Chinese Coronavirus Vaccine Taken By Nearly 1 Million People Company Says
China initiated the emergency use program in July. The program so far includes three vaccine candidates for essential workers and high-risk individuals, although clinical studies have not yet proved the vaccines’ safety and efficacy, according to Reuters. Two vaccine candidates are developed by Sinopharm’s subsidiary China National Biotec Group (CNBG), and the third is developed by Sinovac Biotech. All three vaccines have been used for China’s emergency program. “In terms of emergency use, the vaccines were applied to nearly a million people and there has not been a single case of a serious adverse event....