China to allow vaccine-mixing for Covid-19 booster shotsSecurity personnel in protective suits guard the perimeters of a residential compound that was locked down after a local outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Beijing on Thursday. (Reuters photo)HONG KONG: China will allow the mixing of Covid-19 vaccines for its booster shots drive, with an "an optimal immunisation combination" to be introduced very soon, a senior health official said. So we will introduce an optimal combination of booster vaccines … and I think we should see the results soon." China had administered 2.38 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccines as of Monday, and more than three-quarters of its population have been fully vaccinated. Some countries where inactivated vaccines were initially used - such the United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Indonesia - have offered mRNA or viral vector vaccines as boosters.

Source: Bangkok Post November 17, 2021 23:06 UTC