ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Health Dr Faisal Sultan on Monday announced that China’s CanSinoBio COVID-19 vaccine is nearly 98% effective against the virus in Pakistan.
Taking to Twitter, the special assistant said that according to the vaccine’s phase-three trials data, it has turned out to be 74.8% effective against the virus, while it also showed 100% effectiveness in preventing severe disease.
Further citing the Independent Data Monitoring Committee’s report, he said that in multiple countries, the vaccine was 65.7% and 90.98% effective in preventing symptomatic cases and severe diseases, respectively.