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How Are Vaccines Made?
Vaccines need to pass at least three steps before they can be considered for authorization by health authorities. Phase 1 involves a relatively small group of healthy volunteers and its main purpose is to see whether there are any adverse reactions and to identify any side-effects. Next, Phase 2 is designed to assess dosing requirements and judge how effective it is. Phase 3 then involves testing with large groups of people, typically 1,000 to 3,000, to confirm its efficacy, its effectiveness, and to monitor s
Which vaccine is being provided?
The dosage
How much does the vaccine cost?
As of now, licensed centres are offering the vaccine free of charge to residents.
How old do I have to be to receive the vaccine? COVID-19 vaccine in Abu Dhabi. Image Credit: Supplied
The vaccine is currently only being offered to residents aged 18 years and older. In some cases, those aged between 15 and 17 years old are being given the vaccine after a thorough medical evaluation.
Is anyone excluded from receiving the vaccine?
Some groups of people cannot currently receive the vaccine for their own safety.
• Anyone who is not haemodynamically (blood pressure and heartrate) stable
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A staff member checks vaccines at a Beijing factory built by Sinovac to produce a COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine. Sinovac is one of 11 Chinese companies approved to carry out clinical trials of potential vaccines. Wang Zhao /AFP via Getty Images
One early November morning, a Peking duck cook, several construction workers and a software engineer patiently lined up outside a Beijing vaccine facility, awaiting their turn to be injected with a coronavirus vaccine still awaiting regulatory approval.
As countries around the world race to develop the first viable coronavirus vaccine, China s two biggest vaccine companies have already begun inoculating hundreds of thousands of mostly state workers in a bid to get a head start. But deploying unproven vaccines carries huge risks – both for those receiving the vaccination and epidemic control efforts. The ma