China approves early-stage human testing for two experimental coronavirus vaccines
Vials of H1N1 flu vaccine by Beijing-based drug maker Sinovac Biotech Ltd. are on display at Sinovac in Beijing, China, Thursday, September 3, 2009.
China has approved early-stage human tests for two experimental vaccines to combat the new coronavirus that killed over 100,000 people worldwide, state media Xinhua reported on Tuesday. In March, China have the green-light for another clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine candidate developed by military-backed China' s Academy of Military Medical Sciences and HK-listed biotech firm CanSino Bio, shortly after US drug developer Moderna said it had begun human tests for their vaccine with the US National Institutes of Health.
China on Friday reported 42 new cases, 38 of them imported, along with one additional death in the hardest-hit city of Wuhan. Another 1,169 suspected cases or those who tested positive but were not showing symptoms, were being monitored under isolation. China now has reported a total of 81,907 cases and 3,336 deaths from the virus.
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