2021-03-05 04:35:50 GMT2021-03-05 12:35:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ANKARA, March 5 (Xinhua) Turkey announced on Wednesday that the China-developed Sinovac vaccine has an efficacy of 83.5 percent against COVID-19, furthering the country s confidence in winning the fight against the pandemic.
The CoronaVac shot developed by Sinovac Biotech was 100 percent effective in preventing hospitalization, according to the Phase-3 trials by the Hacettepe University in Ankara, the semi-official Anadolu Agency reported.
No major side effects have been reported, professor Murat Akova from the university who led the trials, told reporters during a press conference.
He added that the antibody levels were predicted to reach their maximum between 14 and 28 days after the second dose.
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