owned company was looking for volunteers.
He described taking the vaccine in a public webinar hosted by 8am HealthInsight, a popular health media outlet. It’s unclear why he qualified to receive it.
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