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Sixty dollar experimental vaccine rolled out in east Chinese city

Covid-19 vaccine

An engineer shows an experimental Covid-19 vaccine that was tested at the Quality Control Laboratory at the Sinovac Biotech facilities in Beijing, China.

Photo credit: AFP

What you need to know:

  • cials in Jiaxing city said Thursday residents aged between 18 and 59 with "urgent needs" can seek consultations at clinics for a Sinovac Biotech vaccine that authorities have been giving to groups such as medical workers.
  • China has already given hundreds of thousands of essential workers at ports, hospitals and other high-risk areas across the country an experimental vaccine, according to officials.

Beijing,

A $60 double-dose experimental coronavirus vaccine is being made available to some residents in an eastern Chinese city, health officials have said, the first details of a mass rollout for an as-yet unproven vaccine.