The lack of detailed data on the Chinese vaccines against the Delta has hobbled any meaningful peer reviews by foreign experts | The cities also required those travelling out of the province to show proof of negative COVID-19 test results |
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Two doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine were 60 percent effective against symptomatic disease from the Delta compared with 66 percent effectiveness against the Alpha, PHE said | He said a booster shot following the two dose-based regimen could quickly elicit stronger and more durable antibody reaction against the Delta |
Guangdong, which has 126 million people, has fast-tracked its vaccination effort since the outbreak.
All severe cases are from unvaccinated people | |
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Sinovac spokesman Liu Peicheng told Reuters preliminary results based on blood samples from those vaccinated with its shot showed a three-fold reduction in neutralizing effect against the Delta |
3 million people in Guangzhou city would have been infected in the first 20 to 30 days after the initial case.