the Chinese Authorities intend to make a vaccine against coronavirus are available worldwide once it is developed and tested. This was stated by the Minister of science and technology Wang Zhigang on press-conference on the occasion of the publication by the state Council, the country’s White paper “combating COVID-19: the actions of China”, reports the newspaper “Renmin Zhibao”.
“In the next stage, when the Chinese vaccine will be ready for use after it is created and subjected to clinical tests, we perform the commitments voiced by Chinese President XI Jinping at the 73rd session of the world health Assembly, and make it available to the world,” said Wang Zhigang.
According to him, scientists in China are developing at least five vaccines. Some of them have already started trials. The Minister noted that creating a vaccine is given priority to its security, efficiency and availability.
“the World needs to strengthen cooperation in vaccine research and in the subsequent stages,” he said.
Vaccine coronavirus being developed in several countries, including China, Russia and the United States. Chinese authorities have given permission for the clinical trials of a vaccine against coronavirus in the middle of March. In April the United States began the first tests of the vaccine on humans.
In late may, the representative of scientific research Institute of Rospotrebnadzor reported that scientists in Russia began testing the development of a vaccine and clinical trial results will be known in July.
