Chinese firm says COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise in human test


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BEIJING: China National Biotec Group (CNBG) said on Sunday (Jun 28) that early human test results for a coronavirus vaccine candidate suggested it could be safe and effective, the second vaccine candidate from the firm to show encouraging results in a clinical trial. The experimental shot, developed by a Beijing-based unit of CNBG, has induced high-level antibodies in all the inoculated participants in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial involving 1,120 healthy people, according to preliminary data of the trial, CNBG said in a posting on the social media platform WeChat, without disclosing specific readings. Chinese companies and researchers have been...