Originally Posted by narvik

I don't know what they mean with "live attenuated vaccine", because AFAIK, there isn't even one of those available yet. (Codagenix is working on one).

- Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna = mRNA
- AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, The Gamalaya Center, CanSino Biologics = Adenovirus vector
- Sinopharm, Sinovac Biotech = Inactivated virus
- Codagenix (in development) = Live attenuated

My best guess is:
for the purposes of this announcement, China looks at their vaccines as INACTIVATED, and all others as LIVE ATTENUATED, despite that being incorrect?


Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8354792/
and
https://www.immunology.org/coronavir...s-for-covid-19