CONVIDECIA, a vaccine produced by Chinese manufacturer CanSino Biologics, showed a 95.35-percent efficacy rate in preventing intensive care unit admission 28 days after one shot in administrated to a person, a study conducted in Chile found.

The efficacy was similar to the 96.56-percent rate for two doses of Pfizer's mRNA vaccine after 14 days and higher than the 86.88-percent rate of two shots of inactivated vaccines after two weeks, according to a statement released by the company on Monday.

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