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Afraid of needles? China rolling out oral COVID-19 vaccine

In this photo taken from video released by Shanghai Media Group, a medical worker hands over aerosolised COVID vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company CanSino Biologics Inc. [AP Photo]

The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first.

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