Citing Lack of Data, Polish Health Minister Does Not Recommend Chinese Shot

COVID-19 vaccines are seen on a production line inside the Beijing Institute of Biological Products of Sinopharm's China National Biotec Group (CNBG) in Beijing, China, on Feb. 26, 2021. Tingshu Wang/Reuters

WARSAW—Polish Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on Wednesday he did not currently recommend using Chinese company Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine because of a lack of data.

As in other European Union countries, Poland’s vaccination program has been hampered by delays in deliveries from producers, such as AstraZeneca and Pfizer, and on Monday an aide of Polish President Andrzej Duda said he talked with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping about buying the shot.