Restoring normal population mobility to 'COVID-zero regions' like China will cause some 2 million deaths in a year and the key to controlling the virus is developing vaccines that are better at preventing infection, Chinese researchers said.
A front desk staff member wearing a mask and a shield as protection against the coronavirus disease checks in a guest at a hotel inside the closed loop at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, February 1, 2022.
They estimated the baseline efficacy against symptomatic disease of the vaccines was 68.3%. They estimated the baseline efficacy of existing vaccines against death was 86%. "The human race should continue to develop vaccines and explore new ways to improve vaccine protection against infection in order to eliminate COVID-19 at the global level," the team of Chinese scientists said in a paper, published on Friday in the weekly bulletin of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention .
"The key to controlling COVID-19 lies in the development and widespread use of vaccines that are more effective at preventing infection," the team said.
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