China approves first home-grown mRNA Covid vaccine - BBC News

China's labs have spent years trying to create an mRNA vaccine - its own shots were less effective.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsCoronavirus pandemicImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, China has up to now largely relied on home-produced vaccines like SinopharmChina has approved its first home-produced mRNA Covid vaccine, months after ending strict pandemic rules.

Drug regulators cleared the vaccine, developed by CSPC Pharmaceutical Group, for emergency use, the company said.

China's labs have been trying to create an mRNA vaccine for years - the country refused to clear foreign-made ones for widespread domestic use.

Studies show Chinese vaccines have been less effective than mRNA shots in preventing deaths and severe illness.

The slow expansion of China's vaccine rollout, coupled with its lack of an mRNA vaccine, fuelled the implementation of its "zero-Covid" policy, which included unprecedented lockdowns and was dropped after protests late last year.

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