The first coronavirus vaccine was just approved for use in one country

[Chris Smith]

• A coronavirus vaccine candidate that showed promise in the early stages of clinical trials has been approved for use with China's military.
• Ad5-nCoV is one of China's vaccine candidates approved for human trials that cleared Phase 1 and 2 clinical trials before receiving emergency approval for use on military personnel.
• It's unclear how many people will get the drug, and whether military vaccination will be mandatory or optional.

A report said a few days ago that a vaccine candidate from the China National Biotec Group (CNBG) was being offered to state employees traveling overseas. The program was expanded to workers living in Beijing after authorities discovered a new outbreak in the capital. CNBG has multiple experimental coronavirus vaccine candidates, and at least one of the drugs cleared Phase 2 of human trials successfully. But Chinese companies have several vaccine candidates for COVID-19 in advanced testing, and a new report reveals that a different drug has received approval for military use. This appears to be the first coronavirus vaccine to be made widely available to a segment of a population before finishing Phase 3 trials.

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