China’s military becomes world’s first to use experimental coronavirus vaccine

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…

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