Overview

• Yang Xiaoming, chief scientist for China's first COVID-19 vaccine, removed from parliamentary post amid allegations of serious violations.
• Investigations focus on widespread corruption within China's healthcare sector, targeting pharmaceuticals and medical equipment sales.
• China's anti-graft campaign intensifies, with numerous healthcare officials under scrutiny since its launch last August.
• Sinopharm vaccine, developed under Yang's leadership, was one of the most widely used COVID-19 vaccines in China and globally.
• No evidence suggests problems with the Sinopharm vaccine despite Yang's dismissal, according to medical experts.