China mulls mixing vaccines to improve efficacy of jabs


China has administered around 161 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccines since last year and aims to fully inoculate 40% of its 1.4 billion population by June. – EPA pic, April 11, 2021.

CHINA is considering the mixing of different Covid-19 vaccines to improve the relatively low efficacy of its existing options, a top health expert has told a conference.

Authorities have to “consider ways to solve the issue that efficacy rates of existing vaccines are not high”, Chinese media outlet The Paper reported, citing Gao Fu, head of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.


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