The Chinese city of Shanghai has started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in what appears to be a world first.
BEIJING — The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first.
China doesn’t have vaccine mandates but wants more people to get booster shots before it relaxes strict pandemic restrictions that are holding back the economy and increasingly out of synch with the rest of the world.by an online Chinese state media outlet showed people at a community health center sticking the short nozzle of a translucent white cup into their mouths.
Larger droplets would train defenses in parts of the mouth and throat, while smaller ones would travel further into the body, said Dr. Vineeta Bal, an immunologist in India.