China embarks on clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine

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BEIJING: China has started the first phase of a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine, records show, as the world's scientists race to find a way ...

FILE PHOTO: A nurse in protective suit attends to a baby with COVID-19, caused by the coronavirus, at an isolation ward of Wuhan Children's Hospital in Wuhan, Hubei province, China Mar 16, 2020. BEIJING: China has started the first phase of a clinical trial for a COVID-19 vaccine, records show, as the world's scientists race to find a way to combat the deadly pathogen.

"Volunteers of the COVID-19 phase one trial have already started receiving the vaccine," a staff member involved in the government-funded project told AFP on Sunday. There are currently no approved vaccines or medication for the new disease, which has killed more than 13,000 people worldwide so far. China's nationalistic Global Times published an opinion piece last week noting"the development of a vaccine is a battle that China cannot afford to lose".But the quest is expected to take time – the US' vaccine may take another year to 18 months before becoming available.

 

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