China Can’t Open Up Like U.S. Despite Vaccination, Official Says
- Even at 60% to 80% vaccination, China could face outbreak
- Existing vaccines have “long way to go”: Covid advisor
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China can’t start easing pandemic restrictions like the U.S, even as its inoculation campaign gathers pace, because it has no way of analyzing how well its vaccines have worked in its largely Covid-free population, according to a top health official.
Despite administering more than 40% of its citizens with at least one dose, Feng Zijian, the deputy director General of China’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the country “has some unique difficulties” and is unable to match the U.S.’s ability to examine vaccine effectiveness in real-time as cases and deaths ebbed.