Is the second dose of Yichang COVID-19 vaccine overtime and needs to be re-vaccinated?

1. COVID-19 has been vaccinated with the first and second doses of inactivated vaccine for more than 8 weeks. Do you need another shot?

Inactivated vaccine requires 2 doses. If it is not completed according to the procedure, it is recommended to replant it as soon as possible. There is no need to restart the immunization program, just replant 2 doses.

2. After the first injection of vaccine, there was no such vaccine at all inoculation sites by the time of the second injection?

According to the national technical guidelines for vaccination in COVID-19, it is suggested that the same vaccine products should be used to complete vaccination at this stage.

Under special circumstances, if the supply cannot be continued, the recipients can't use the same vaccine product, such as the COVID-19 vaccine of Beiyao Biological Co., Ltd., which is inactivated together with the products of Wugong Biological Co., Ltd..

3. Can different COVID-19 vaccines be mixed?

In principle, it is recommended to use products from the same enterprise and the same technical route to complete vaccination. Under special circumstances, using another manufacturer's vaccine with the same technical route has exactly the same effect and will not affect the protection effect or the safety of the vaccine.

After 2 doses of inactivated vaccine, adenovirus vector vaccine is not recommended for the time being.

4. What kinds of vaccines are available in COVID-19?

1. Inactivated vaccine

2. Adenovirus vector vaccine

3. Recombinant protein vaccine.

5. What brands of COVID-19 vaccine are currently listed in China?

The five vaccines that are now eligible for marketing are:

Inactivated vaccines of Sinopharm Zhongsheng Beijing Company, Sinopharm Zhongsheng Wuhan Company and Beijing Kexing Zhongwei Company;

Tianjin Kangxinuo adenovirus vector vaccine;

Zhifei recombinant COVID-19 vaccine.