KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today said that the Chinese made Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine will be used for those above the age of 60 in Phase 2 of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme scheduled to start on April 19. Khairy said.
(Adds comment from disease control official in last paragraph) BEIJING, April 11 (Reuters) - China's top disease control official has said the country.
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine sticker and a medical syringe in front of displayed China flag in this illustration taken, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean authorities on Sunday backed the country s widespread use of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese firm Sinovac after China s top disease official appeared to make conflicting statements about its efficacy.
Gao Fu, the director of the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told a conference in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday that the country was considering mixing COVID-19 vaccines since currently available vaccines don t have very high rates of protection.