Two New Vaccines Join COVID Fight As China Ships Millions Overseas

Newcomers to Speed Up Slow Domestic Rollout?

CanSino's adenovirus-based COVID-19 vaccine, along with another from state-owned Sinopharm, have been granted prompt conditional approvals in China, taking to four the number approved in the country and as Beijing ships millions of doses around the world.

TWO MORE COVID-19 VACCINES AVAILABLE IN CHINA ,WHICH IS ALREADY SHIPPING MILLIONS OF DOSES GLOBALLY • Source: Shutterstock

Days after two vaccines against the coronavirus gained the conditional approval green light in China, two more have joined the fight.

CanSino Biologics Inc.’s adenovirus-based Ad5-nCoV was granted formal conditional approval in the country on 25 February, and will be...

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