China authorizes Sinopharm vaccine for general use against corona

3 years ago

China authorizes Sinopharm vaccine for general use against corona

Chinese authorities have given conditional approval for general public use of a coronavirus vaccine on Thursday with announcement concerning the vaccine made by the China National Pharmaceutical Group called Sinopharm. This is the first ever made and developed homemade vaccine.

The announcement came a day after the firm said interim data showed its leading vaccine had a 79% efficacy rate in phase three trials. Covid-19 which emerged from the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019 has spread around the world, but China has managed to cut off infection rates with strict anti-virus measures.