The high price is likely to affect public access to the vaccineChinaA coronavirus vaccine being developed in China will command the world’s highest price at more than £100 for two jabs, raising speculation that it may not be offered to the public as part of the country’s free vaccination scheme. SinoPharm, which plans to market the vaccine by the end of this year, said the cost would not exceed 1,000 yuan (£110) for the two doses needed to have full protection against the virus. Foreign-developed coronavirus vaccines are believed to be priced at between £3 and £28 a dose. “It’s a bit expensive,” Tao Lina, a vaccine expert, told Yicai, a financial news site. “It may affect the public access to the vaccine.

Source: The Times August 21, 2020 11:09 UTC