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Chinese authorities have inoculated nearly one million Chinese people with a Covid-19 vaccine from Sinopharm, though the state company has yet to provide solid clinical evidence of efficacy. The vaccine from China National Pharmaceutical Group, or Sinopharm , has been administered to people including Chinese workers abroad, government officials and students, as part of an emergency-use authorization by the Chinese government in July. Only a few of the people experienced mild symptoms and not a single person had a serious adverse reaction, according to a company statement citing Sinopharm Chairman Liu Jingzhen. In the statement, dated Wednesday, Sinopharm said it...