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Hefei starts administering inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
(People's Daily Online) 18:05, December 16, 2022
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| A medical worker atomizes an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine using professional equipment in Hefei, the capital city of east China’s Anhui Province. (People’s Daily Online/Miao Zijian) |
Hefei, the capital city of east China’s Anhui Province, recently started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine.
The vaccine comes in a mist form that is sucked in through the mouth, and is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated individuals.
The amount needed for the orally administered vaccine is just one-fifth of that given via needle. In addition, the droplets can fend off the virus as it reaches the mucosal surfaces and the rest of the respiratory system.
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(Web editor: Hongyu, Liang Jun)
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