Covid-19 vaccine latest: China drug maker offers experimental vaccines to students


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UPDATED: October 15, 2020 14:14 IST (Reuters photo) A division of Chinese state-run Sinopharm Group Co Ltd, which is developing two Covid-19 vaccines, is offering them for free to Chinese students going abroad for higher studies, as per a report. The announcement of the company distributing vaccines to students appeared on a website where people could sign up to receive it, the Wall Street Journal was quoted as saying by Reuters. It added that the move is aimed at boosting public confidence in homegrown inoculations. The website said on Monday that 481,613 people had taken the vaccine while an additional...