China commits to international cooperation in Covid-19 vaccine trials


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China is to strengthen international cooperation in future COVID-19 clinical vaccine trials, building on earlier collaboration in vaccine development, the science and technology minister said on Sunday. China is expending great efforts in the global scramble to develop a vaccine for the new coronavirus epidemic that began in its central city of Wuhan. Chinese researchers are currently conducting five separate clinical trials on humans, or half of all such trials globally, according to the World Health Organization. 'Global public good' President Xi Jinping vowed last month at the World Heath Assembly, the WHO’s governing body, that vaccines China’s develops will...