China approves Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine for general public use

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FILE PHOTO: A medical worker holds a dose of the Sinovac’s vaccine at a district health facility as Indonesia begins mass vaccination for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), starting with its healthcare workers, in Jakarta, Indonesia January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

BEIJING — Sinovac Biotech said on Saturday that its unit’s Covid-19 vaccine has been formally approved for use by the general public by China’s medical products regulator.

Prior to the approval, the CoronaVac vaccine had already been administered in China’s vaccination program mainly targeting key groups deemed to be at higher risk of exposure to the virus.

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