China Approves Children-Friendly Coronavirus Vaccine

China announced the approval of a children-friendly COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Sinophram corporation, media agencies reported on Wednesday.

In the same context, Bloomberg cited a statement issued by the gaint Pharmaceutical company that China approved the newly-manufactured vaccine for emergency use to be given to children aged between 13, and 17 years old.

In June, China took the earliest steps for giving vaccines to children after successfully vaccinated 80% of the country's population. It started by approving Sinovac vaccine for children aged from 3 to 17 to protect them against any mutated versions of the virus amid the outbreak of Delta variant worldwide.

Early this month, the National Committee for Health said that the mainland has reported 96 new infections with the Coronavirus today, Wednesday, compared with 90 cases on Tuesday. The committee explained that 71 of the infected people were locals.

It is worth noting that 27 cases were clear of the known symptoms of COVID-19 in spite of their infection with the deadly virus.

About 93 thousand infections were registered in the country since the outbreak of the disease later in 2019, meanwhile, the death toll is still at 4636 cases without any change so far.

However, the Chinese authorities have decided to apply measurements of the closedown again amid fears of spreading out of the “Delta” strain in the country.

In the same context, Li Tow Whu, an official in Wuhan city, in Central China, said that the health authorities in the city plan to examine all population there to reaffirm that there was no Covid-19 infection.

The new measurements come after spotting three new confirmed cases in the city on Monday.

The Chinese officials on July 30, announced the spread of a new wave of COVID-19, starting from Nanjing Airport, the capital of Jiangsu Province in eastern China. The new wave of infections has extended to Beijing, the capital city of China, and 5 other provinces.

They considered the “Delta” strain as the most serious prevalent after Wuhan’s virus.

The local media in China indicated that since the discovery of the first confirmed case of the latest wave on July 20 at Nanjing Lukou International Airport, nearly 200  infections have been reported as of Thursday morning.