At a vaccination site in Beijing's Chaoyang District, medics are busy preparing inhalable COVID-19 vaccine doses for individuals, who are provided with the option to inhale the needle-free vaccine after it was aerosolized.
An abundance of data has shown that domestic COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective for the elderly and other vulnerable groups, drugmakers have said, as experts reiterated the importance of expanding immunization coverage in order to cope with the epidemic.
The first batch of inhaled COVID-19 booster vaccination has become available in Beijing starting from Wednesday in Beijing.
The move, aimed at preventing cervical cancer, is in response to the global strategy launched by the World Health Organization in 2020 to ensure that by 2030, 90 percent of girls are fully vaccinated against HPV by the time they turn 15.
A recent study has found that China's first self-developed HPV vaccine Cecolin can offer female adults full immunity against two types of human papillomavirus (HPV).