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China plans to give medics Covid-19 vaccines by year-end to protect them: Health officials
An adenovirus Covid-19 vector vaccine, developed by Institute of Military Medicine in China, is the first in the world that has entered second phase of clinical trial.
K J M VARMA 21 April, 2020 12:02 pm IST
Beijing: China plans to inject Chinese medics with coronavirus vaccines by year-end to protect them to deal with any emergency situation, while 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country with no deaths due to the virus, health officials said.
“I believe we could come up with vaccines with the joint efforts of everyone,” he was quoted as saying by state-run Global Times.
China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials.
An adenovirus vector vaccine, developed by Institute of Military Medicine under the Academy of Military Sciences, was the first to be approved to enter a clinical trial.
The first phase of the clinical trial was completed at the end of March, and the second phase started on April 12.
It is the first COVID-19 vaccine in the world that has entered the second phase of clinical trial, according to World Health Organisation (WHO), the Xinhua report said. Several countries, including China are speeding up coronavirus vaccine development to cut the time span to few months instead of several years.
Concerning the timetable for vaccine research and development, the director of the Chinese CDC said, “if you follow the normal procedure, the vaccine may not come out until the end of this year or early next year,” noting that if the situation continues worsening, medics might be injected with the vaccines by the end of this year.
https://theprint.in/world/china-pla...-end-to-protect-them-health-officials/405784/
An adenovirus Covid-19 vector vaccine, developed by Institute of Military Medicine in China, is the first in the world that has entered second phase of clinical trial.
K J M VARMA 21 April, 2020 12:02 pm IST
Beijing: China plans to inject Chinese medics with coronavirus vaccines by year-end to protect them to deal with any emergency situation, while 11 new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country with no deaths due to the virus, health officials said.
“I believe we could come up with vaccines with the joint efforts of everyone,” he was quoted as saying by state-run Global Times.
China has approved three COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials.
An adenovirus vector vaccine, developed by Institute of Military Medicine under the Academy of Military Sciences, was the first to be approved to enter a clinical trial.
The first phase of the clinical trial was completed at the end of March, and the second phase started on April 12.
It is the first COVID-19 vaccine in the world that has entered the second phase of clinical trial, according to World Health Organisation (WHO), the Xinhua report said. Several countries, including China are speeding up coronavirus vaccine development to cut the time span to few months instead of several years.
Concerning the timetable for vaccine research and development, the director of the Chinese CDC said, “if you follow the normal procedure, the vaccine may not come out until the end of this year or early next year,” noting that if the situation continues worsening, medics might be injected with the vaccines by the end of this year.
https://theprint.in/world/china-pla...-end-to-protect-them-health-officials/405784/
