Sinovac's COVID-19 vaccine has 91% efficacy, Turkey says


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A volunteer is injected with an experimental Chinese COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 3 trials at Kocaeli University Research Hospital in Turkey.   © Reuters SINAN TAVSAN, Nikkei staff writerDecember 25, 2020 05:21 JST | TurkeyCopyCopiedISTANBUL -- Sinovac Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine candidate has shown an efficacy of 91.25% in Turkey, officials said Thursday, reporting the latest results of clinical trials of the Chinese-developed shot beyond China.Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca and professor Serhat Unal, a member of the government's COVID-19 advisory board, reported the preliminary results of Phase 3 trials at a news conference in Ankara.Unal added that the efficacy "is likely...