Vaccine
BBIBP-CorV (Sinopharm)
Developer
Sinopharm, China
Producer
Sinopharm, China
Status
On December 31, 2020, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China approved BBIBP-CorV for widespread use as the first domestically produced coronavirus vaccine. This approval was issued the day after Sinopharm announced that the vaccine had shown 79.34% effectiveness in an intermediate analysis of Phase III clinical trials.
Key information
What’s in the vaccine?
One of two whole-virion inactive vaccines against COVID-19, developed by Sinopharm. It is a two-dose vaccine for intramuscular injection with a 3-4 week interval between doses. Stored between 2-8 °C.