The inactivated vaccines developed by China will offer a quick solution as their production techniques will need no adjustment once the current vaccines become ineffective against new COVID-19 strains, a Chinese health expert said on Thursday.

Preliminary studies have proven that the COVID-19 vaccines currently in use in China are effective against the coronavirus variant recently detected in India, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention expert Shao Yiming told reporters at a press conference in Beijing.

The virus will continue mutating; therefore, more changes will appear, said Shao, adding that China is capable of putting new, effective vaccines into use if new variants render current vaccines ineffective.