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China allows mixing of Chinese-made Covid-19 vaccines to boost immunity
- Two more local shots added to booster list but still no green light for BioNTech’s mRNA doses
- New mix-and-match strategy is expected to reduce severe illness and deaths from the coronavirus
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Chinese regulators have approved the mixing of domestic vaccines as boosters to improve immunity against Covid-19, and added two more Chinese-developed shots to the booster roster.
But there is still no sign that an mRNA vaccine developed by Germany-based BioNTech will get the go-ahead for use in China.
Wu Liangyou, deputy director of the National Health Commission’s disease control bureau, said on Saturday that the State Council had approved mixed inoculation.
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Wu also said that Covid-19 vaccines by Anhui Zhifei Longcom and CanSino Biologics had been added to the list as booster options.
China had previously banned the mixing and matching of vaccines, despite international studies suggesting it was effective and some countries recommending such a regimen.
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The new mix-and-match strategy is expected to reduce severe illness and deaths from Covid-19 and win the country time to adjust its strict pandemic controls.
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