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| China's military becomes world's first to use experimental coronavirus vaccine | |
| 2020-06-30 | |
| h/t Instapundit [South China Morning Post] - China has approved military use of an experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by the People’s Liberation Army and a Chinese pharmaceutical company, in a first for the armed forces of any country. The vaccine, identified as Ad5-nCoV, was jointly developed by a team at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences, led by Major General Chen Wei, and Tianjin-based company CanSino Biologics. It is the first time that a vaccine candidate for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, has been authorised for use for the military of any nation. CanSino said on Monday that the candidate had been through two phases of clinical trials, which indicated it was safe and there was "relatively high" immune response to the antigen. Well, they did have a head start
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| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 Preparing to invade Africa? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-30 16:12 |
| #2 ^It's actually anti-Ebola vaccine - don't expect it to work. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-06-30 10:02 |
| #1 This was possibly ready last fall. Only announced it now. Did you notice any Chinese bigwigs getting ill? |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-06-30 09:57 |