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China’s CanSinoBio Vaccine Nearly 98% Effective Against Coronavirus: Dr Faisal

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.