Since July, hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens have received experimental vaccines against COVID-19, despite concerns about their safety and effectiveness. This is reported New York Post.
Chinese health officials say they have almost eliminated the coronavirus, but they want to guarantee it will never return.
Zheng Zhongwei of the National Health Commission of China said that China received the "understanding and support" of the World Health Organization before starting to use vaccines.
According to him, some people with "high risk" professions - for example, medical personnel have the right to vaccination from July 22.
Zheng said that there were no serious side effects during clinical trials.
"We made it very clear that the COVID-19 vaccine that we use in emergency situations is safe," he assured.
At the same time, third-party experts in the field of health care say that it is dangerous to give the green light to vaccines before the latest tests.
